Spuds

n.

Heard in Louth, Kilkenny, Donegal, Dublin and Kildare

Potatoes, or colloquially used to refer to the dinner table itself.

Hurry up inside now, the spuds are on the boil!

Posh English

Hurry inside this instant, as the potatoes are currently boiling upon the stove!

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Donegal
• Dublin
• Kildare

Related terms

• At home pickin spudsTruancy from school or work under the pretence of being elsewhere.
• Drain the spudsTo urinate, typically used by men.
• He's a head on him like a bag a spudsA humorous description of an extremely unattractive person.
• Head on ya like a bag of spudsUgly.
• How's your mother for spuds?A cheeky or coded way of asking if there is anything one might do to be of service.
• Hows ur ma 4 spudsA traditional greeting inquiring after one's family and household welfare.