Spacer

n.

Heard in Cork and Limerick

An eccentric person, oddball, or someone acting strangely.

In use

Look at that spacer talking to himself outside the chemist shop!

Posh English

Observe that peculiar oddball conversing with his reflection outside the apothecary!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Your some spacerYou are not very bright or somewhat foolish.
  • Acting the goulBehaving like a fool or acting the eejit.
  • Cod actingMessing around or acting the fool.
  • Fuck actingMessing engaged in to prevent real work taking place. See also, Ginnet (acting the).
  • Pig actingMessing about, acting the fool, or behaving boisterously.
  • GoonA fool or eccentric oddball.