Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Crusts of bread boiled in milk wiht sultanas

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

Great sex

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

A non PC reference to black person.

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

Will you f**k off

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

Someone stupid

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

Girlfriend

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

Stop gawping, shut your mouth

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

Used to mean "complete" before insults and negative remarks about a person. Often extended to "the two ends and the middle of".

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?".