Kilkenny Slang, Page 9

More Kilkenny slang, numbers 321 to 360, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.

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  1. Go shite bricks

    An impolite suggestion that someone should go away and attend to the matter themselves.

  2. Off me face

    Extremely drunk or under the influence of drugs.

  3. Rough as auld nails

    Extremely uncouth or lacking in refinement.

  4. Shapes

    Behaving in an ostentatious or showy manner.

  5. Watering the banjo

    Extremely or disgracefully drunk.

  6. Drive for five

    The pursuit of a fifth consecutive All-Ireland title.

  7. Hum

    A strong or unpleasant smell, pong, or aroma.

  8. Pelting

    Throwing something or rain falling heavily.

  9. Stale the white from yer eye

    A dishonest or untrustworthy person.

  10. Weakling

    A person lacking in physical strength.

  11. Nockies

    A child's word for excrement or poo.

  12. Now

    A filler word inserted into sentences with no actual meaning.

  13. Ramming

    Messing or playful acting about.

  14. Whist up

    An instruction to shut up or be quiet immediately.

  15. Ye'd think I didn't have a mouth on me

    Someone who feels overlooked when food is offered.

  16. May

    Used to suggest definite action.

  17. Oh ya dingbat!

    A fool or stupid person.

  18. Shovelhands

    A native of Kilkenny.

  19. Sound as a pound

    To be completely fine, trustworthy, or in good health.

  20. Down your shirt

    To eat heartily.

  21. Mithering

    To annoy or pester someone to the point of exasperation.

  22. Off his nut

    Acting completely crazy, unhinged, or irrational.

  23. Sacko

    A young man from the village of Moneenroe in north Kilkenny.

  24. Leathering the v

    To engage in rough or overly aggressive intimate fondling.

  25. Ninty to a dozen

    Moving or operating at an extremely high speed.

  26. Mickey dodger

    A particularly strict, severe, or generally unpopular nun.

  27. Its not a bleedin' bus yer drivin'

    Said when someone is trying to park/pull out and they're taking ages.

  28. Reddin your arse

    To receive a spanking, typically from one's parents.

  29. Holy phasiphonage

    An invented exclamation of supreme astonishment.

  30. Stephenson's Day

    St Stephen's Day, the 26th of December.

  31. Take her handy

    To proceed carefully, especially with one's romantic partner so as not to impregnate her.

  32. Oldtimer's disease

    A wry euphemism for Alzheimer's disease.

  33. Put the heart crossways

    To give someone a sudden fright or shock.

  34. Jaysus, I'm so hungry I'd eat the horse and run after the jockey

    Extremely hungry; ravenous to an absurd degree.

  35. Wall eye

    Someone blind in one eye or with an obvious cataract.

  36. Mule's tool

    Utterly useless.

  37. Thinks her shite don't smell

    A pretentious young woman.

  38. Locked out of his tree, like a monkey who forgot his keys

    Extremely intoxicated.

  39. Flying it

    Doing very well or progressing excellently.

  40. Few naggins, be grand

    Commonly used in hardy irish teens who enjoy the odd drink.

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