Tipperary Slang, Page 20
More Tipperary slang, numbers 761 to 800, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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To be bitten or annoyed by fleas, flies or midges etc.
An admission of complete ignorance on a subject.
Odd, strange or behaving peculiarly; anything but amusing.
A funny person or a card.
Complaining, scolding or voicing disapproval, often at length.
A grab or a handful.
Get out of my sight.
Raining heavily.
An expression used to mock someone who has just made a grammatical error.
He wouldnt leave his mother into his own house
Someone who is very stingy and tight with money.
A friendly greeting inquiring after someone's current well-being.
An idiom for being incapable of performing even the simplest of tasks.
Mother of Christ divine!/Mother of divine Christ!
An emotional exclamation similar to "Oh my God!"
A derogatory way of referring to someone one dislikes.
A particular level of extreme drunkenness.
To incur a massive, ruinous financial expense that requires selling property to clear.
Not seen or experienced for a very long time.
A traditional Irish fruit cake containing raisins and sultanas.
The road running from Cahir to Mitchelstown.
A clump of grass.
What do you think you are doing?
Jaundice, so named for the yellowing of the skin.
My grandmother used this saying.
Used to describe the rapid movement of the buttocks during passionate encounters.
An older woman, especially one's mother.
I most certainly was not.
So obvious it is right in front of you.
Fart fire and burn your arse/hole
A mild curse.
A ladybird.
Persistent pain, ache, or trouble.
A tough, rugged person not given to displays of affection.
Having fun / crack.
Like da back of a kilkenny wheely bin
To say that someone looks extremely unattractive or dishevelled.
Something large, cumbersome and unwieldy.
The fairy folk or mischievous sprites.
In a silly or foolish manner.
Nothing is free or given without cost.
Pal or friend.
To plant or set seedlings in the ground.
She would borrow something and never return it.