Cat

n.

Heard in Donegal, Derry, Galway, Meath, Armagh, Waterford, Wicklow, Antrim, Wexford, Tipperary, Cork and Dublin

Of extremely poor quality, dreadful, or thoroughly awful.

In use

The weather down in Wicklow is cat hi, you wouldn't put a dog out.

Posh English

The meteorological conditions are perfectly wretched, one would hesitate to turn a hound out of doors.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Pure catExtremely poor quality, dreadful, or awful.
  • Cat melodeonAwful, terrible, very bad. Often just left as 'cat'. Sounds like 'melojen'.
  • Cat malojanHaving undesirable or negative qualities. Cat is also used in Armagh / Sligo and other…
  • Cat melojenDescribing something utterly atrocious, ancient, or of dreadfully poor quality. Melojen…
  • Cat malogenTerrible, awful, or disastrous.
  • Cat malojinVery bad or awful.

FAQ

What does Cat mean?

Of extremely poor quality, dreadful, or thoroughly awful.

How do you use Cat?

For example: “The weather down in Wicklow is cat hi, you wouldn't put a dog out.” In Posh English: The meteorological conditions are perfectly wretched, one would hesitate to turn a hound out of doors.