Appendix:Glossary of Hiberno-English slang and jargon

Ireland is known to linguists as having a great variance in colloquial slang from area to area, despite Ireland's relatively small population of just over four million. Irish English draws from both the English language and the Irish language (Gaeilge). Note: some words aren't strictly slang but more a different pronunciation, and word pronunciation and use vary GREATLY around Ireland.

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General slang

acting the maggot: Acting Up, misbehaving.
acting up: Misbehaving.
arsing around: Doing nothing.
banjaxed: (adjective) - Broken beyond repair.
boy: Generally used at the end of a sentence. No particular meaning, an exclamation. Commonly heard in County Cork. Not gender specific. eg "I was langered last night, boy!", "It's freezin' out today, boy!"
class: (adjective) - cool/very good.
c'mere: 'come here'-attempting to get somebody's full attention.
conkers: (noun) - seeds of the horse chestnut tree. Used in a childhood game.
craic: Many uses, usually fun time and good conversation. E.g. " The craic was mighty last night!".
culchie: An unsophisticated rural dweller.
deadly: Brilliant
eejit: Idiot
feck: similar to fuck but not as offensive
flat out: to be very busy or to be continually doing something ie."I was flat out boozing over the weekend"
gall: fuck all
gobshite: Someone who talks rubbish, gob meaning mouth shite meaning shit. Also meaning a stupid person or an eejit, as in "he's some gobshite"
got me hole: Had sex, to say "got me hole last night" would mean "I had sex last night"
grimes: dead, gone
grimesyard: graveyard
I'm bleeding planking it: I am quite nervous
in a ball: To be extremely drunk
Jackeen: Dubliner (mildly mocking).
fanta: Red-haired person with an attitude.
knacker: (silent K) - derogatory name for members of the travelling community, also implies deliquescence from working-class youth
lushing: Going out and getting drunk. - "Lets go lushing!"
man lad: good man
monan: shit
pikey/tinker/gypsy: A member of the travelling community. (The first two are derogatory.)
pile: a lot
pissed off: Annoyed.
pissed: Drunk or Annoyed.
pitch: To throw something.
playin' away: Meaning a person is having an affair or cheating "He's playin' away]] : They're having an affair or cheating on their boy/girlfriend
run amok: Crazy with anger.
scoop/jar: A pint.
slagging, ripping it out of, rippin the piss: To ridicule/mock/make fun of e.g.He's ripping it out of John means He's making fun of John
sound: Adjective used to say that a person is of good character and a worthwhile individual.
tae, cha, scaw, scald: Tea.
taking the mick: to mock someone
teague: massive head, or legend
the pictures: the cinema
tick: Annoyed or angry with another person
warnock: of the coloured persons
well: said continuously in WATERFORD, NAVAN, SLIGO, LONGFORD, LAOIS, NENAGH and LIMERICK comes from the saying 'are you well' or "Hello".
wellies: Wellington Boots, often also called Russian boots.

Belfast Slang

lawd: a man can be used in a greating, "what’s the crack lawd"
will you c him?: to kiss someone!

(he/she/that/this) does my head in : "Drives me up the wall, irritates me.

