Ecker

n.

Heard in Waterford, Dublin and Longford

Homework or school exercises.

In use

Me ma says I can't go out until I do me ecker

Posh English

Mother says I cannot go out until I have completed my homework.

  • Ecker/EkkerSchoolwork or homework assigned to a pupil.
  • Blue schoolReform school, a place bold Waterford kids were threatened with.
  • Skipping like a school girlWhen a compact disc is malfunctioning by repeatedly jumping between tracks.
  • CoggingCopying someone else's homework at school.