For the craic: The GAA Manager Video

Here is a clip from youtube recommended by posters on boards.ie:

Modern Sayings (not really slang but who makes the rules)

I think these are statements where made by Irelands pillars of society Podge and Rodge. Not really slang but I think they are worth a mention. Thanks to Fr Crilly from boards.ie

• She's got more chins than a Chinese phone book
• She had a face on her like a well slapped arse.
• You're as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit.
• He has rubber-lined pockets so he can steal soup.
• He thinks manual labour is a Spanish musician.
• As funny as a burning orphanage.
• I'm as sick as a plane to Lourdes.
• (when leaving) I'm off like a debs dress.
• As busy as the Derry dole office.
• Sweatin' like a paedophile in a Barney suit.
• As tight as a nun's knickers.
• I'm so horny I'd get up on the crack of dawn.
• I'd crawl a million miles across broken glass to kiss the exhaust of the van that took her dirty knickers to the laundry.
• No show pony but would do for a ride around the house.
• What would ye expect from a pig but a grunt.
• A mickey the size of a double-value can of Right Guard.
• Jaysus, she could breastfeed a crèche.
• As fit as a butcher's dog.
• Not even the tide would take her out.
• Mother Teresa wouldn't kiss her.
• Daz wouldn't shift her.
• Des Kelly wouldn't lay her.
• A sniper wouldn't take her out.
• The Titanic wouldn't go down on her.
• Jaysus, ya wouldn't ride her into battle.
• If I'd a bag of bruised willies I wouldn't give her one.
• She has a face on her like a bulldog that's just licked piss off a nettle.
• She wouldn't get a kick in a stampede.
• She had a f@nny like a badly packed kebab.
• If I'd a garden full of mickeys I wouldn't let her look over the wall.
• Give her a boot in the arse and a bucket of mickeys would fall out of her.

Apologies to all the members of the fairer s*x, feel free to comment or send me recommendations for other phrases or slang.

Have a good weekend

What about the Derry wans

Slang - Smarties
Description: Birth control pills. "When the feck de ya mean yer not on the smarties?"

Slang - Norwegain
Description: Another small gin please.

Slang - Now Yer Sucken Deezel
Description: Now we are making progress. (This was stolen from the culchies)


Slang - Fire it into yee or nek (neck) it
Description: An encouragement to consume liquids, normally alcohol.

Slang - Canny
Description: Cannot

Slang - Foundered
Description: Extremely cold


Slang - Yeegittin?
Description: Are you being served?

Slang - Weins
Description: Babies or children

Slang - any bars?
Description: Any news in your life

Slang - towl
Description: a piece of cloth to dry oneself or to tell

Slang - mucker
Description - friend

Slang - wind yer neck in
Description: wise up

Slang - yer heads cut
Description: your imagining things

Slang - burney
Description: used to describe food, if it is hot or spicy

Slang - fingy
Description: Someone whos name you cant remember.

Slang - burney
Description: used to describe food, if it is hot or spicy

From the Midlands

The following extract was taken from the the IrishAbroad website...

"Tin o' minerdel an' a packa' o' Tay'O. I'm soo hungry I'd ate the arse of a farmer tru a tennis racket"

One portion of potato crisps may well be insufficient to satisfy the hunger brought on by the exchange of blows, in which case, the assailants may well say: "Give us a nuther Tay'O."

It would be wise not to over indulge in these foodstuffs, as a bout of indigestion or even nausea might result.

"Jesas, I'm as sick as a lorry load a mars bars," our off-colour friend might comment.

Hostilities over, the neighbours would return to one dwelling or another, where the host would say to the guest,

"Like the fella says, pu da turf on da fire."

The reconciled friends may well begin to converse about some of their fellow locals.

"Is he your cousind?" one might ask of the other, the answer to which, in the midlands of Ireland is invariably:

"Yes."

And from the GAA pitch

The following are a selection of phrases commonly heard on the GAA pitch or in the surronding area, if you can think of anymore drop me a comment.

Slang - Hatchet Man
Description: The player in any side which proves that man is a descendant of the monkey. Can be spotted as the fella with the stumble, spitting into his hands, and have two different colour of socks on.

Slang - A joult
Description: To give a joult is short for giving the opposition a good push

Slang - Leh-it-in-ta-feck-would-ya
Description: Full forward`s appeal to a midfielder for a more timely delivery of the pass.


Slang - in tha namajaysus
Description: a show of misunderstanding or disappointment, normally expressed to the referee.

Slang - a rake
Description: A great amount of anything, usually pints of Guinness the night before an important match

Added from comments:

THE BOMBER - Popular name for a fat hairy GAA player


A HANG SANGWIDGE - Consumed with "tay" on the sides of roads after matches in Croker or Thurles, usually contains half a pound of butter

BURST THE BOLLIX - Instructions from the sideline to tackle your man

SPLIT THE CU*NT - instructions from the sideline to tackle your man

MILLEE - Disagreement involving four or more players

MASSIVE MILLEE - Disagreement involving both teams, including goalies,!substitutes and supporters jumping fences

RUNNING MILLEE - A massive row that continues out in the parking area or dressing room areas, usually resolved by the Gardai

DIE-ABOL-LICK-KALL - Not very impressive.


