Weed

adj.

Heard in Sligo and Mayo

A remarkably thin or gangly person lacking any noticeable physical substance.

In use

Look at ye strutting round like a weed in a gale, eat some potatoes will ye!

Posh English

Observe yourself striding about like a frail sapling in a tempest, do consume some victuals!

Same phrase, other counties

  • BultaranRagwort; the common yellow-flowered weed also known as buachalán.
  • HontyDublin slang for hash, cannabis or weed.
  • ThrishtlesA local pronunciation and variant of the weed known as thistle.
  • What a whitey ladsA whitey is when ya smack out from weed but a lot here just use for when anything bad…
  • All fur coat and no knickersAppearing sophisticated or impressive on the surface but lacking real substance…
  • MawssiveRemarkably large in scale, or possessing an oversized physical feature.