Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Greeting, day or night

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

Punch/ Slap

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

1) Embarassed.

-"Aw, feel wick for you, mate!"

2) Something on which people "get" when they are annoying someone.

-"She gets on my wick somethin' shockin', so she does!"

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?".