Savage

n.

Heard in Wexford, Kilkenny, Cork, Meath, Dublin, Leitrim, Mayo, Carlow, Longford, Waterford, Galway and Tipperary

Brilliant, excellent or very cool.

In use

Dats quern savage boy!

Posh English

That is extraordinarily magnificent, my good man!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Savage cabbageExcellent or outstanding.
  • Muck savageSomeone from outside dublin. Also: Culchie, redneck, bog-warrior. Also: Term to describe…
  • Savage birdAn exceptionally attractive woman.
  • Savage rideGreat sex.
  • BertyMad or crazy. Can mean either extremely good or extremely bad. Also: savage.
  • CulchieSomeone from the countryside, which to the Dubs, is anyone living outside Dublin city…