Slang.ie - Irish Slang Dictionary

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1. Fat as a fool - Put on weight
2. Throwin Shapes - Usually in mountain gorillas, when groups come across each other in the forest, the male-male interactions are quite aggressive, involving chest-beating displays and sometimes even physical violence. Similarly, in Ireland, as a particular species of males, generally known as skangers, pass each other they display similar aggressive actions. These actions are known as throwing shapes and can involve head movements, fist movements and strange methods of walking.
3. Dubble bumbler - A 2 litre bottle of cider.
4. Wooden Spoon - 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.
5. Moobs - Moobs are fatty deposits on a male's chest, which mimic female mammary glands. Moobs is derived from a shortened (combined) version of the term 'man boobs'. Commonly thought to be the result of the eating habits of fat hungry cunts; however, some modern practictioners suggest that moobs have become commonplace due to the high exposure of the population to estrogen in modern living due to foods, pesticides and plastics. Moobs are generally considered unattractive, however, there are some members of society who are turned on by these hairy fun bags.
6. Beoir - A girl, a woman.
7. Gone for the bainne. - Kaput, banjaxed, no more use.
8. Lack - A female companion or girlfriend
9. Bangers - Ecstasy (mdma) tablets. an illegal drug.
10. Ahhhh Bee'Jaaysus! - An expression of disbelief.
11. Stickin Out - Good, great, brilliant. Refers to something that is so good that it stands out from the crowd for all the right reasons.
12. Canted - Lost
13. Cat - Extremely bad, unpleasant or unimpressive.
14. Gallybander - A slingshot or catapult, normally home made. Can refer to an elastic band.
15. Gallybander - A slingshot or catapult, normally home made. Can refer to an elastic band.
16. Gushy - A collective term for the penis and testicles.
17. Shift - The same as a meet. To french kiss somebody.
18. Ya boy ya - Ya good thing - popular in cavan at sporting occasions
19. Ha-empt a clew - Uttered when one does not know what happened given a certain circumstance.
20. JOHN MULLANE - Best hurler in Ireland ?