Mayo Slang, Page 6
More Mayo 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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Diarrohea.
A real countryman who is deeply into farming or cars.
A fool, from the Irish pleidhce.
Cool; agreeable.
Ecstasy tablets.
Sturdy leather shoes or brogues.
Drinking all day long.
Be realistic.
Courage, nerve, or audacity in the face of risk.
An expression denoting something of supreme quality, excellence, or enjoyment.
An untidy or awkward player released onto the pitch.
Exhausted or severely hungover following an evening of heavy drinking.
In Cork, a vague term for a period of time, a situation or simply a thing or object.
To strike someone violently in the head with a thrown object.
Describing a situation, turn of events.
Excellent, superb or very impressive.
A performance that is exceptionally poor or below par.
A condition of drunkiness where the eyes of the inebriated party resemble due…
A large, clumsy or awkward foot.
An ostentatiously pious individual who makes a show of religious devotion.
A thorough beating or thrashing.
A rural or rustic fellow, often used derogatorily.
A young female.
A good looking person.
Shaken, upset or in a bad way; looking unwell or worn out.
A footballer from the Cuchulainns club, often used disparagingly by rivals.
A person's legs, especially when considered attractive or shapely.
An insignificant but jumped-up fellow or girl.
To care profoundly little or nothing at all about a matter.
An automobile or motor car.
To be pregnant.
Bold or cross in temperament.
Money or cash.
Extremely drunk, to the point of being unable to stand.
Kissing or snogging someone; a shift is a kiss, and to shift someone is to kiss them.
Extremely drunk.
In Tipperary, the word pants is used to mean trousers rather than underwear.
Meaning both good and bad.
To take matters too far or push one's luck beyond acceptable bounds.
A person from Newport, County Mayo.