Limerick Slang, Page 2

More Limerick slang, numbers 41 to 80, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.

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  1. Baba

    A childish person who makes a fuss over minor grievances.

  2. Langer Dan

    A placeholder name for a man whose actual name one cannot recall.

  3. She would kick a 45 into the wind

    A big strong able girl.

  4. Smellbag

    A person who smells very bad.

  5. Jock

    To ride a horse.

  6. Scobe

    An unsavoury character.

  7. Steam off my piss

    Exceedingly stingy, tight-fisted, or ungenerous.

  8. Conkers

    Testicles.

  9. Rusty sheriffs badge

    The human posterior or anus.

  10. Serious

    Substantial or considerable in size or degree.

  11. Neptune's kiss

    Splashback received to the nipsy on dropping a particulary heavy depth charge…

  12. Meeting

    A romantic tryst or casual liaison with someone.

  13. Love

    A generic, informal term of address used for any person.

  14. Yart

    A more emphatic way of saying yes.

  15. Clinker

    A tiny piece of excrement stuck to the hairs of the backside.

  16. Fine

    Visually striking, attractive, or handsome in appearance.

  17. Beak

    The face or mouth.

  18. Buttplugs

    Cherry tomatoes, so called on account of their diminutive, stubby shape.

  19. Dobber

    A glass marble used in children's playground games.

  20. Jocks

    Underwear or boxer shorts.

  21. Belted

    Ugly in appearance.

  22. De

    A phonetic representation of the definite article the.

  23. Knobs up straight without looking

    A method of throwing dobbers using your chin as a giude.

  24. Nobble

    To dispatch or eliminate someone in a ruthless, mafia-style manner.

  25. Spalpeen

    An old Irish term for a wandering landless labourer, now used in good-humoured ridicule.

  26. Bandidge

    A sticking plaster or adhesive bandage.

  27. Batterin'

    An activity performed by little feckers around Halloween.

  28. Bullock dressed up as a man

    A powerfully built, hardworking man.

  29. Hot

    Used to describe a place that's a garda hotspot or something that's stolen.

  30. Willuh

    Will you?

  31. Back end of the bat mobile

    The state of your Brass Eye soon after you eat a really hot curry.

  32. Crack one off

    To pass gas or break wind.

  33. Ju know

    Do you understand or do you know what I mean?

  34. Quake

    A satisfying scratch of the testicles.

  35. Ball of em

    A large quantity or great deal of something.

  36. Botty burp

    A polite or childish term for passing wind.

  37. Bulbus glandus

    The bulbous tip of a dog's penis.

  38. Sherburt

    Sherbet.

  39. Spoofer

    A habitual liar, braggart, or teller of tall tales.

  40. You'll get thet in a minute

    You will get a clenched fist to the face in a minute.

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