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Top 10 Irish Slang Terms

Swearing & Insulting
a pull through for a rifle
A very skinny person is said to look like 'a pull through for a rifle'  
 
an aul git
not a very nice person "the aul git"
 
Arse Weed
Someone who spends their day living life like a total Tramp Head "see tramp head"
 
as thick as champ
descriptive of someone who is not regarded as having a high intellect e.g." I'm afraid your honour, my client didn't understand the question as he is as thick as champ"
 
back pocket in a shirt

Someone or something that is generally useless or pointless.

Thon apprentice af yours is about as much use as a back pocket in a shirt.

 
Bake on ye like a joyriders front bumper
your ugly
 
Ballix

1. Can be used as an exclamative term, for example, after a spillage "ballix, i spilled milk everywhere"

2. Can be used to desribe when something is not believable. Example "the grass is pink" "aye, ballix"

 
Blew up Like a Barrel

Way of saying someone put on weight/ saying something swelled up

 

"ever since she went off the fags she's blew up like a barrel!"

 
boggin
filthy, repulsive e.g. "mickey, who were you snoggin the other night. She was boggin man"
 
Bouncing


filthy, repulsive

e.g. "Robert that girl you shagging the other night. She was bouncing mate"

 
Caffler
arsehole, idiot, eejit
 
Cat's pyjamas

Used sarcastically to describe a boastful person, e.g. Well aren't you just the cat's pyjamas!?

 
Cocktrough

A woman with a particularly sloppy Vagina

"Hi Fellas, the cocktrough on that thing was like ploughing a field with a pencil."

 
Culchies
Rural people, usually used disparagingly by city people - e.g. "The culchies were all over the place"
 
cuntiballs
descriptive of a hateful person
 
dickbrain
stupid
 
dry balls

Oul dry balls,

A term usually used to describe, an old man who is very tight with his money,

“sure luk at oul dry balls, up da road, bastard wouldn give ya a bean”

 
F**ckin' apt
oh yes, absolutely e.g. "So First Minister, do you think the executive's future is secure after the latest scandal", "F**ckin' apt.The executive's stayin' where she is hi"
 
Fack away aff

Go away

 
Fanny like a billposters bucket

 

She is a rather promiscuous woman

 
Free-stater
Free-stater

“Ya Free-stater"

Can be a derogatory term usually directed to people living in the republic of Ireland,Thereby refusing to accept the existence of the republic in the 26 counties of Ireland, Referring to the establishment of the Irish free-state.
 
Fur coat and no knickers

Looking like you have plenty of money when really don't.

 
gippo
criminal
 
goat
someone is ugly
 
Gobdaw
Fool, idiot - e.g. "That fella's a right gobdaw"
 
Gom
Fool, idiot - e.g. "You're just acting the gom"
 
Header
Mentally unstable person - e.g. "Keep away from that header"
 
Horse's hoof
Spoof, exaggerated story - e.g. "That's a bit of a horse's hoof I think"
 
Hump off
Go away, leave me alone - e.g. "Would you ever hump off?"
 
Lick The Back Of Them
To suck on someones balls similar to kiss my ass
 
Numpty

A stupid person.

 "He's some numpty, hi."

 
Plonker

A Derry boys description of someone a brick shy of a load. (an idiot)

 
shake her and the cocks fall outa er

shes a promisuous young lady who enjoys the penis

 
she could eat apples though a letter box

A woman with big teeth

e.g. "shes teeth on her.. she could eat apples though a letter box"

 

 
she'd do for runnin around the house on.
not good enough for public but good enough for around the house.
 
shed a face only an uncle could love
very ugly
 
shite flies high when its hit with a stick
getting above ones station
 
sleg

west belfast way of saying "slag"

 
Take the balls out a yer eyes
said to someone who has tripped up or bumped into something  AKA a 'dickhead'
 
The wheel's turning, but the hamster's dead

 

Person of low mental ability

 
Tramp Head
someone who feels the urge to be a complete Arse Weed in their everday life..."see arse weed"
 
ur a bloody head the ball

a derogitory term for someone who is a bit slow.

a more polite way of telling someone they are stupid.

 
wab
slang name for penis. (circa mid 1980s)
 
wick

Stupid, rare

 "That's wick" 

 
Wouldn't do her if i had a bag of dicks

I would not have sexual relations with said female if i had a bag full of disposable penis'

 
Yahoo

A disruptive person

e.g. "sit down and quit bein a Yahoo" / "pack of Yahoo's them!"

