Irish Slang - Funny Irish Phrases, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Diarrhoea

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Up the bum sex

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

popular in the so-called "Triangle" area (that's Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portrush). used instead of "mate" e.g. "'bout ye sham" meaning "how are you mate?" Often claimed as an Ulster-Scots term. Ulster Scots is a "language" that has been spoken in Ireland for almost 10 whole years now.

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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'

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Drunken horney Monaghen men after a few pints.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

A bottle of very strong cider

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

FOLLOWED BY: And come back for the ewe! A term to describe a severe state of hunger

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Disgusting

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Blatantly lying. As in there is no lighthouse in Buncrana.