Spuds

n.

Heard in Dublin, Mayo, Kilkenny, Donegal, Louth and Kildare

Potatoes, the indispensable staple of any proper Irish dinner.

Will ye ate the spuds before they go stone cold on the plate!

Posh English

Would you consume the potatoes before they become entirely chilled upon your plate?

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Donegal
• Louth
• Kildare

Related terms

• At home pickin spudsTruancy from school or work under the pretence of being elsewhere.
• Drain the spudsTo urinate, typically used by men.
• He's a head on him like a bag a spudsA humorous description of an extremely unattractive person.
• Head on ya like a bag of spudsUgly.
• How's your mother for spuds?A cheeky or coded way of asking if there is anything one might do to be of service.
• Hows ur ma 4 spudsA traditional greeting inquiring after one's family and household welfare.