Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

A way of saying someone is half cut or quite drunk due to a large consumption of alcohol.

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

I cleaned it

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

A very versatile word

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

Movies, Cinema - e.g. "Want to come to the pictures?"

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

Flushed with embarrassment.

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

no brains

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

Fighting/Hitting someone repeatedly.

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

Spray poo on the toilet seat

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'