Poxy

adj.

Heard in Cork and Galway

Describes someone who is irritatingly or annoyingly fortunate.

He won the jackpot down in the GAA sweepstakes, the poxy langer!

Posh English

He secured the grand prize in the sporting lottery, the singularly fortunate fellow.

Same phrase, other counties

• Galway

Related terms

• I am in my ballsEmphatic refusal. Absolutely not.
• If you had 2 brains you'd be twice as stupidA withering putdown directed at someone possessing a profound lack of intelligence.
• Up back of leapIn a remote or isolated location, in the back of beyond.
• Jog on!A blunt way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you.