Louth Slang
Louth slang, straight from the people who use it. Here are the best Louth words and phrases on slang.ie, most popular first, each with a meaning and a Posh English translation.
No botherLouth +6
That is fine, no problem at all.
Will you pick up a few cans?
Yeah, no botherSoundAll Ireland +11
An approving term meaning reliable, agreeable, fun and without hassle; the same as dead on.
Kevin: "Do you know Niall?"
Sean: "Aw yeah, he's a sound lad."AyeLouth +6
Yes; also used at intervals while listening to a tedious speaker.
Aye! I know what ya mean alrite.
WellAll Ireland +10
A form of greeting used in place of hello.
(On passing each other in the street) Well Jimmy.
Well.HorseboxLouth +9
A friendly term of address used between pals upon meeting.
John: "Aright horse, what's the craic?"
John: "Well horsebox, how's things?"SpudsLouth +6
Potatoes, or colloquially used to refer to the dinner table itself.
Hurry up inside now, the spuds are on the boil!
I'd eat chips out of her knickersLouth +1
Said of a lady so attractive that one would happily eat deep-fried potatoes from her undergarments.
Look at your wan!
Oh id eat chips out of her knickers!YizzerLouth +1
The plural form of your, used when addressing a group of people.
Don't go forgetting yizzer schoolbooks tomorrow morning, girls!
Bang me like a shite house door in the windLouth
A crude request to be taken to bed with great vigour, from bangs like a shite house door in the wind, said of someone very sexually active.
Yer wan bangs like a shite house door in the wind.
Sure she told me herself, bang me like a shite house door in the wind!HeyLouth +1
Like hiy, this word can be added arbitrarily at the end of a sentence to let the addressee know that you have completed it.
Jay I'm pure full hey, she'll do the nut when I get in hey!
Your face!Louth +1
An expression said randomly with no particular meaning.
Jim: "I went to the cinema last night"
Tom: "Your face!"Full as a bingo busLouth +1
Very drunk indeed.
That wan's as full as a bingo bus!
Like a cow licking warm shite off a nettleLouth
Description of a particularly unattractive person.
Your one looks like a cow licking warm shite off a nettle...!
That's catLouth
Terrible, awful or catastrophic in nature.
That weather's cat isn't it?
So it isLouth +1
An extraneous filler phrase appended to statements for emphasis.
It's fierce cold outside there so it is.
Durty aul yokeLouth
An unattractive woman or girl.
Did ya get the shift?" "Nah she was a durty aul yoke!
GershaLouth +3
A girl or young woman.
Girl: "I have all the turf footed." Man: "Good gersha."
Lick the back end of me sack!Louth
An emphatic refusal, crudely implying the addressee should lick the rear of one's scrotum.
Will you give me a lift up town?
Lick the back end of me sack!AdinLouth
Located inside or within a building.
Don't be mindin the rain, me mates are adin in the lounge.
In two shakes of a lamb's tailLouth
In a very short space of time.
Ma: "Are ye ready Patsy?"
Patsy: "I'll be ready in two shakes of a lamb's tail, Ma"