Hate

n.

Heard in Tipperary and Offaly

Heat.

In use

Tellis tommy whats yer man like, he's dat mane dat he wouldn't giv ya de Hate off his shit.

Posh English

Tell me, Thomas, what sort of fellow is that gentleman, for he is so exceedingly parsimonious he would not spare you the thermal emanations off his excrement.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Dam a hateA response meaning there is no news or nothing happening.
  • Divil de hateNone at all. Not a bit.
  • Hate from the bogPeat or turf for the fire. The phrase has no connection whatsoever to racism.
  • Hate thatAn expression of sympathy meaning one would not like to be in that situation.
  • Hate that bally showerMild disapproval of one's neighbours or a certain group of locals.
  • Not a hateNot a bit, nothing at all.