Irish Slang - General Slang Slang Terms, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language - Irish Phrases

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an annoying weedy person. e.g. " Jeez that Geoffrey Donaldson, he's only a skittery whelp"

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Argue

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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'

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yet another term meaning eejit but describing a person of not much use. e.g. "that useless sooskin couldn't pour shit from a shoe if the instructions were on the heel"

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Tired, exhausted - e.g. "We're all jaded after it"

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Destroyed

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get along out of that

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pain in the ass

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annoyed, pissed-off,embarrassed. Pronounced skunnered when outside of Belfast