Yan or dat!

v.

Heard in Antrim and Tipperary

An urgent command to move quickly or get a shift on.

In use

Yan or dat by, we'll miss the last bus home!

Posh English

Make haste and be off with you, otherwise we shall miss the omnibus!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Monta feckAn urgent command to move quickly or get a shift on.
  • YanThat.
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  • Hurry up t'fuck!An urgent command to move faster and stop wasting time.
  • ShiftTo kiss with tongues. If one attends a teenage disco one will probably be asked by…
  • MearAn urgent command to come here and inspect something of great interest.