Wireless

n.

Heard in Cavan, Offaly, Tipperary and Wexford

A mobile phone or cellular telephone.

In use

Shur give us a shout on the wireless later on, biy.

Posh English

Do telephone me upon my portable device at your earliest convenience, young man.

Same phrase, other counties

  • CoortinOutmoded term for romancing or dating a member of the opposite sex. Also: Old-fashioned…
  • Back end of the bat mobileThe state of your Brass Eye soon after you eat a really hot curry.
  • Muppet-mobileA poorly or ridiculously modified car.
  • The gags mobileA particularly fine or notorious van, used for courting.