Irish Slang

When someone is supposed to be working but is just laying around generally wasting time.

That bi ther is ridin out the day hi.

Annoying.

Added the last straw, completely banjaxed something - e.g. "He put the kibosh on it"

an undetermined amount, several, a few e.g "Hi Boy, give us a wheen o' them biscuits over to go with me tay(tea), would ye"

great, excellent, trustworthy e.g. "you'll have no problems with yer man....he's a hunnerd percent so he is"

go away and leave me alone

A place where very few return from

e.g. "he's living back ahond the font, stay aware from there!"

Pronounced "like"

Generally used needlessly in a sentence, generally at the end.

Example

"That was great crack like"

"Did you honestly do that like?"

So am are = So I am

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