Offaly Slang

Offaly slang, straight from the people who use it. Here are the best Offaly words and phrases on slang.ie, most popular first, each with a meaning and a Posh English translation.

  • Stall the ballOffaly +6

    An appeal to halt proceedings, wait a minute, or calm down.

    Ah stall the ball will ya, I haven't even laced me runners yet!

  • FierceOffaly +12

    Very or extremely.

    I had a skinful last night and now I have a fierce bad hangover.

  • HorseOffaly +8

    A casual greeting used among men, substituting the word horse or hurse. Pronounced 'hurse' in Offaly.

    How's it goin' der hurse, are ye up for a pint later?

  • CoddinOffaly +7

    Kidding or fooling oneself.

    Yer only coddin' yerself by goin' to the gym if you keep on drinkin', smokin' and bolloxin' like ya do at the weekends, Catch.

  • Quare hawkOffaly +7

    An eccentric or peculiar person.

    Jaysus y'er wan over der is a quare hawk altogether.

  • ArsewaysOffaly +5

    The wrong way around or in the incorrect order.

    Auntie Maggie goh our names arseways yeh again, we're noh even identical twins!

  • Ya eejit ya!Offaly

    You fool, you idiot, you silly person.

    Go way outta dat, ya eejit ya!

  • GallivantinOffaly +3

    Partaking in frivolous activities that involve being somewhere other than where you're supposed to be.

    Seánie's off gallivantin' instead of milkin' the cows.

  • I don't like the look of your one.Offaly +2

    Said of a woman you don't take to. Your one is a generic term for a female.

    D'you know your one in the place with the yoke that time?
    I do. I don't like the look of your one.

  • BIFFOOffaly +1

    A mildly derogatory term for an ignorant person from Offaly, standing for Big Ignorant Fella From Offaly.

    Janey yer man, John, is BIFFO!

  • Not a fear a it!Offaly

    Not going to happen; absolutely not.

    Not a fear a it a ya mad?!

  • KidOffaly +2

    A casual term of address inserted when speaking to someone.

    Howya keepin kid?

  • ThickOffaly +2

    1. Stupid or slow witted. 2. Angry, surly or in a huff, as in getting thick with someone.

    Yer man's awful thick, he failed the theory test six times.
    Jaysus bize, the boss is firece thick this mornin'.

  • Quare oneOffaly +2

    One's wife, girlfriend or regular female partner.

    Are ya headin' out for a few schcoops, Tommy?' 'No, I have to schtay in and watch a DVD with the quare one.

  • HoorAll Ireland +2

    Prostitute or term for an activity undertaken in a committed and sometimes frenzied manner.

    Your ma's a right oul' hoor!' or 'Padraic's always drivin' like a hoor up and down thah boreen.

  • BoreenOffaly +2

    A narrow country lane.

    I took Mags down the boreen for a night in the Briar Hotel.

  • KittleOffaly +2

    A metal vessel used for boiling water over a fire or stove.

    Bile up the kittle and make us a sup o' tay, willya!

  • Ya cunchaOffaly

    You nasty or unpleasant person.

    Ah jaysis, could ya not have waited 'til we got outside ya cuncha!" "Did you just leave off ye lousy cuncha" "You bleedin cuncha!

  • In bitsOffaly +1

    Emotionally devastated, exhausted, or physically wrecked.

    I was left completely in bits after seein' dat terrible sad film.

  • TraipsinOffaly +1

    Walking or trudging around wearily.

    I'm after spendin' the feckin' day traipsin' around the shops with the quare one!

Bash on!