Tipperary Slang, Page 18
More Tipperary slang, numbers 681 to 720, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A fool or idiot, especially one lacking street wisdom or sophistication.
Have to speak to, argue with, ask a difficult question, sort out.
To be extremely thirsty.
To idle or waste time in pointless activity.
Idling, messing about or up to no good.
Go an hav a hard shit for yerseff
No.
Not doing well at all.
Something really good or of exceptional quality.
I'd ate de back wheel offa menstrual cycle
Said when one is sick and weak with hunger pains.
An exclamation of surprise or awe.
A foolish or scatterbrained person.
A confrontational challenge asking what someone's problem is.
Dizzy or light-headed.
The toilet.
To have someone completely figured out or their intentions rumbled.
A term used to describe someone/something that captures a person.
A friendly term of address for a man.
Infested with an abundance of fleas, lice or similar vermin.
To swing something, indicating violent intentions.
Like nippy, it is describing a cold day or something rather cold.
Down yonder for a visit.
An emphatic assertion that one is speaking the absolute truth.
Fleas.
Dishonest or untrustworthy.
To throw stones.
A group of male friends.
Indeed they are, for sure.
To give as good as one gets in return.
Expression used by mothers to refuse a request.
He's not ready for the hospital t'all yet!
Still some distance from completion; far from finished.
Suffering from a punishing, soul-crushing hangover.
Onions.
A very thin or scrawny person.
A lazy individual.
Like sumptin de cat dragged in
To appear to be a little bit ruffled or not looking the best.
To strike the sliotar with considerable force during a game of hurling.
To crumple something up into a tight ball before discarding it.
To become unreasonably upset or sulky.
Speaking nonsense or rubbish in someone's opinion.
An exclamation of surprise or disbelief.