 
Ye Plonker
You are an idiot
 
Yore Ma!

"You're Mother" Usually an insult:

 

"Yore Ma! What I'll be shagging tonight!!!"

 
you sicken my pish

you are annoying.

would you bugger off.

 
Acting the maggot
Behaving foolishly, annoyingly - e.g. "He was just acting the maggot as usual"
 
Arse Bandit

Did ye hear, yer man is an arse bandit! Description of a gay man.

 
As sharp as a beach ball

Not sharp at all, actually very slow - usually used to insult someones intelligence.

"That fella there is as sharp as a beach ball"

 
away an pull ur wire
a way of telling someone to get lost
 
Bake like a bagful of spanners
Very ugly
 
ballbeg

negative term for person

 
Bealin'

Extremely disgusting, stinking.

 -"Thon bird's bealin', mate"

-"Your breath's bealin', mate"

 
Blue shirt type of guy

after a 1930's quasi-fascist group

 
Bogtrotter

another word for a culchie

 
Buck

Sex, a less abrupt word for F@#K

 

"Fancy a Buck?"

 
cant make chicken soup outta chicken shit
self explanitory
 
CHEWED
SHE'S A FACE ON HERE LIKE A WELL CHEWED CHIP!!
 
Crabbit as a Cat

In bad mood

"he's as  Crabbit as a cat"

 
Cultchie

Someone from the country

 
Cute hoor
Untrustworthy male person, often a politician - e.g. "I always knew he was a cute hoor"
 
dingle berries
a poorly cleaned backside
 
Eighty Four Three Hundred Big-Face

Monaghan for "Go'way fuck yourself". Equivalent to New York's "Get de fuck outta here".

 Origins thought to be linked to local taxi phone number.

 
face on 'er like a busted cabbage
ugly
 
Faggot

someone stupid/ insult to a homosexual

"you're such a f*ckin' faggot"

 
Fierce Hoor.

Fierce Hoor.

Sneaky, especially in business transactions.

 
Full shilling
Mentally competent - e.g. "He's not the full shilling"
 
Get her Bucked

havesex with her

 
Go Fack Yourself
Go F#@k yourself - "Why don't ye go Fack Yourself!"
 
Gob
Mouth - "He never shuts his gob"
 
Gobshite

twat

 
Grin Like A Dead Hare

Ugly smile/face/teeth

"she's a grin on 'er like a dead hare!"

 
hoor

1. a lady of the night. a woman who works as a professional in the world of sexual servitude.e.g."she's a dirty hoor so she is"

2. a derogatory term for any sly person"he's a sleeked hoor so he is"

 
Hows She Hangin?
 
if it aint irish its scrap
meaning anything not made in Ireland is not a good product
 
Not even the tide would take her out
She is most unattractive!
 
Off your nut

Crazy

 

"You're of your nut fella!"

 
reurt / reurt- boy
pronounced "roort" south Derry term used to describe a "rare" or "rare-boy" e.g. "did you watch the apprentice? Yer man from Belfast is a pure reurt hi, so he is"
 
she could chew an apple through a tennis racket
referring to buck teeth or bent teeth.
 
She'd a face on her like a painters radio
a reference to a man ejaculating over a womans face
 
She'd teeth on her like a donegal graveyard
Her teeth were below par!
 
shes no show pony but shed do for a ride round the house
Not to great looking, but would be ok for a shag
 
Shoibag.
A person who is not liked.
 
smell yer ma

insult. smell one's mother

 
Talkin' Shite
Lieing

"That fella there is talkin' shite!"
 
Thick as 2 short planks

Stupid

e.g. "that fella there is as thick as 2 short planks!"

 
ugly mug
bad looking man or woman
 
uv a head on yee lyk a box of harp
u have a big head =}
 
Wick

1) Embarassed.

-"Aw, feel wick for you, mate!"

2) Something on which people "get" when they are annoying someone.

-"She gets on my wick somethin' shockin', so she does!"

 
Worth a Poke

worth having sex with

"she'd be worth a poke"

 
Ya Gobshite ye.
Your a stupid/Mouthy fella.
 
ye couldnt houl yer pish!
you cannot keep a secret
 
yer heads a marley
I think that you are a bit thick.
 
you can tell he was weared on the hind tit
insult from the farney county describing someone who is incompent
 
you've got a face on ye like a well slapped backside
when your face is red/angry