Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Very Ugly

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

Person

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

To cheat on your girlfriend/boyfriend/partner

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

Beat, usually meaning tired,

e.g. "i'll tell ye! i'm baite tonight!"

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

Can be used in two different ways Doughal of Dung (sh*te) or used to describe a fat/heavy woman

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

Flexible/Good on the feet

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'