a Cuppa Cup of coffee, cup of tea, biscuits, etc.
Beer Garden Two of the most beautiful words in the English language decided to shack up together, and, man! What paradise they made! Guinness does not grow on trees, but there are roaming staff who will bring you some as you enjoy the sunshine.
Bird What Irish people call "Chicks." The term "Chick" is comprehensible to the Irish, however.
Biscuits Cookies.
... Black with- Crowded with. "I swear! That Dart was absolutely black with Southside snobs! If I hear one more 'Oh, hyaw, hyaw, my Audi's in the shop, too, hyaw hyaw' I'm gonna belt someone!"
Bog Sometimes means "swamp or marsh," and sometimes means "Toilet." A few Culchie locations in Ireland simultaneously satisfy both definitions.
being Bold Cheeky.
Chancer A bold boy who 'chances his arm,' trying to get away with stuff. "Yes, Catherine, and you wouldn't believe what a chancer that mechanic was! €15 for 'sundry' expenses, I think not!"
Chipper Fish and chip shop. Home of tasty grease. Your visit to Ireland is not complete if you do not drink six pints of Guinness and then hit a chipper. I mean it!
Corrs, The Lovliness. Ah! Mmmmm. The three Corr sisters, me, and a chipper. Mmmm. Delicious! Oh and apparently they sing or something too.
Cop-on Awareness, observation, realization, etc. Ex: "When is that spa gonna cop on to the fack tha his mot is a total slag?"
County Dublin The few, endangered bits of countryside on the outskirts of the capital that Liam Lawler wasn't able to turn into cookie cutter housing estates. The city parts of Dublin have postal codes, like D4
County Meath A county just outside Dublin. Their GAA teams may kick our Dublin asses, but at least we don't have to live in a kip like Navan.
Culchies People from "Down in da Cointry." Country people. Bog Hoppers.
D4 Dublin 4. All the snobs in Dublin get their mail inside this southside Postal Code.
Deffo Definitely. "Samantha Mumba? Yih, deffo a ride, all right. Deadly buzz, deadly."
DFA Dumb F#&% American. See "Yank."
Dog's Bollox, the Way freaky rad awesome. "Ah Jay-sus Raybo, yiz gotta see tha' DFA Guoide site! Iz the dog's bollox, ya spoopid skanger. Deadly buzz, deadly!"
Gaff House, apartment, etc. in which to lay your weary head. "Deadly party at Steve-o’s gaff last night!"
Goss, a A gossip session.
Guards The Gardai. The Irish police force.
Half-pint, aka Glass. A special drinking vessel that pubs keep available as a warning device. If someone wants to convey the public message, "I am a wee little girlie man, te-hee!," they will order a half-pint of beer at the pub. All the normal blokes, drinking their pints, will then know not to associate with the avowed woosie.
NOTE! The only acceptable exception is my mot's Uncle Frankie. He's allowed to drink half-pints if he wants.
Jacks, the Toilet. Syn. with "Loo."
Liam Lawler Ex-politician who keeps weasling his way out of jail, the bastard. See Wanker.
Loo Toilet. Syn. with "Bog."
Mot Girlfriend. See also "Bird."
Muppet Means the same here as it does in the US, but people use the word more often. (??)
on the piss On the drink, out drinking.
Offie aka Off License. Liquor store, place where you can get beer, wine, booze, overpriced sweets, etc.
OTT Over The Top. Also the name of a 90's Brit boyband who should have a price on their rotten heads.
North, the Northern Ireland. The six counties that the UK held on to when the rest of the country got its independence in the early 1920's.
Northsiders Dubs who live north of the River Liffey. Commonly regarded by Southsiders to be an ignorant collection of shiny tracksuit-wearing scummers. The characters in The Committments were all Northsiders.
PA PC term for a Secretary.
PFO Please F#&% Off. A traditional Irish correspondence, posted to DFA's who have applied for a job, a course, etc.
Reffers Refugees, asylum seekers. Immigrants from poor countries... generally receive about as warm a welcome as the Irish did in the USA a hundred years ago, sadly.
Round The way drinks are bought in pubs over here. First one person buys a round of drinks, then the next feller gets one for everybody, and so on, until it finally comes down to the tight-ass bastard who was too cheap to buy a round earlier on.
Ryanair Ass-rapists with wings. Avoid them at all costs! "Neal-o, I haven't seen you in donkey's ages! Where've ye been? And why are ye walking so quare?" - "Ah, would ye ever feck off, I'm not dead! I flew Ryanair." - "Ah, Neal-o, ya poor bastard, I'm sorry."
Scoffed Ate or drank. "You'd better not go in there! Ger scoffed that Abrekebabra chip butty, after ten pints, and yacked all over the bog!"
Scratcher Bed. "Met me this fine bird! Got her up to the scratcher."
Shift Hook up. "Crikey! Damo's not gonna shift that fat slapper, is he?!"
Skangers Thugs in knaff tracksuits. Note: You may now view skangers in action without having to go to your local street corner or pub car park!
Slapper A bird you don't want for yer Mot, just for a snog. See scratcher..
Snog n. and v. A right good smooch.
Southsiders Dubs who live south of the River Liffey. Commonly regarded by Northsiders to be a shower of Audi-driving D4 snobs with poles shoved way far up their asses.
Spa Shithead. "Jay-sus, me maths teacher is a total spa!"
Squid Quid, bucks, clams. Even though Irish Pounds are long gone, Dubs sometimes slip up and throw in the old expression. "Pay me back that twenty squid you borrowed off me, Anto, or I'll pull your liver out through yer arse!"
Stab City Limerick.
Tallaght (pronounced "Tal-la") A 'suburb' of Dublin that is the size of Limerick. There aren't as many stabbings in Tallaght as there are in Limerick. It's close, though.
Tinkers Disrespectful name for The Travellers, the gypsies that drive around in Winnebagoes.
Wanker Masturbating lame-ass bastard. Inclined to prance around wearing makeup and sing like a girl.
Westlife See "Wanker"
Yank See "DFA." An ignorant know-it-all who thinks he knows it all but ain't even funny.
Yoke Short for yokie-bob. Thingamajig, whatchyamacallit. "That yoke there."
