Smella ya

n.

Heard in Tipperary

An exclamation regarding an unpleasant or overpowering odour emanating from a person.

In use

Did you fall inta a Bath of dead Owls, jeasus the smella ya

Posh English

Did you tumble into a bath of deceased owls? Good heavens, the stench emanating from you.

  • Da smellaA uniquely Wexford expression to describe a foul or unpleasant atmosphere.
  • Smella chaase off yaUsed to put somebody down or to call somebody ugly.
  • NeglectAn offensive bodily odour emanating from a person. Also deployed as a casual insult…
  • As rare as rocking horse shitExtremely rare, something that is all but impossible to encounter.