Prick

n.

Heard in Sligo and Dublin

An idiot or an unlikeable fellow.

In use

That buck is a right prick

Posh English

That fellow is an absolute simpleton.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Acting the prickBehaving in a nasty, petty or stubbornly unacceptable manner.
  • Priceless prickAn exceptionally irritating or foolish person.
  • Prick teaserA girl who leads a boy on but will not go very far sexually.
  • Prick with earsA particularly foolish or inept person; an absolute gombeen.
  • Spare prickA contemptible or obnoxious person. Also used to mean an unnecessary or superfluous…
  • The two ends of a prickA complete and utter langer; the absolute epitome of a fool or bounder.