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One hundred e.g "there must o' been near a hunnerd of them" or "lend us a hunnerd pounds would ye" |
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15 minutes beforehand. e.g. "I'm running late, I'll probably not see yez before a quarter til" |
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When your in the doghouse , you could says its all picture no sound! |
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older woman, mother, grandmother |
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An way of expressing a dislike for anything you see, for example a badly modified car or an ugly girl. |
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A place where very few return from e.g. "he's living back ahond the font, stay aware from there!" |
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Broken, can also mean tired - e.g. "It was banjaxed beyond all help" |
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Flushed with embarrassment. |
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Making out you have loads of money when there's really nothing behind it. "Big front slope back" |
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To talk excessively e.g. "go on with your blathering!" |
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meaning nightmare or disaster eg. last night was blizzard. can also mean drunk |
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To be sick - throw up e.g. - "that small would make you boke!" |
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Naughty - e.g. "You are a very bold boy" |
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"Chucker Her Out" Meaning - throw him or her out, usually used in a pub/bar |
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A way of saying "I can't remember" |
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pronounced - "cur-ting"
meaning - to go out with someone, or to kiss someone
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Term of sympathy; unfortunate or unlucky person "That poor craiter" |
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Bad, needing attention - e.g. "The place is in a desperate state" |
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money from the Dhss for to look after the kids |
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a cold/flu e.g. "i've a while bad dose!" |
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Knickers, panties - E.G. "Her drawers were the size of Cork" |
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a friendly harmless gipe/idiot |
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Indicates approval of someone's actions or opinions - e.g. "Fair play to you" |
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Falls road name for a Priest |
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Tatters - e.g. "The dog left the shirt in flitters" |
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Extremly cold e.g. "here fella! i'm foundered, im gonna call it a day!" |
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God no - e.g. "Gad's no!" |
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noun; a ganch:a person who talks to much.verb; to Ganch: to slabber e.g. "I wouldn't listen to yer man...he's a pure ganch so he is" |
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go away and leave me alone |
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To be very angry e.g. "You see what I done the car this morning? The wife is gonna go clean mad when se see's it!" |
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Idle talk or excuses - e.g. "Don't give me any of your guff" |
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term of encouragement, usually when forced to drink something unpleasant. e.g. "but I hate vodka 'n' red bull, it makes me boke" , "ach, houl yer wheesht and horse it into ye" |
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an expression encouraging the listener to air on the side of lesser haste. in English "Now hang on a minute" e.g. "houl yer horses boys, dont be payin up yet, sure we dont even know if there's a bar in this hotel" |
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great, excellent, trustworthy e.g. "you'll have no problems with yer man....he's a hunnerd percent so he is" |
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because of an annoying person, usually a family member, one is ready for the local psychiatric unit |
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A certain task would annoy you immensely |
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Tired, exhausted - e.g. "We're all jaded after it" |
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expression. "I say" e.g. "Jeez boy, thon's some size of a house" |
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Feet. E.g. Me kebs are killin' me. |
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Pretending - e.g. "I was just letting on" |
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Sponging, almost begging - e.g. "He's mooching again for money" |
schtoor/dirt e.g. "I looked in that fridge and the mowld and the schtoor would make ye boke" |
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Not on your life; never going to happen |
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"okie dokie see you later then" okie dokie is a positive, meaning alls well |
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Movies, Cinema - e.g. "Want to come to the pictures?" |
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The extent of one's life. "A haen't heard o' thon in all me puff!" |
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usually used when describing something positively. "thats a quare fella that!" |
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To lose the head, annoyed. |
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meaning "ok", "see you later" or even"yes sir, right away sir. Leave it to me" |
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An Auction "you heading down to the roup tomorrow night?" |
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Blushing, often in sympathy with a friend's reddener - e.g. "I'm scarlet for you" |
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popular in the so-called "Triangle" area (that's Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portrush). used instead of "mate" e.g. "'bout ye sham" meaning "how are you mate?" Often claimed as an Ulster-Scots term. Ulster Scots is a "language" that has been spoken in Ireland for almost 10 whole years now. |
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Pale, ill, scared - e.g. "He was very shook looking" |
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an annoying weedy person. e.g. " Jeez that Geoffrey Donaldson, he's only a skittery whelp" |
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Making fun of someone, generally good-naturedly - e.g. "I'm only slagging you |
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positive remark to describe something good! |
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a way of describing someone in a good way "he/shes sound" |
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Belfast term meaning "I am well" e.g. " Well Davy, how's the form?" "agh, stickin out mate" |
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a female of ill repute e.g."ye may wash yer hands before ye sit down to eat that plate o' champ, especially seein' you've just come home from seeing that strumpet" or"that Charlotte Church strumpet" |
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Suckn diesel, Sucking diesel, "Now you’re suckn diesel", "Now we’re suckn diesel", Meaning = all is going good, infact better than good. |
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Thats ok, it's fine, 'it's grand' |
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almost, approximately: e.g. "that cost me the guts of 3 grand" |
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Strabane version of the window |
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Falls Road name for a British soldier |
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one e.g. "that wan over there can eat like a horse!" |
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Extremely "That tea's weak cowl'!" |
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shh, be quiet e.g. "Wheesht a minute, would ye" |
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Your backside
eg. state of you fallin on yer hoop! |
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you cant make something that looks bad look good |
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the description of a person who has annoyed another |
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Someone who is not all there / someone with mental issues / someone who may be a bit slow / someone who is an idiot |
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A dump, as in "thon place is a dunderin inn" |
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something only half done with the intentions of finishing it off later. |
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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" |
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To take a long time. "the dinner is taking ages" |
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Irish Slang = Am foundered..!
