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Top 10 Irish Slang Terms

Men & Women
'Ol Biddy
Old woman
 
a bad bastard
not a good boy
 
a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp

a bad looking man or woman

 
A sniper wouldn take that out
Very Ugly
 
As bent as a 9 bob note
Something particularly queer about this specimen
 
Babby

meaning - "baby"

 

e.g. - "hows the babby?" 

 
Bitta fluff
Bitta fluff = bitta stuff e.g an attractive young woman
 
Blade
girl
 
brute
ugly
 
Busted Boot
Derogatory term for a gay man as it rhymes with 'fruit'; another term for gay males
 
Cheek

Disrespectful

 

e.g. "can you believe he asked me to go after what he done? the cheeck of it!" 

 
clampet
Example: Yer man is a total clampet
 
Cuty

Girl

"shes a qwer cuty that one!"

 
do lally

a bit mad

 
fake bake
when i girl wears to much make up
 
Fella
Male person, also used for boyfriend - e.g. "Come here young fella"
 
Fun Bags

Breasts

 
its bitin the leg of 'er

When you see a female who looks to be highly sexually active and who may potentially have a itchin genital region.

Hi by look at that blade over ther, I bet ya its bitin the leg of 'er.

 
Kamanchee

Describing a person who is a bit of an ejit.

E.g. Go on ya Kamanchee!

 
Massey
Massey Ferguson
 
Me granny
the time of the month
 
Mucker

either a culchie or sometimes, a friend i.e. someone you muck around with.

 
Muckshits

See Culchie

 
nice from far, but far from nice
good looking from yonder hills, but the closer she gets, the uglier she gets
 
One
Female person - e.g. "Some oul' one told her"
 
Quare Half.

Quare Half.

^ Good Looking.

 
Reddener
Blush (see Scarlet) - e.g. "She took a reddener when she saw him"
 
She's a sniper's nightmare
she is very thin
 
shite flies high when its hit with a stick
getting above ones station
 
Sleeveen
Sly person, calculating - e.g. "She's a bit of a sleeveen"
 
the higher the monkey climbs the tree the further up its arse you see

for those people who think they are better than everyone else

 
Wee doll
Young lady, usually of an uncouth disposition
 
Wouldnt ride ye inta battle
You are not even good enough for me to take you to war
 
ye wouldn ride that into battle
Very Ugly
 
1690

Aged 16 from the back; 90 from the front.

 "Jaysus, I was behind this bit on the street; she was a 1690 by fuck...!"

 
a chip off the aul block

like you mother or father

 
a slabber
someone who can't keep a secret
 
a wally

not wise

 
as mad as a ditch

 less sane than normal (but what is normal)

 
bellend

Penis

 
blade
another name for a woman
 
Body off Baywatch, Face off Crimewatch

a woman with a hot body but a very ugy face.

 
Bushed

Tired

 

e.g. "i'm bushed!" 

 
Butter face
As in everything about her is attractive...but her face!
 
Chinwag

To have a chat/conversation

 

e.g." me and catherine where havin a wee chinway and...." 

 
cuddy & cub
This is the term around these parts on west tyrone for a girl and a boy.
 
Dead On!

Alright Then!

 
done up like a dogs dinner

 a woman done up over the top

 
Fanny

Vagina

 
Floosie.
A loose woman.
 
hows she cutting

northern irish slang for how is it going??

 
Jibber
a person who is afraid to try new things
 
Man = Fein Woman = beur
Women or man in South Armagh, Crossmalgen
 
me auntie bid
 the time of the month for women
 
Mingr

Unattractive female / male.

 

e.g. "You're right there, she's a real mingr!"

 
Mucksavage

See Culchie

 
mutton dressed as lamb
an old woman dressed in young clothes
 
not playing with the full deck
a bit mad
 
Puss
Face, usually sulky - e.g. "She'd a right puss on her"
 
Quingled

a married couple

"hes quingled now!" 

 
sandwich short of a picnic
a way of describing someone whos not all there!!!
 
she's an oul battleaxe
a cross/angry woman
 
Skank
another name for a woman
 
Slice

Vagina

 
The tide wouldnt even take her out
She is so ugly and fat that even though the tide takes everything out, it would leave her behind
 
Wouldn't take ye to the spuds
You are rotten. Wouldnt want to be seen with you anywhere, not even picking potatoes
 
ya big footed galute ya
a clumsy person who knocks things over
 
Z

collecting some "z's"

 

sleeping