Dose

n.

Heard in Waterford, Cavan, Dublin, Cork, Offaly, Galway and Limerick

Something bad, annoying or disappointing. Also: The opposite of what you might think... in Waterford slang dose means a prolonged bout of illness or a bad case of something, which can include the scutters, bad luck, an annoying person and so on.

Some dose gettin chucked out of ruby's dudder night boy wasin it?" "Lads I have piles like a bag of chynees hanging out of me arse, some dose!

Posh English

What a thoroughly bad business getting thrown out of Rubys the other night, was it not?

Same phrase, other counties

• Cork
• Offaly
• Galway
• Limerick

Related terms

• Bad doseA severe case or bad bout of an illness.
• Dose of the scuttersA severe bout of diarrhoea.
• Some doseA spell of terrible bad luck or an unfortunate hardship.
• Dose of the scutsAn attack of diarrhoea.
• What dose that have to do with the grass and the goose on the side of a mountain?The response to a completely irrelevant statement. Usually uttered by irritated elderly…
• ScoursA bad dose of the trots, otherwise known as diarrhoea, usually leading to a ring of fire.