Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Penis

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

To mess about or to go wandering

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

Used to emphasise

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

(pronounced "Bust Yer Cran-Yum")

To hit someone violently over the head.

"See if you don't leave me alone, I'll bust yer cranium!"

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'