aah gee: a response to someone doing somethin stupid to mock them
all the best!: Good-bye, wishing you all the best.
aye: Yes
bad craic: That's not good
ball beg: ones testicles
Baltic: freezing
barcode: Refers to teenage moustaches with contain only a few hairs on either side of the mouth, hence the term "barcode".
barneys, disco Biscuits, donaghdees, smarties, bumbles, bumble bee: terms for XTC
bender: homosexual
blocked: To be intoxicated with alcohol.
cacks: Ones underpants
catch yerself on: Realise that you are talking nonsense please.
cheerio: Goodbye
cheers, thankin' you: a few ways to say thanks
cracker: class
dander: Go for a walk or or how a person walks (look at his dander)
dead on: Great. Perfect, Really nice. (Often used to describe people.)
eejit: An idiot. For example, the above slang terms were coined by an eegit.
feel wick: you should be embarrassed
nie: now
flat out with the tits out, flat out with the cock out: working hard or doing something longer than usual
fook: slang for Fuck
fruit: Someone who is weak nerdy or homosexual
giv er dixie: continue what you are currently doing with the same level of enthusiasm
geg: a funny time/person (to have a geg)(that wee girl is a geg)
great: Can mean attractive
gutties/guddys: sport shoes
head melter/melter: someone annoying
hippy: Somone who listens to rock music, has a full time job and usually keeps themselves to themselves. A.K.A The Belfast meaning for Hippy is the complete opposite of the actual term hippy. The term is not insulting if directed to rock fans and is quite amusing as it is totally ironic.
Hun: A British person, Protestant.
is that you?: asking if you've finished whatever you're doing.
janto: usually a spide. Used more certain parts of the city
keep her lit: basically keep doing what your doing, but phrase used by joyriders while spinning about
like: this is not a slang but its used in many sentences ("like ya know what i mean")
lit to the tit: off your head on drugs
Mexicans: people living in the Republic of Ireland i.e. "south of the border"
Mickey D's: Mc Donalds
millie: A name to describe working class females. The word "millie" comes from the girls who worked in the linen mills.
orange bake: describing a millies face (fake tan)
Papa Doc: Rev. Ian Paisley, a Unionist politican
peelers, scum, 5.0. black bastards: the police.
poke: Ice cream cone
put yer foot down: Go faster in an automobile
skint: Haven't got any money
skundered: really embarrassed
smicker: (known in England as chavs) - A young teenage/adult male usually from a working class area.
snattered: To be intoxicated with alcohol.
somethin shockin: In need of somethin despertaly e.g I need a shower somethin shockin
spide: chavs in Belfast
steamin': To be intoxicated with alcohol
stoley: used by joyriders to describe the car they stole the night before
swall: to go out and get drunk (to go out for a "swall") (to get a "swall")
the big Doc: Slang in reference to Rev Ian Paisley
The Dev: The Devenish, a pub/resturant in Belfast in the west of the city
tout: someone who tells
tube: Idiot.
up da duff/stout: pregnant
ur da: term used to make fun of a persons father, that the person making fun, may or may not want to have sexual relations with.
what about ye'?: How are you
what's the craic: Any news,or any excitement/fun
wind yer neck in: Don't be so cocky/confident; calm down.
wise up: Stop talking nonsense.
yer ma: When referring to another person's mother.
your man/your woman: That man/woman
you're pollaxed: You're very drunk.

Dublin Slang

ages: long time
aul fella/ol' lad/ol' man: Father
aul one: Mother or sometimes any mature woman.
barry: a shit "I’m going to take a barry"
bate: beat someone up
be wide: Be careful or wary.
culchie/bogger/mucker/muck Savage: a rough unsophisticated country/rural person
cute Hoor: Someone who quietly has one up on everyone
D4/D4 head: A term used to describe upper class people, derives from the cliche of D4/Dublin 4 post code being quite wealthy, also a particular mindset associated with people from that area of Dublin
deadly/whopper/rapid/gift: good
disco biscuits: Ecstasy tablets
dope/sap/spa: Idiot
Dubes: Dubarry Deck shoes, shoes which are stereotypically characterized with D4's
Dutchie: Dutch Gold, a very cheap imported lager so it appeals to youths
fair play/fair balls: well done/congratulations
fairly good: Derived from the 1st generation Paul Duffy, from Duleek, Navan. Meaning things are going quite well, or fairly good!!
fridgid: person who has never French kissed
gargle/scoops: Drink (alcohol)
gawk: to look at. Also used as the verb to get sick.
gayface: Someone who is gay and does not hide it.
gaff: House or house party
gee: (pronounced with a hard G) - Vagina
Ginger: (pronounced with a hard G, rhymes with "singer") - ginger minger, i.e. ugly red-haired girl
give her, him one: Have sex with her/him
hoop: One's rear end, ie. "How's yer Hoop? - How is your backside?
howya: How Are You?
I'd bleedin' lash her outta it: Shows one's eagerness to have sexual relations with a young upstanding female.
jam jar: a car
Jaysus!: Used as an exclamation. Different pronunciation of "Jesus!" but is regarded as slang
Joe Maxi: Rhyming slang for Taxi. Joe Maxi was a popular children's programme in the late 80s early 90s
Joe: Cannabis.
keeping sketch: To be a look-out for 'authority figures'
kip/dive/dump/tip: a place that is unappealing
knacker 'tasch: Refers to teenage moustaches with contain only a few hairs on either side of the mouth. Insulting to the attempted grower.
knob end: Putdown indicating homosexuality or idiocy.
langer: Male Genetalia. Can refer to a person as an offensive term. (e.g. "You are a langer" = "You are acting like a cock")
law: Member of the An Garda Síochána (Irish Police Force)
legend: great person (can also be used to describe a great place or thing; sometimes used as adjective e.g. "that party was legend")
locked/buckled/gargled/scuttered: Drunk
meet/shift/go off with: French kiss
micky/knob: Penis
muff: Vagina
on the lash: A heavy nights drinking
one: woman
pill head: Someone who enjoys consuming Yips
pukin' me ring: To be getting sick very heavily/for a long period of time
roysh: A term used usually in a mocking fashion of the way D4's/D4 heads say the word right eg. 'yeah roysh'-yeah, right. Originated in stories by Paul Howard about Ross O'Carroll Kelly.
shaggy: a word used for a long haired person
sham: A person from a middle class/upper class background trying to act working class in order to make themselves appear tougher.
Shaned himself: someone who shit themselves
skanger: is a generally term of abuse for a Dubliner of a working class background who has a particular style of dress.
sketch, scatter!: Someone coming - teacher, police etc. used primarily by youths
slapper: slut
stall it: wait; when used with "to" e.g. "Stall it to X - come to X
stroke: to rob something i.e. "stroked jammer" - (robbed car)
Tim Tiddle: Going to the toilet to urinate e.g. "I'm goin for a Tim Tiddle I'm bleedin burstin!"
tub: Cheap Larger, popular with the Young
up the duff/duffed: Pregnant
wacker: An idiot
wagon: An easy or slutty woman "everybody's ridden the wagon"
what's the story?: How are you? Can be shortened to "Story?" as a question. Rhyming slang is "Jackanory". Which cannot be shortened. You can say "Story Jonno?" but would need to ask "What's the Jackanory?"
wide: Knowledgeable, aware of what's going on
YIP's: Ecstasy pills
yoke: Any thing (usually used if the person can't remember the name of something). Also a slang term for Ecstasy pills and condoms.
young one: A young girl, usually in her teens but when used in the possessive sense refers to someone's daughter.

