Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Shed borrow something and not return it

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

Very intoxicated

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

Greedy visitor

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

Describes a person that gets very aggresive when they take a few drinks

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

Woman really fit woman

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

Used to express a state of shock upon meeting someone you haven't seen in a while. Or finding out something you didn't know already.

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

In a short while.

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

Would you have sex with her/him?

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'