The curse

n.

Heard in Waterford

A woman's menstrual period. Also used to refer to the long-standing curse on Waterford's senior hurling team.

I dyin with pain I have the curse." "It lifts in 2009.

Posh English

I am positively dying with discomfort. I have my monthly visitor. It lifts in 2009.

Related terms

• A curseA thoroughly bothersome person or persistent nuisance.
• CurseAn exclamation of profound shock, dismay, or disbelief.
• Curse a da blue Jaysus on it!An exclamation of frustration or annoyance.
• Curse a God on it!Drat and double drat! or Oh, dash it! or Feck it anyway!
• Curse da GodTo put a hex on something. Normally not meant in earnest but as an expression to convey…
• The curse of jaysus on it anywayAn expression of frustration or annoyance when something is not as one wishes.