Hames

n.

Heard in Mayo, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Cork, Waterford, Dublin, Offaly, Galway and Wexford

A brutal attempt at something. Also: To make a mess of. Also: Mess.

In use

Berbetov was about two metres in front of the goal and he made a complete hames of the shot and set the ball ballooning over the cross bar." "Ya made a rite hames of that" "I made a hames of that yoke" "He made a hames of the work he was supposed to do

Posh English

Berbatov stood a mere two metres from goal, made an utter shambles of the shot, and sent the ball ballooning over the crossbar.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Galway
  • Wexford
  • Kilkenny (not in the dictionary)
  • Tipperary (not in the dictionary)
  • Cork (not in the dictionary)
  • Waterford (not in the dictionary)
  • Dublin (not in the dictionary)
  • Offaly (not in the dictionary)