Tipperary Slang, Page 11
More Tipperary slang, numbers 401 to 440, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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To be beaten severely, typically to the point of sustaining significant injury.
A tall slender container used to boil water, also fitted with a lid and handle.
Cancer, especially as a terminal illness.
To take time off school without permission; to play truant.
He cannot hold his alcohol, I.e.
Extremely warm or hot to the point of perspiring heavily.
Playing truant; absent without leave.
Say nothin' and keep on sayin' it
Keep your mouth shut about it, and keep it shut; a wry bit of advice to stay discreet.
To deliberately provoke conflict or sow discord among a group of people.
To have sexual intercourse with someone.
To be given plenty of food; to eat one's fill.
No fool; nobody's fool.
Legs form an arch.
Pointless messing, fooling about or time-wasting.
No idea whatsoever.
A particularly tough or durable fabric, likened to the wool of a bull.
Children or young offspring.
The act of sticking out one's tongue, typically as a gesture of cheekiness or derision.
An orgasm.
To drink a small amount, just enough to wet one's whistle.
The very bottom of a can or tin.
I am going home to have bacon and cabbage for dinner.
An expression used to describe a situation an event or a person that has become…
Local nickname for New Birmingham, also known as Glengoole.
Hard-earned cash or pocket money, traditionally spent on cheap cider.
Dugded an pitted, an eshid an shitted
Overheard a man telling a friend, how he had dug the potatoes, pitted them.
A sardonic retort when the weather forecast proves wildly inaccurate.
Small pieces of chopped wood used as kindling to start a fire.
A foolish or silly person.
Used to add strong emphasis to a negative description.
An emphatic expression of agreement.
To proceed in a slow, leisurely or unhurried manner.
Full of holes or pellets, as in being thoroughly riddled with shot.
A mischievous little rascal or scamp.
Making a good recovery from illness.
So miserly he would not even spend money to urinate.
Do you understand what I am saying.
A class or year in school.
Packet of those pain relieving tablets called Anadin, please.
Dirty, disgusting or of very poor quality.