Kerry Slang, Page 6
More Kerry slang, numbers 201 to 240, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A substantial drinking session.
Making as much noise as 10 pigs stuck in a gate
To describe someone that is making a lot of noise.
Something of poor quality, broken, or technically inept.
It is very cold.
When something has gone badly wrong or is not in one's favour.
Horse me out a bucket of chips
I would like some chips please.
The Farmers Journal, that indispensable agricultural newspaper.
A mad or insane person.
Extremely attractive.
A forward instructing his teammate to kick the ball directly to him during a match.
Describes a room or space in a state of absolute chaos and untidiness.
Over the bar is the place for it lads
In Gaelic football, the instruction that the ball must go over the crossbar for a point.
An exclamation of disbelief or astonishment.
A deliberate, phonetically elongated pronunciation of the word 'championship'.
A very young boy.
He'd wear the paint off the wall
Describes a person so irritating they could wear the paint from the walls.
An exhortation to kick the ball a long distance.
Adequate or good enough for the purpose.
To go out for a few pints of beer.
It would be highly effective or productive.
To describe someone who is highly energised and eager to proceed.
The state pension or social welfare payment.
Extremely drunk or intoxicated.
Assaulted.
To engage in a long, highly passionate, and heavy session of kissing.
Forcing one's way through a crowd with determination.
A request to make room by shifting towards the left or western side.
The fertiliser will hit the fan
When you don't think things are going to go your way.
A reckless or poorly judged pass in sport or metaphorically any action that leaves…
An expression of admiration or praise for a fellow who has done something impressive.
A person treatening another person that he will hit him if he dos'nt shut up.
A question asked when one is hung over bag as in the stomach of a human being.
A bog or marshy ground.
A direct demand telling someone to go away or fuck off.
A term used to describe someone as being drunk.
A ridiculous or embarrassing spectacle or exhibition of oneself.
Messing about, idling, or engaging in tiresome nonsense.
A phonetic spelling of start, denoting the beginning or commencement of an event.
A dunce or simpleton.
Extremely dirty or filthy.