Waterford Slang, Page 27
More Waterford slang, numbers 1041 to 1079, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A sad face, usually found on children who don't get their way!
A big eejit.
A politically incorrect term used to insult someone who wears glasses.
Lucky.
Bottle tops.
Used to further emphasise the importance of a statement, like for feck sake.
Ten past the hour.
An immensely dense person.
An eejit.
The opposite to false in the old Waterford dialect.
A town in Tipperary where the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was founded.
An extra little bit of milk people used to get along with their daily delivery.
Used in Kilmacthomas area to describe a can of beer/cider.
A person of questionable character.
To have already told someone something.
To leave with hasty abandon.
To fling or cast with a certain whirling motion of the arm.
An avalanche load.
Not the same item.
An inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface.
I do not know where it is.
An unfortunate expression used to sarcastically stress that one does not know…
A term used in West Waterford (e.g. Villierstown) to describe the local pub.
To Kick.
A right hard slap.
A phrase used to dissuade someone from continuing to spout verbal diarrhoea.
A game played in school classrooms when the teacher went out on a message.
A useless person
A phrase used to wish a friend an extended period of satisfaction with their new purchase.
To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell.
The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural.
A previous girlfriend.
A game played in playgrounds, most notably in Tramore.
A nasty use of the word bollox.
Absolutely not.
A phrase to describe someone with chronic flatulence.
You might as well be bobbin yer ass against de Bridge o' Ross
Performing a fruitless activity.
An informal way of addressing someone.
A snooze.