Ur moder worked on da boats

v.

Heard in Sligo

A disparaging remark implying a person's maternal parent engaged in commercial sex.

In use

Yer man's acting the bollock, sure his mother worked on da boats!

Posh English

That fellow is behaving rather foolishly, and after all, his maternal parent engaged in the oldest profession upon the waterways.

  • Hows yer moder for blocks?A jocular greeting, inquiring after one's mother in a colourful manner.
  • Steam boatsExtremely inebriated, to the point of near-total oblivion.
  • Tuna boatsExtremely large shoes, especially on a man with big feet.
  • Frogs NicA nonsensical insult or disparaging remark directed at an annoying person.
  • The hackkeya loveA disparaging remark on someone's unattractive appearance.
  • De glassWaterford crystal. every man in waterford over the age of 40 has probably worked there.