Galway Slang, Page 7
More Galway slang, numbers 241 to 280, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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To own land with road access that can be sold as building sites, implying one has money.
A term of approval for a good lad or fine fellow.
Shag off.
Thirst.
Extremely thirsty.
An expression of disbelief or disdain regarding a person's dishevelled appearance…
Disgusting or abhorrent.
One's girlfriend, jokingly treated as the ultimate authority.
A mischievous little rascal.
Money or cash.
To slack off or idle.
Unsafe, perilous, or highly questionable in character or structural integrity.
Beef to the heel like a Mullingar heifer
Refers to a girl with a bit of meat (mayte) on her bones.
A tiresome or annoying person.
A slang term for a person's hair.
An informal greeting, equivalent to "Alright bud" or simply "Hello".
Mad, wild, or completely out of one's senses.
An idiot or fool.
Giving it abuse.
An old Irish term for a wandering landless labourer, now used in good-humoured ridicule.
A scumbag or thoroughly disreputable individual.
A two-litre bottle of cider.
Extremely intoxicated from consuming an excess of alcohol.
A silly, eccentric, or scatterbrained person.
A bad job or a thorough mess.
Little or none at all.
To instruct someone to take a look at something.
Lov ya like a fat kid love cake
To love someone dearly.
An attractive person.
A playful diminutive for instant noodles.
An undesirable or unpleasant sort of person.
Expression of disbelief; you're joking or spoofing.
An expression of elation, happiness or surprise.
Brand new; fresh out of the box or showroom.
A bad or unfortunate situation.
To do a dare for bad odds.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Mighty, great.
To express one's enthusiastic enjoyment of a particular piece of music.
A sandwich, especially in Tuam.