Monaghan Slang, Page 2

More Monaghan 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. Dirty birdy's

    Peculiar or wild young women, usually eccentric company.

  2. Transmoglefy

    To change or dramatically alter one's appearance.

  3. You would'nt see a fowl in a hen-house

    A pun on fowl and foul, typically shouted when heckling a referee for a foul.

  4. Shamalam and strawberry jam

    A nonsense greeting or term of address, especially to someone named Murphy.

  5. Would a cat drink milk

    A rhetorical question used to affirm that something is glaringly obvious.

  6. Ploughing a lone furrow

    Working or proceeding entirely alone.

  7. End of storey

    An emphatic declaration that a matter is settled with no more debate allowed.

  8. Our 1

    One's sister or a close female relation.

  9. Horse that inta ya gason

    To eat or drink something quickly.

  10. Little apples will grow again

    There will be another day.

  11. Mouth like a Lough Erne pike

    A person with a large or loud mouth.

  12. Cut de bags

    Extremely lazy or lacking in industry.

  13. Rubbing fat to the fat pig's ass

    An unnecessary benefit bestowed upon someone who is already well provided for.

  14. Sluter

    A dishevelled, sloppy or slapdash person.

  15. Stacking their rags together

    A couple beginning to live together.

  16. Drive on the cart

    An enthusiastic command to hurry up, get moving, or depart immediately.

  17. Not worth shitpence

    Completely worthless, of zero value or consequence.

  18. Ponger

    A tin mug or drinking vessel, often battered from years of heavy use on the building site.

  19. DBR

    Don't Be Raging.

  20. Bodyaytin'

    To be engaged in some sexual activity, similary to bullin', horsin', ridin' etc.

  21. Polatic

    Yet another adverb stress how inebriated one gets after too much alchohol.

  22. Yer wan

    A casual reference to an unnamed girl or woman, the feminine counterpart to 'yer man'.

  23. Eejit

    A foolish or silly person.

  24. Shift

    To kiss someone passionately with tongues; to French kiss.

  25. Gowl

    In Limerick, this term means someone who is nasty.

  26. Aye

    Yes; also used at intervals while listening to a tedious speaker.

  27. Horse

    A casual greeting used among men, substituting the word horse or hurse.

  28. Horsebox

    A friendly term of address used between pals upon meeting.

  29. Knackered

    Completely exhausted, fatigued, or worn out.

  30. Conya

    Rubbish, nonsense, or idle chatter.

  31. Fluthered

    Drunk.

  32. Aul doll

    One's mother.

  33. Three sheets in the wind

    Drunk.

  34. Munya

    Attractive, hot or sexy.

  35. Foundered

    Extremely cold.

  36. Mad scone

    An exceptionally admirable or popular person.

  37. Scratcher

    One's bed.

  38. A bird never flew on one wing

    One should not limit oneself to a single romantic partner.

  39. Savage cabbage

    An expression denoting something of supreme quality, excellence, or enjoyment.

  40. Road frontage

    To own land with road access that can be sold as building sites, implying one has money.

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