Waterford Slang, Page 18

More Waterford 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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  1. Clatter of children

    A large number of children.

  2. Clod

    A copper coin; a single penny or any small amount of money.

  3. Germans

    A game of football where by a goal must be scored by a header or a volley.

  4. Goen onda quack quack

    To play truant from school.

  5. Hungry cuncha

    A mean or miserly individual.

  6. I'd ate a raw farmer's arse through the bars of a gate

    To be extremely hungry.

  7. Layarge

    Large or oversized, usually applied to portions, containers, or objects.

  8. Pooly

    Urine, or the act of urinating.

  9. Skinny

    A term of affection for a fat boy.

  10. Slagging match

    When two or more parties engage in a battle of insults (also known as giving abuse).

  11. Wicket/Wicked

    Used as an intensifier, meaning very or really.

  12. Delacatos

    A famous chipper in Waterford run by a family with the same name.

  13. Doos

    The local Waterford pronunciation of "does".

  14. Helmet

    A boy's cloth cap with straps that fasten under the chin.

  15. Holy show

    A ridiculous or embarrassing spectacle or exhibition of oneself.

  16. Hoppmans

    Local pronunciation of the locally produced Hoffmans Lager.

  17. Large chip

    A bag of chips (thick cut potato fries) that contains and arbitrary number of chips more…

  18. Like a hoor's handbag

    Smelling very fragrant having overdone it on the perfume/aftershave.

  19. Me man

    My man.

  20. Peggy's leg

    A stick of hard boiled rock candy.

  21. Portlairge

    A digging implement with a shovel blade on one side and a pickaxe point on the other.

  22. Prize tulip

    One who is so adept at screwing things up that they are felt to be worthy of a prize.

  23. Puck de snot

    To slap someone around the head.

  24. Shit over a nine bar gate

    To excrement with such force that it would soar over a nine bar gate.

  25. Smell off yer lack!

    One of the ultimate insults you can give to someone.

  26. Two nobs of goat's shit

    Something of extremely low value is not even worth this.

  27. Crackaun

    Fun or enjoyable entertainment.

  28. Dog leaf

    Waterford pronunciation for the plant Rumex obtusifolius.

  29. Gleingín

    A streely, tangly, scatty person with no real purpose or direction in life.

  30. Half-sheet

    A ten-shilling note, equivalent to 50p today.

  31. Headaball

    A foolish person that often does the unexpected.

  32. Heavin

    Extremely crowded with people.

  33. Hit and miss

    Rhyming slang for a piss, meaning to urinate.

  34. Last one back is a bag of fleas

    The devil take the hindmost.

  35. Make a bags of it

    To make a complete mess of something.

  36. Moll de diddle

    Old before her time.

  37. Piss a bed

    A herb of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright…

  38. Scallop

    A thick potato-slice, coated in batter and deep fried.

  39. Slinge

    To walk in a leisurely, lazy or reluctantly slow manner.

  40. Willn me bollix

    Excuse me?

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