Derry Slang

mean lad: I know what you mean
monan: shit
pile lad: a lot
saunter: basically fuck off - "Saunter on mate"
couldn't be arsed, hi: expression of indifference.

Munster Slang

bhoy: doesn't always mean anything when used in a sentence, simply used to cap a sentence off.
brassed off: annoyed
beoir: A very good looking young woman. eg-"Oh look at her lads she's a beoir!"
come er ta me: (Come Here To Me ) means - Excuse me?
langer: penis or idiot
langered: Intoxicated beyond return
looder: loser
manky: Dirty, awful.
moolah: Money, Cork origin
muppet: Idiot.
savage: meaning very good or great
septic: in love with oneself - wouldn't pass a mirror without looking in it!
We-lllll: Hello, pleasure to met you.
ya wouldn't kick spuds to ducks: Hello there my friend, in my opinion you are useless at everything you do in every conceivable way - Tipperary origin
ya wud yeah: (You Would Yeah) means - You wouldn't dare!

Connacht slang

Bertie: cool, good e.g. "Aah Bertie Man! - "That's cool". Castlebar origin
bite the back of me bollox: expression used to tell someone to go away
bollox: Scrotum. Also used to refer to something or someone that is distasteful. i.e, "I will in me bollox- "I will not", "That's bollox"- "That's not good" or "He/She is a bollox" - "He/She is not a nice person"
buff: someone living in country area. (Origin: Sligo)-(See also Culchie)
collie: duck
dart: An attractive upstanding female
howsa' goin: Galway pronunciation of How is it going?
let ye: A term used at the end of many sentences as a form of intent e.g. Lets go to mass let ye
pure stones: A term used at the end of a sentence to signal your extreme displeasure at a certain event's outcome e.g. I scored two own goals, that's pure stones. It can also be used to describe someone who is unappealing, e.g. Jim is pure stones
savage: Excellent, very good, cool. "Aah Savage Man!"
sham: Cool person (the Carrick shams).
sow dog: An unattractive woman or someone who is unappealing to others
stones: A term used at the end of a sentence to signal your displeasure at a certain event's outcome e.g. I scored an own goal, stones.
that's the beegees: (pronounced "be--jeez"), ha. That's for sure, ha!!- Dixon upon hearing staying alive on the radio. Is now used to show approval at a certain outcome or event
well boi: What's up. Commonly used in Sligo

Waterford

Colloquialism	Definition	Alternative
Well boy/girl	Hello; How Are You	Well butty?
Whoolyback	Someone from a rural area (countryside)
shellakybooky	snail
Eddie Batt (as verb)	command to put a jinx on someone "Eddie Batt, boy"
de lack	my girlfriend
up the deise	up Waterford
gallybander	catapult, typically made from rubber bands
red lead	luncheon sausage
Stall (as verb)	to kiss
cat malogan	terrible
I'm well I am	"I agree"
blaa	a soft bread roll; also a person from Waterford

References

Everyday English and Slang in Ireland