Mad yoke

n.

Heard in Waterford, Galway and Wexford

A crazy or eccentric person. Generally deployed admiringly when somebody does something wildly unorthodox but one cannot help but admire their audacity.

Go on ya mad yoke!

Posh English

Go on, you splendidly eccentric fellow!

Related terms

• Mad manAn eccentric, wildly entertaining or slightly unhinged individual who is great fun.
• Mad scone!An eccentric or wildly unpredictable person.
• Mad as a bottle of chipsExtremely mental; see also: 'mad as a box of frog.
• Mad dogs shyteA mad or erratic person.
• Mad as a box a frogsRather crazy or erratic.
• Yoke-eh-me-bobA placeholder term for an object whose proper name one cannot recall.