Tipperary Slang, Page 6
More Tipperary slang, numbers 201 to 240, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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Lost in thought, daydreaming, or completely spaced out.
A euphemism for sexual intercourse.
Testicles.
A narrow country lane.
A metal vessel used for boiling water over a fire or stove.
Excellent or splendid.
Very drunk indeed.
A fellow not to be trusted, often a charming rogue or lady's man.
Cold or nippy weather.
Expressions of surprise, probably to stop individuals from taking the Lord's name in vain.
Potatoes, especially boiled ones served with a family dinner.
A corner-back's rueful acknowledgement of an opponent having scored against him.
An excursion involving copious amounts of alcohol.
Walking or trudging around wearily.
Heavy rain.
In Cavan, unlike most other counties.
A fool or someone acting foolishly.
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Larchfield in Kilkenny city.
Sick or nauseous to the point that vomiting becomes inevitable.
A friendly casual greeting addressed to a male companion.
Feeling very unwell or in a bad state.
The radio, typically with the tuner fixed between 95.6 and 96.4 FM.
A casual greeting inquiring after someone's wellbeing.
An interjection used liberally to demand silence, especially from children.
A fool or idiot.
A man that is short in both stature and temperament and tends to have misplaced notions…
A quick clean with a damp tissue, usually wet from your mother spitting on it.
Close but no cigar.
A cowardly or fearful person.
Here's me head, me arse is comin'
A jocular way of describing a person who is stooped or hunched.
Description of a permiscuious girl, who thinks a lot of herself.
A placeholder term for an object whose name one cannot recall.
Shameless impudence, audacity, or extreme nerve.
A generously proportioned woman possessing an especially large posterior.
Toilet paper used for personal hygiene in the lavatory.
Infection of the male genitals caused by rampant stupidity.
A ditch.
An acronym for the phrase "Come On You Boys in Green" (C.O.Y.B.I.G.) in reference…
To break wind only to realise too late that one has also soiled oneself.