Wexford Slang, Page 3
More Wexford slang, numbers 81 to 120, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A verb used to describe kissing someone.
A male cat or tomcat.
Nausea sometimes accompanied by frequent visits to the lavatory.
Very good indeed.
Kissing or snogging someone; a shift is a kiss, and to shift someone is to kiss them.
Extremely bald or worn smooth, especially of tyres.
A parental command indicating it is time for bed.
Lucky in an improbably fortunate or fluky way.
Expression used when extremely fed up with something/ someone.
An exclamation of anger exasperation or impressed astonishment.
Living from day to day, perpetually broke; shortened from 'come day go day.
A person.
If there was work on the bed he would sleep on the floor
Describes a person of truly exceptional laziness.
Used as an intensifier.
An insult used to describe an ugly child.
An exhortation to drink up quickly.
The rear part of a house, specifically the kitchen area at the back.
A sound beating or thrashing.
A large dog, known elsewhere as an Alsatian.
An exclamation indicating that it is raining very heavily indeed.
Ecstasy tablets or other illicit party pills.
Quite or rather; to a notable degree.
A casual reference to an unnamed girl or woman, the feminine counterpart to 'yer man'.
To engage in a romantic clinch or sexual encounter with someone.
To get drunk, be drunk, be hungover, someting that's disgusting.
A foolish or silly person.
An intensifier denoting something or someone as exceptionally good or impressive.
An exclamation used to signify success or that things are going well.
Of extremely poor quality, dreadful, or thoroughly awful.
To kiss someone passionately with tongues; to French kiss.
Outrageous, terrible or very bad.
An utterly foolish, incompetent, or annoying person.
A contraction of 'what is the craic'.
That is fine, no problem at all.
Extremely drunk.
Used in place of "good" to mean fine or satisfactory.
A mildly insulting term of abuse for a man.
Completely exhausted, fatigued, or worn out.
A face like a well slapped arse!
Having an extremely sour, downturned, and unattractive facial expression.
Kidding or fooling oneself.