Mayo Slang, Page 11

More Mayo slang, numbers 401 to 440, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.

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  1. Turkey steppin

    What you do around the room in winter when ya get up for work in the cowld.

  2. Bowl wan

    Mother.

  3. Cloak

    Coat.

  4. Cruise

    To depart from a location, often casually or without much prior planning.

  5. Greasers

    Long-haired heavy metal fans or headbangers.

  6. Meitheal

    A large quantity or considerable load.

  7. Nupe

    Urine.

  8. Peizheined

    Poisoned, spoken with a strong Mayo accent.

  9. Rusty fanny

    Red or ginger coloured pubic hair on a woman.

  10. Abandon her

    To park a vehicle, often a tractor or jeep.

  11. Afro norse

    A man with a particularly hairy posterior.

  12. Crustified

    Feeling extremely dirty and smelly.

  13. Dearg diabhil

    A small stinging insect with brown stripes on its back that lifts its tail when about…

  14. Dilbert

    A foolish office worker.

  15. Fixings

    A thorough group mocking or slagging.

  16. Himming and hauing

    Complaining at length or grumbling about something or someone.

  17. Hong

    A very bad smell indeed.

  18. Like a dog with two pricks

    Delighted with oneself; smug or cocky.

  19. Rinosanorse

    A woman with an exceptionally large nose.

  20. Schteamer

    A cigarette.

  21. Snaggle puss

    Someone with an ugly or crooked mouth.

  22. Snots

    An old Irish pound note.

  23. Stog

    A cigarette.

  24. Taepot

    A person of lesser intelligence.

  25. Asal

    A stubborn or foolish person, derived from the Irish word for donkey.

  26. Snother

    Snot.

  27. The chateaux

    A humorous euphemism for the lavatory.

  28. Todger

    An annoying or tiresome person.

  29. Tuneogs

    Gramophone records or vinyl albums.

  30. Bulock

    A term for a bull, or used to describe an overweight person.

  31. Fermanagh banana

    A wild football bulltoe shot that invariably goes miles wide.

  32. Hay foot straw foot

    Renound shade marching drill for new recruits where the sergent instructs a bale of hay…

  33. Piglet

    Ones parents who are members of the Garda.

  34. Schtout

    Round and plump in shape.

  35. Castafarian

    A person wearing a plaster cast after breaking a limb.

  36. Dewy

    Any kind of wet grass.

  37. Eye of the snipe

    A compliment paid to someone blessed with a keen and precise eye for detail.

  38. Feishty

    Aggressive, spoiling for an argument or fight.

  39. Gammy sham

    A bad or useless fellow; a fool.

  40. Getting up my beak

    Getting on someone's nerves and causing immense irritation.

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