(Derry / Londonderry)
English = I'm freezing..! |
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From an old anti smoking advert |
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older man, father, grandfather |
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"I dont believe you!" but not necessarily calling someone a lier, can also be said in a state of shock. |
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Meaning - "I do not believe a word you just said" |
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Messy inadequate job (see hames) - e.g. "He made a bags of doing it." |
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Be Careful e.g. "be wide on the road!" |
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one who sees the merits in that which is considered non-recyclable. a scrounger |
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Noun: a blether: someone who talks too much. verb to blether e.g. "would you ever quit yer blether" meaning please shut up |
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Having to much to do and not enough time to do it. |
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Naughty e.g. " that child is very bold!" |
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Boltonian Chav slang for Lambrini, or Lambrella Go in shop n get us a bottle of boosh please m8 |
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Oh my goodness / I cannot believe it |
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talks alot, talks to much
e.g. - "that fella there could chat the hind leg of a dog!" |
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Usually used when someone has done or said something stupid "go away and cop youreself on" meaning - wise up |
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(verb) to fall over, topple
eg. she ran 5 yards before she couped |
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Hard to translate, roughly meaning fun - e.g. "We had great craic that night" |
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Thin/Person that is alright/good. |
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does it look like im thick/slow |
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newry term for going with someone |
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Term of endearment for someone; cute |
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a polite way of descriping someone who has cursing and swearing. "he was down there yesterday Effin' and blindin'" |
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Often (pejorative) -"He's always down at the pub; sure he's drunk at every fart's end!" |
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ahead of ,against. e.g. "where's the kitchen brush?" "it's fernenst the door" |
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Not getting much done, fussing - e.g. "Just foostering about" |
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Things are going well. Eg Hows she cuttin? Full of the blade! |
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eejit. e.g. "yer man's a bit of a gallute if ye ask me" |
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Fun, enjoyment - e.g. "We had a bit of gas that day" |
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Scolding. - e.g. "The teacher was always giving out to the class" |
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noun: descriptive of an idiot. e.g. "yer man's a total and utter glunterpeck, dont waste your breath talkin to him" |
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Staying away from home, usually a child - e.g. "He's been on gur since Saturday" |
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a feckin eejit. Can also mean wandering around aimlessly. |
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hard to beat, great "good feed a spuds is hard te beat" |
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noun: a hoke, a rummage, a footer. verb: to hoke e.g. to hoke around the back o' the sofa for the remote |
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Spectacle - e.g. "You made a holy show of yourself" |
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be quiet, shut up, nonsense |
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i wouldnt go near you if u paid me to |
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going up to bed to lie down fora wee minute |
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Fornenced = in front of (it's fornenced ye) = it's in front of you! |
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wishful thinking and hope |
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I'm in shock this is a strabane saying (still dont know who alex diver is ) |
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Added the last straw, completely banjaxed something - e.g. "He put the kibosh on it" |
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Ornamental area around a fireplace |
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bank machine / atm machine |
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A muttin is a random term with no meaning, can you be used in any sense
How's your muttin = how are you
That's some muttin = that's a nice thing |
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someone who is a bit stupid e.g. "he's not the full shilling that fella!" |
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name for a Nun in Belfast |
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Example: It's a powerful day |
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very, extremely e.g. "I wouldn't go into the bathroom for a while. It's pure stinkin' so it is" |
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someone who has questionable morrals e.g. "shes a quare wan that! never know what shes up to!" |
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When someone is supposed to be working but is just laying around generally wasting time. That bi ther is ridin out the day hi. |
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Annoy "See that sister o' yours; she roars my fuckin' head!" |
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He or she is a right scallywag, meaning getting up to mischieve |
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pronounced "ssh-tour" dirt, mould, muck. e.g. "Jeez, the schtoor in here would near make ye boke"
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Bed - e.g. "He's always in the scratcher" |
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Pissed off .Fed up .Not pleased . |
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a term used to describe a person who is deemed unworthy of attention. e.g. "turn that telly over. Even the sight of thon Juan Simmons would sicken yer happiness" |
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annoyed, pissed-off,embarrassed. Pronounced skunnered when outside of Belfast |
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pronounced "sleak-id" sneaky e.g. "dont trust yer man with your money. He's a sleeked get so he is" |
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Many of the Irish finish their sentences with the words "so it is" - this emphesises what they just said. e.g. “That’s a nice car you’ve got there, so it is!” |
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yet another term meaning eejit but describing a person of not much use. e.g. "that useless sooskin couldn't pour shit from a shoe if the instructions were on the heel" |
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baby; someone who tells on you |
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Derry term. (noun) a tight-fisted person
eg. what a stoke! she wouldn't spend christmas (verb) to steal
eg. someone stoked my bike (adjective) cheap, tacky, worn out (similar to "gypy")
eg. that tracksuit's a bit stokey lookin |
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When you try to show off and it backfires this is used by your comrades as a form of 'in your face' retort Specific English translation is 'Tough luck old chap' See also 'Up your Dick' &'That'll tighten ye' |
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doing anything as fast as you can |
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the same thing but with 2 different labels |
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Toite can mean anything you want. Good, bad, pretty, ugly, cool, stupid. e.g. 1: "I won the lottery there" "Toite one!" e.g. 2: "My relative just died" "That's toite." Also used by Goldmember "Toite like a macho man" |
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Having a very poor tolerance level. The word threshold is the part of the door frame that you step over. In times gone by it was the peice of wood that went accross the doorway to stop the straw or hay (thresh) from spilling out of the house, long before carpets were used. Hence the word 'threshold' |
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chilld, children (waynes)
e.g."the waynes are drivin me mad!" |
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Commenting on someones appearance |
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Thing - "What's that Yoke There?" |
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Not the smartest person around |
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