Wexford Slang, Page 4

More Wexford slang, numbers 121 to 160, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.

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  1. Meet

    To kiss and perhaps do other stuff too.

  2. Gombeen

    A foolish, dodgy, or grasping person; a general rogue or eejit.

  3. Like

    A filler word indicating vagueness or uncertainty; your guess is as good as mine.

  4. Lamp

    To strike, punch, or deliver a heavy blow to someone.

  5. Gurrier

    A yungfella up to no good, sometimes called a tipper or guyer.

  6. Crathur

    Creature.

  7. Gway

    An incredulous dismissal meaning go away or nonsense.

  8. Acting the goat

    To act in a foolish or silly manner.

  9. Scuttered

    To be absolutely drunk.

  10. Rotten

    Unpleasant, of poor quality, or gone badly wrong.

  11. Latchico

    A lazy person, usually male.

  12. Sup

    A small taste or sip of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one.

  13. Schkelp

    To tear or rip away living flesh or tissue without the benefit of surgical instruments.

  14. Gobdaw!

    A foolish person.

  15. Be the hokey

    An expression of genuine surprise or astonishment.

  16. Dope

    A foolish, simple-minded, or gullible person who frequently makes a show of themselves.

  17. Hon

    A wexford person, as they over use this word when talking.

  18. Stop Gawkin'

    An order to stop staring rudely at someone or something.

  19. How ya now

    A casual greeting inquiring about someone's current well-being.

  20. Spanner

    A fool or idiot.

  21. Kip

    A dismal or unpleasant place.

  22. Ah lads!

    An exhortation to two or more people to stop arguing or fighting.

  23. Score

    A twenty euro note; money.

  24. Story horse

    A standard casual greeting, essentially asking what is the latest news.

  25. Quern

    Extremely, really or very.

  26. Mot

    One's girlfriend.

  27. For fuk sake

    An exclamation of exasperation or frustration when someone has done something one did…

  28. Puck

    To strike with a closed fist.

  29. Lack

    Colloquial term for a female companion.

  30. Bags

    To claim something as one's own, especially before others can.

  31. Yella belly

    Wexford person.

  32. Growler

    A rude term describing the nether regions of the female of the homo sapiens sapiens…

  33. In a hoop

    Very drunk indeed.

  34. What are you at?

    An enquiry as to what one is doing.

  35. Amn't

    Am not; am I not?; have I not?

  36. Blowin

    Boasting.

  37. Scab

    Something terrible or awful.

  38. Gomey

    An eejit / dope.

  39. Cousint

    Rarely used today.

  40. Numpty

    A harmlessly foolish or blundering person.

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