Fresh

n.

Heard in Galway, Waterford and Wexford

First-year students in secondary school.

In use

The fresh think they're the shit

Posh English

The newcomers consider themselves persons of quite extraordinary importance.

Same phrase, other counties

  • ChawA first-year student in secondary school, typically on the receiving end of…
  • Antin freshAny news? Often prefaced by well or ell.
  • Anything freshAn inquiry after news or gossip.
  • AftergrassThe fresh growth of grass that appears in a meadow after the first crop has been mown…
  • First on youAn expression used when requesting the first drag on someone else's cigarette.
  • FRS: first ride syndromeFalling deeply in love with your first sexual partner.