Waterford Slang, Page 23
More Waterford slang, numbers 881 to 920, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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To laugh uncontrollably.
An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream by churning.
Even more atrocious than cat malojan, if that were possible.
An automobile.
A skimming of the fingers in a whipping motion over an unsuspecting friend's arse.
Left over cake pieces, bound and sandwiched with jam between 2 thin slices of pastry.
Chilblains in Waterford dialect.
Jam packed.
A popular regionally produced cider product.
Good friends.
A person, generally female, who thinks they're lovely, even socially superior.
To be caught in the act.
To complain a lot.
A single unit of faecal matter excreted and ejected out of the body.
A soda bread mix consisting of sour milk and flour mixed with raisins.
An amusement park located on the promenade in Tramore, Co.
A colloquial designation for the street running along the backside of the Presentation…
Waterford's Bogey Man.
Indentations made on the bushes along Paddy Browne's long road by yungwans…
It was mighty fun altogether.
Water pools in the bogs where yungwans and yungfellas used go for a dip.
A no go area nestled between Lisduggan and Larchville containing 'furze bushes'…
The Labour Exchange (now Intreo).
A huge metal statue of a man on a massive erection at Newtown head, Tramore bay.
Affectionate name for the famous dredger, 'The Port Láirge.
The Holy Family Church on Luke Wadding Street.
Colloquialism for Prior's Knock, an area in the city renowned, in years gone by.
The People's Park is the last remnant (besides Red Square) of the old Socialist Republic…
A word to describe an appalling, dreadful, terrible.
An alternative night club to Breens down on O'Connell Street.
123 steps down from the Doneraile Walk.
Nickname for the Waterford College of Further Education.
A scenic valley in a Waterford mountain range.
Used to describe a direction.
Brilliant.
A man who appears very suave.
A blow with the fist.
An "edible" dried seaweed that is always gritty and extremely salty.
To be in a very poor condition altogether.
A miniature cayer.