Galway Slang, Page 3
More Galway slang, numbers 81 to 120, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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To leap off a moving bicycle and allow it to crash.
A foolish person or fool.
Lucky or fortunate, as though one has been chosen by fate.
To be arrested by the police or the guards.
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To be intoxicated.
A greeting asking how someone is.
Drunk.
A person who jokes a great deal.
To perform a spectacular trick on a BMX bicycle.
Extremely intoxicated from alcohol or substances.
A person of distinctly rural origins and manners.
A trick on a bicycle in which both wheels leave the ground.
To run or bolt away quickly.
No way; not a chance.
Usually means 'of course you did'.
A bus, particularly one used for transporting children to school.
People from the mountains or rural uplands.
A childish exclamation used to annoy or tease someone.
To tease, joke, or engage in playful deception.
Ecstasy tablets or other illicit party pills.
A casual reference to an unnamed girl or woman, the feminine counterpart to 'yer man'.
In a bad state of repair.
To engage in a romantic clinch or sexual encounter with someone.
A common greeting in Monaghan and Cavan, equivalent to hello or how are you.
Very.
An intensifier denoting something or someone as exceptionally good or impressive.
An exclamation used to signify success or that things are going well.
Of extremely poor quality, dreadful, or thoroughly awful.
To kiss someone passionately with tongues; to French kiss.
Outrageous, terrible or very bad.
A foolish, annoying, or socially inept male.
A ham sandwich.
In Limerick, this term means someone who is nasty.
To beat somebody up.
An utterly foolish, incompetent, or annoying person.
An approving term meaning reliable, agreeable, fun and without hassle.
Very nice, satisfying, enjoyable.
Damaged, defective, or functioning poorly, often applied to an injured limb.
Excellent, superb or first-rate.