Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

A Belfast slang term for alchohol, Juice can mean beer, wine, shots, spirts or just about any type of alchahol.

e.g. "here fella! you on the juice th'night?"

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

Proper: "the hack of her" the state of her, she's ugly, horribly dressed. etc.

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

Means something is sh*te,ugly, can be used in many ways

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

Meath with a cavan twang

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

French kissing

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

On hearing big news

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

It it

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?".