Hash

v.

Heard in Kilkenny, Cork, Tipperary and Dublin

To botch or bungle a task completely.

In use

Yer man made a holy show and a hash of paintin' the kitchen!

Posh English

That fellow made a public spectacle and an utter shambles of painting the kitchen!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Make a budgjin out of itTo make a complete mess or hash of something; to botch it thoroughly.
  • BagsTo botch, ruin, or perform a task with extreme incompetence.
  • HontyDublin slang for hash, cannabis or weed.
  • PoobarRefering to hash (traditionally bad hash). Play on the word 'Fubar', popularised by…
  • RasheredThe state reached under the influence of hash when one can no longer function properly…