Waterford Slang, Page 12
More Waterford slang, numbers 441 to 480, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A rag; any very worn or tattered garment.
A steep incline or decline, depending on which way your looking.
A fast-food establishment specialising in fish and chips.
A term used to describe someone who is incredibly malnourished.
A phonetic spelling of the number two, reflecting traditional local pronunciation.
An alternative course of action offered to one who makes an undesirable request.
A milder stand-in for the stronger swear with a 'u' instead of the 'e'.
A person from Ferrybank in Waterford.
An affectionate term for Dungarvan, the beautiful coastal town.
Waterford pronunciation of the word game.
Someone who is extremely promiscuous.
A dandelion clock, the seed head that children enjoy blowing.
Female masturbation.
Extremely hungry.
Something acquired or provided entirely free of charge.
To be confident of achieving something you haven't a hope of.
An earwig.
An impatient demand that someone stop pestering or annoying one.
A hyperactive adult or child.
Skiving or playing hooky from work or school to idle about.
The head on him and the price a cabbage
An inflated sense of one's own importance; swollen-headed pride.
A traditional wooden handcart with two small iron wheels at one end and long handles…
A woman whose name one cannot recall or does not know.
Go wash the wilnots from the baieegs of yer barse
An instruction telling someone to go and give the nether regions a good scrub.
An alternative way of saying "I am always" or "I do be".
To be conceited or to think oneself superior.
A kids game whereby you ring some randomers doorbell and when they're just about…
Extremely drunk.
Expression indicating that someone has a bad smell.
A wooded or garden area just off the hobble where the skull of a horse's head was once…
Sandbucket.
Euros; a popular local term for money.
Posterior or backside.
Small spherical pieces made of marble, glass etc., and used as a plaything by children.
Little balls of excrement that cling to the hairs around one's anus.
The amusement park in Tramore, also known as the hurdy gurdy's.
A large tin vessel with a gallon capacity.
The amusement park in Tramore, also known as down round.
An assurance that something is no trouble at all.
Run up me arse and pick daisies
An emphatic expression used to tell someone to go away.