Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Toite can mean anything you want. Good, bad, pretty, ugly, cool, stupid.

e.g. 1: "I won the lottery there" "Toite one!"

e.g. 2: "My relative just died" "That's toite."

Also used by Goldmember "Toite like a macho man"

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

you cannot keep a secret

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

A Pakistani / Asian person. stems from packie bonner

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

An enquiry into someone's well being. Akin to 'How are you Today?'

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

A woman who is sexually active

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

How are you?

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

What wicklow people call arklow

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?".