Rotten

n.

Heard in Limerick, Kilkenny, Wexford, Armagh, Sligo, Kerry, Cork and Galway

Horrible or unpleasant.

Rode her rotten.

Posh English

I engaged in thoroughly unpleasant congress with her.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Wexford
• Armagh
• Sligo
• Kerry
• Cork
• Galway

Related terms

• Clane work rottenUtterly rotten or completely decayed.
• Clean rottenExtremely bad tasting or thoroughly dirty.
• GluggarA bad or rotten egg.
• MankeySomething ugly, rotten or foul-smelling.
• Mouldy like a bag of bon bonsSpoiled or rotten, especially sweets that have gone off. A catchphrase from…
• Smell a benji off youSaid to someone who badly needs a wash and smells rotten.