Kilkenny Slang, Page 4
More Kilkenny slang, numbers 121 to 160, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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Be quiet.
Amusement or fun.
Horrible; filthy and unpleasant.
A foolish or incompetent person.
Kidding or fooling oneself.
Fiddling or messing with something.
To kiss and perhaps do other stuff too.
The gaelic for faecal matter excreted by the body in order to eliminate the waste…
A foolish, dodgy, or grasping person; a general rogue or eejit.
A filler word indicating vagueness or uncertainty; your guess is as good as mine.
To strike, punch, or deliver a heavy blow to someone.
A yungfella up to no good, sometimes called a tipper or guyer.
Extremely angry or furious.
"Craic" has a couple of very broad meanings.
The wrong way around or in the incorrect order.
A person from Dublin.
Of very poor quality; abysmal, wretched, or deeply unsatisfactory.
Very funny or amusing.
Alcoholic drinks, especially pints of beer.
A quick look or inspection of something.
A chancer or opportunist, someone likely to try to get away with anything.
Unpleasant, of poor quality, or gone badly wrong.
A term used by Wexford country people to describe a person from Wexford town.
A severe case or bad bout of an illness.
Drunk or heavily inebriated.
One who's unbelievable in a bad way.
Extremely bad or thoroughly unimpressive.
Raining heavily and persistently.
The toilet or W.C.
To tear or rip away living flesh or tissue without the benefit of surgical instruments.
The habitual present tense, indicating something one does regularly.
Errands or shopping, especially the daily purchase of household provisions.
An order to stop staring rudely at someone or something.
A contemptible group or company of people.
That fella; a man whose name you don't know or won't say, or one you both know.
To play truant from school.
To scatter or run away quickly.
Potatoes, or colloquially used to refer to the dinner table itself.
The mouth or face, often used when telling someone to hold their tongue or offering…
A mess or botch, as in to make a hames of something.