Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Cnut

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

How are you getting on./ how are you

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

a word for ice cream

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

A derogatory term for a ginger boy

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

Used when talking about someone that is heavily pregnant.

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'