Roscommon Slang, Page 3
More Roscommon slang, numbers 81 to 120, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A thin, scrawny or delicate man.
In and out like a fiddler's elbow
A restless individual who cannot remain still for any length of time.
News or scandal.
Originating from the townlands of Cloonbonnive and Gortaganny in west Roscommon.
To drink to excess.
Old expression, Irish for 'the heed of the dog'.
An exclamation of shock or surprise.
A Roscommon way of saying, 'it would pay you better'.
The slightest sound, movement or sign of life.
Meaning any or ever.
To smack or beat someone on the backside.
Irish for rubbish, used only as in talking rubbish.
The head on him and the price a turnips
Look at the 'cut' of him, usually addressed to someone who looks hungover/ has a puss…
He didn't get it from the wind
He didn't aquire the said trait from no where, I.e.
Describing someone who has declined significantly in physical build or appearance.
Sound as a pound on the ground!
Perfectly fine; I am quite all right.
Rough and ready, heedless or somewhat dozy and disorganized.
Idling about, typically doing nothing productive.
A fine set of agricultural machinery, typically for silage making.
To do well or succeed, often deployed sarcastically as a rhetorical question…
Ecstasy tablets or other illicit party pills.
To get drunk, be drunk, be hungover, someting that's disgusting.
Outrageous, terrible or very bad.
In Limerick, this term means someone who is nasty.
A contraction of 'what is the craic'.
An approving term meaning reliable, agreeable, fun and without hassle.
Yes; also used at intervals while listening to a tedious speaker.
An expression telling someone to go away and stop annoying one.
A common emphatic particle with no specific semantic content.
Very or extremely.
A large quantity or great heap of something.
Fiddling or messing with something.
The gaelic for faecal matter excreted by the body in order to eliminate the waste…
To be absolutely drunk.
A young boy, lad, or cheeky young fellow running about the place.
A large quantity or generous abundance of something.
A fool or idiot.
A term often used at the beginning of a sentence, roughly meaning well or indeed.
A wexford person, as they over use this word when talking.
The habitual present tense, indicating something one does regularly.