The Mayo GAA Phrasebook

Holly.............eg. "I gave it holly"-i put a fair bit of effort into it.
Bollix............Pat Spillane or any Kerry or Galway players or supporters.
Mighty............Very Good!
Hames.............A right ****e-eg. "He made a hames of that chance"
Timber............Intimidation of an opponent in hurling-eg."Show him some timber"
Lamp..............A good thump-eg. "I swung for the slitor, missed by three feet and lamped the full back"
A Crowd...........A gathering of people who watch and hope for some random acts of violence-eg. Galway Supporters
Schelp............To remove living tissue in the absense of surgical procedures-eg. "that Bollix from Galway took a schelp outta me leg"
Hatchet Man.......Mountainy type, uses hunter/gatherer instincts
Bullin'...........Angry-eg. "The centre-half was bullin' after I lamped him"
Bull Thick........Very angry-eg. "The centre-half was bull thick after I lamped him again"
Joult.............A push-eg. "I gave him a joult and he has to wear a neak brace for two weeks"
The Comm-A-Tree...Local GAA bull****ers in general
Bushted...........An undefined soreness-eg. "Jay my arm is bushted"
The Bomber........Popular name for a fat, hairy GAA player
Hang Sagwidge.....Consumed with "tay" by the Galway supporters on the sides of the roads after matches in Croker or Castlebar, usually contains half pound of butter
Rake..............A great amount of anything, usually pints of Guinness the night before an important match
Indanamajaysus....(in-da-nama-Jaysus!!)--What was that for Referee?
Ya Bollix Ya......Corner back's formal recognition of a score by his opponent
Leh-It-In-Ta-****-Wud-Ya....Full forwards appeal to a midfielderfor a more timely delivery of the pass
Mullocker.........Untidy or awkward player released for matches
Busht Da Bollix...Instrutions from the sideline to tackle your man
Row...............Disagreement involving four or more players
Massive Row.......Disagreement between both teams, including goalies, subs and supporters jumping fences
All-Hell-Broke-Loose...A massive row that continues out in the carpark or in the dressing rooms, usually resolved by the Gardai

Thanks to yurmothrintites from boards.ie

Al the waay from the de Cork boiys

Slang - Two-bulb mobile:
Description: A Garda/Police squad car.

Slang - Jag/doing a line/jaggin/meetin a wan/with/:
Description: going out with.

Slang - Be dog wide:
Description: be careful.

Slang - Nawful:
Description: terrible.

Slang - He's away in the white van
Description: He was taken away by ambulance.

Slang - Apache.
Description: Term used to describe those people who steel cars aka a joyrider.

Slang - shes a descent ( daycent ) yolk boy
Description: Normal used by older people when refering to cars, tractors, ploughing equipment or women.

Slang - tiz me berrys
Description: You are kidding me.

Some more to wet the appetite

Slang - Going for a crud:
Description: a Dubliner's way of suggestion that they will use the bathroom.

Slang - Leathal:
Description: terrific.

Slang - Wan eh yaaays:
Description: normally used in GAA or soccer games, which suggests that only one member of the team should go to get the ball. Normally followed by "Four Foock Sake".

Slang - Hidin:
Description: Means trying to keep yourself enclosed so no one can see you or an awful beating

Slang - He'd live in your ear - and sublet your eardrum:
Description: a very shrewd person/ Has no shame.

Slang - Tha one fell outta a tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Description: A very ugle person.

The Irish Slang Top Ten phrases of all time

Ladies and Gentlemen......

We are looking to establish the top ten Irish slang phrases of all time, voted by you, the people. We are reknown for it through this planet and now we would like to compile the top ten pieces of good ole Irish Slang that we/you can come up with.

The objective is as follows:

1. A concentrated period of effort to compile as many slang phrases as possible.
2. A poll to establish our top ten.
   

So no matter if you are from the hills of Donegal, the ring of Kerry, the backstreets of Dublin, lets go forth, represent our region and do our country proud.


So to wet the appetite, here are some to get us started.

Slang - Cute hoors (n):
Description: usually politicians - it implies deviousness and crookedness. (in this case, I suppose it could apply to a female as well, but almost always the term 'hoor' is masculine.) In Ireland, at least, 'cute' means 'clever'.

Slang - Ere*Sction section (n)
Description: slow set at a Letterkenny disco

Slang - I'd eat a farmer's arse through a blackthorn bush! or a variation
- I could eat a nun's arse through a convent gate.
Description: I'm hungry.

Slang - Knock someone up (v):
Description: call around to someones house on business or the act of becoming a parent

Slang: Re-calibration (n):
Description: any amount of time spent with the AA - (Alcoholic's Anonymous).

Slang: Dog's Bollocks / Mutt's Nuts / Puppy's Privates (n):
Description: the genuine article / the real deal.

So, I hope the above selection manages to kick us off. Drop us a comment and we will keep the list compiled. On a regular basis we will provide an update of all submissions.

OK.........lets get the show on the road.