Waterford Slang Terms, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language - Irish Phrases
A kitchen utensil used to chastise Irish children with pre 1990s. Not quite as bad what the catholic church did to children, but an extension of the acceptable level of abuse inflicted on children in those days.
A person who is a tad partial to a bit of the oul penis.
Good enough to eat
George Orwell described our Governments attitude to the people in his political satire 'Animal Farm' best when he wrote: "All Animals are equal, but some animals more equal than others." This is exactly what's going on today in modern Ireland i.e. the many are being made to pay to line the pockets of the few.
An enquiry into someone's well being. Akin to 'How are you Today?'
Someone doing something that they shouldn't be doing e.g. a ref giving a bad decision at a game, a child playing with a box of matches, a garda pulling up someone for pissing in a dark alley etc.
A question asked if someone feels you are unhappy, troubled or angry due to something another person has said or done.
The girlfriend on the sly or that no one knows of
A soft drink. Usually given out free with a sausage special in the local take away.
'A thing of' is a very Irish way of describing an inanimate object, usually a container or packaging of sorts. Be it down to laziness, or actually not knowing the name of what the object is, this expression has many uses.

