Cat malogen

n.

Heard in Meath, Laois and Longford

Terrible, awful, or disastrous.

In use

It was cat malogen altogether

Posh English

It was completely dreadful from start to finish.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Cat melodeonAwful, terrible, very bad. Often just left as 'cat'. Sounds like 'melojen'.
  • CatCat means bad, but append melodeon (pronounced malojan) and it means something is…
  • Pure catTerrible or awful.
  • That's catTerrible, awful or catastrophic in nature.
  • Cat malojanHaving undesirable or negative qualities. Cat is also used in Armagh / Sligo and other…
  • Cat malojinVery bad or awful.