Whist

v.

Heard in Carlow, Kilkenny, Donegal, Cavan, Armagh, Sligo, Leitrim and Kerry

To tell someone to shut up.

Will ya whist will ya for fucks sake

Posh English

Will you be quiet, will you, for goodness sake.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Donegal
• Cavan
• Armagh
• Sligo
• Leitrim
• Kerry

Related terms

• Whist upAn instruction to shut up or be quiet immediately.
• Hould yur whistPlease be quiet.
• Cumeer till I tell yaCome here until I tell you. Used to introduce juicy gossip one is eager to impart.
• I'll tell you now in a minuteI will tell you, not now, but soon, in around a minute.
• Shut up to fuck!Telling a person to shut up in an agressive manner.
• Shut yer bakeAn instruction to shut one's mouth and remain silent.