Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

The male genitalia

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

Contraction for "shut up"

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

being sarcastic

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

A whitey is when ya smack out from weed but a lot here just use for when anything bad happens.

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

Go away, leave me alone - e.g. "Would you ever hump off?"

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

The garda station

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

In Belfast, if you enter a fast food takeaway and ask for a fish supper, the server may well ask "what's ur cawn" in a broad Belfast accent. To which you might reply "fanta". Over the years it has become commonplace to use this phrase as a greeting. So, instead of "what about ye?", you may say "what's ur cawn?".