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

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

A f*ckin cnut

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Making out you have loads of money when there's really nothing behind it. "Big front slope back"

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Yellow the colour

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

face

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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

insult. smell one's mother

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

When someone is supposed to be working but is just laying around generally wasting time.

That bi ther is ridin out the day hi.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Go ahead

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Applied to a woman to indicate she is no longer young