Waterford Slang, Page 22
More Waterford slang, numbers 841 to 880, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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Let's go.
Totally simple.
In times past this phrase was used to ask for a cigarette.
An expression of dissatisfaction.
Anything as spoken in the local dialect.
A mispronunciation of Alsatian, the German Shepherd breed of canine.
A farewell remark
A mispronunciation of the word "aren't" with a colloquial twist.
In a state of extreme hunger, famished.
The only effective retort to an insult of one's matriarchal parentage.
A large building with a lot of sick people in it.
A contrary female.
Party staple.
A yeast substitute obtained through the fermentation of potatoes.
To do something arse ways.
Rather large feet.
A person of gargantuan proportions.
To be pelted, normally with snowballs.
A long neck bottled beverage.
Waterford colloquialism for the child's game called Hopscotch.
An absolutely massive blackberry.
An expression used to describe the entire family unit.
A rare breed of goats unique to Bilberry, an area otherwise known as "de Rock.
A floury square bread roll of sorts, in one of three varieties: soft, crusty or chewy.
An especially hurtful and derogatory comment.
Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanid, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
In a state beyond drunken intoxication.
A derogatory term for a female companion or lack.
Something owlfellas used to give yungfellas when they were bold.
A small amount of any currency, generally loose change.
A steep hill located in Bollicky's Field near Bilberry.
A dope.
Your first wee in the pub, usually after about two hours of drinking.
A sorely missed nightclub in Waterford that had many, many names such as the Banana Club.
Of surpassing excellence, brilliant, as said in a West Waterford accent.
Bring as spoken by Waterfordians.
To bring something somewhere, past tense.
Near Ballinaneeshagh, a place where dog-fighting used to take place.
A phrase generally used by social smokers or poor college students (on de slate)…
Beyond repair.