Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

Details: Parent Category: Ulster; Created: 19 August 2019

Vangina

Details: Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases; Created: 19 August 2019

Diahorrea

e.g. "had the runs this mornin!"

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

Free house(gaff), when you have the house to yourself

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

Currently high on ecstasy or in the process of getting high on ecstasy

Details: Parent Category: Connaught; Created: 19 August 2019

Used to describe someone of poor athletic,social,or intellectual capabilities.Can also be used as a comparison to someone.

Details: Parent Category: Munster; Created: 19 August 2019

Piss off

Details: Parent Category: Ulster; Created: 19 August 2019

Stop It

Details: Parent Category: Ulster; Created: 19 August 2019

Cocaine

Details: Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases; Created: 19 August 2019

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'