Tool

n.

Heard in Galway, Cork, Limerick, Westmeath, Dublin, Offaly, Waterford, Kildare and Donegal

A foolish, silly, or incompetent person.

Ah you absolute tool ya, ye let the door wide open!

Posh English

Oh, you absolute instrument, you have abandoned the portal wide open!

Same phrase, other counties

• All Ireland
• Cork
• Limerick
• Westmeath
• Dublin
• Offaly
• Waterford
• Kildare
• Donegal

Related terms

• Some toolA term for an absolute eejit or a thoroughly obnoxious, foolish person.
• A big lad when he's out, like an ass's toolSomeone who acts the big man or tries to look important when out in public.
• Mule's toolUtterly useless.
• Not the sharpest tool in the shedNot very intelligent. A bit slow or vague.
• Spare toolSomeone who is surplus to requirements, a gooseberry, a person who feels uncomfortable…
• Silly in the headActing in a scatterbrained, foolish, or utterly daft manner.