Culchie

n.

Heard in Cork, Sligo, Tipperary and Dublin

Someone from the countryside, which to the Dubs, is anyone living outside Dublin city. Other general terms to describe culchies include bog-warrior (bogger) and muck-savage.

In use

You are a culchie.

Posh English

You are a rustic provincial.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Muck savageSomeone from outside dublin. Also: Culchie, redneck, bog-warrior. Also: Term to describe…
  • BoggerA culchie, bog-trotter, bog-warrior. Also: A person form the country.
  • Bog warriorA mildly disparaging term for someone from the countryside, used by Dubliners.
  • Bog1) countryside. 2) toilet. Also: Anywhere outside Dublin's city limits.
  • Dublin ratsA derogatory term for anyone from Dublin, used in retaliation for being called a culchie.
  • Bog-trotter, bog-warriorA derogatory term for a rural person.