Dublin Slang

FranknFurter

Im trying to get a list of commonly used dublin slang & the meanings, its for somone who's moving here soon, an as ya know, its a vital thing to know in advance! lol

And anyways, I thought, hell, what beter place! :rolleyes::D
So guys an gals, everything ya can think of, below!

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Binomate

Yore Ma!

Karlusss

In the brown
In the brown pipe
In the chocolate tube
In the swiss

Savant™

Gee bag

Binomate

Hoop = arse.

"Luk at de hoop on hor!"

jonnybadd

Whopperbuzz

Savant™

story?

Binomate

Savant&#8482 wrote:

story?

Commonly used with 'Boss'.
"Story Boss".

Savant™

Binomate wrote:

Commonly used with 'Boss'.
"Story Boss".

lol

story bud?

FranknFurter

lol, this is perfect!
But remember, its for a foreigner, definitions if possible, lol, im gonna get him to read this before he gets here, this will be better than *any* book methinks!

b

Binomate

"Yeah man".

sideFX

Savant&#8482 wrote:

Gee bag

Lol hahhaa haven't heard that in years.

Yizer .... as in "Put yizer coats on it's cold outside"

Good thread ... giving me a good aul laugh ...

sideFX

One that gets up my nose is "Ye know wha I mean?" when it's constantly used about 20 times in a sentence ... know wha i mean?

Binomate

"I'll burst you" = I will administer pain to you or I will kill you.

Savant™

sideFX wrote:

Lol hahhaa haven't heard that in years.

Yizer .... as in "Put yizer coats on it's cold outside"

Good thread ... giving me a good aul laugh ...

How's your Gee ?

sideFX

Binomate wrote:

Hoop = arse.

"Luk at de hoop on hor!"

hahhaa the hoop on dat

Binomate

use / uze / yez = you plural.

Savant™

Karlusss wrote:

In the brown
In the brown pipe
In the chocolate tube
In the swiss

Up the dirt track...

Savant™

me bollix = my bollix = no

Savant™

yizer all bleed'n mad on tis thread

arbeitsscheuer

culchie = non city dweller

Skanger = baseball cap, tracksuit wearing, poorly grown moustachioed toe rag hanging out on a corner near u

spa = dislikeable person

spanner = dislikeable northsider

scummer = worse than a skanger, more facial hair

savage = better than good

rapid = equal to savage in some respects, except music

****in' = emphasising anything

e.g. ****in' deadly = better than deadly

gobsh*te = one who talks sh*te

bird = female

fella = usually the partner of the bird. See skanger for details.

eejit = person lacking common sense

andrew163

shup n giz yer fowin r' oill bleedin baycha ye shmelly rocker

......meaning "Please Sir, may I request that you hand to me your cellular phone post-haste, lest I shall be left with no recourse other than to engage you in battle"

jonny68

Are ya malahide or what:rolleyes:

arbeitsscheuer

S'craic? = How's the fun?

bud = term of address

Stahrry, bud? = What are the happenings, my good man?

Ahrhee = how are you? hello

buzz = the atmosphere, or effect of drugs or alcohol on the speaker

e.g. rapid buzz = the atmosphere was quite enjoyable

Savant™

it's a load of me bollix = I don't like it.

(v old one) i'll giv ya a nuckle sandwich = I will punch you in the mouth.

ya bleed'n sap = You are stupid.

the state e ya = You look terrible.

Binomate

SebtheBum wrote:

spa = dislikeable person

Sap = dislikeable person

Jaysus = shock

Animal = variation of 'rapid'

love = variation of 'Boss', female equivilant. e.g. "All ree love!"= "How are you, female person?"

arbeitsscheuer

bollocks, bollix, bollox = testicles, a state of inebriation, an untruth

e.g. "he was talking bollix about the size of his bollox on saturday night coz he was bollocksed".

That's enough from me.

andrew163

muppet/muppeh = idiot. Also applies to boards.ie in general.

sideFX

Scoop - Pint o beer
Scooped - Drunk

Savant™

look at the jasis head on ya = You look terrible.

Savant™

lol

In all in anyways...

Binomate

Are yez comin for pints? = Are you coming down to the pub?

sideFX

Howiya? said really quickly - Hello

p2kone

get doctor bill's "rotten apples"

Kur4mA

SebtheBum wrote:

bollocks, bollix, bollox = testicles, a state of inebriation, an untruth

e.g. "he was talking bollix about the size of his bollox on saturday night coz he was bollocksed".

That's enough from me.

LMAO, this stuff is classic.

YORE MA! = Your mother.

Binomate

I suopse there are the racial ones as well as much as we all hate to admit it.

Paki = anyone that looks remotly asian in any kind of way
chink = anyone who looks even slightly oriental.

stevenmu

ye go' any change for the bus like bud ? = Please give me money for drugs.

giz a smoke there bud woudya ? = I want to see what else is in your pockets to see if you're worth stabbing, to get money for drugs.

etc..etc..

psicic

“Shower of c*nts” – an unhelpful or intractable group of people

“Yez humpy c*nts” – ‘You moody or inappropriately serious people’

“Wagon” – a hag, battleaxe or nagging woman; occasionally a woman of loose morals (i.e. “She’s a wagon ridden by everyone”)

“A ride” – a good-looking man or woman; also, a hump

“bogger” – someone from the country

“Handbagging” – grabbing the scrotum of a man and yanking it as hard as possible(to cause pain, not pleasure….)

“Scuttered” – to be drunk (i.e. ‘He was scuttered after one shot of whiskey’); to have fouled oneself (i.e. ‘He was scuttered after a pint of uzo’); to move irratically or whilst making a lot of noise (i.e. ‘He scuttered home from the pub’)

“woolly-back” – (Southsiders) used predominantly to describe someone from the North side of the city; (Northsiders) used to describe people from outside the Pale.

“f*cking twat” – (Northsiders) someone from the South side of the city; (Southsiders) someone from Donnybrook area

jaysus i giz ur wan a dirty sanchez lass night!:D

FunkyChicken

bunch of shít cúnts. yes you people in this thread

rrrrr

gerupouadat Get up out of that = Could you stop doing what you are doing

yappin de ears off me = Talking to me too much

ya little hunga = You are greedy

hes a hungry cu*t = he's greedy

gowanyaboyya = Go on you boy you = Well done.

bejasus = shock

yor a bleedin rat = You have told somebody something secretive.

up the duff = pregnant

he was pulling his plum = he was masturbating

would ya give er one? = would you have sexual intercourse with that female?

he's massive = hes attractive

yor takin the biskit now ya c*nt = You have crossed the line now.

yor actin the maggit = You are annoying me.

hes a good goer = He is good fighter

do ya want yer go do ya? = do you want to fight me now?

I gave him a straightener = I gave him a fight.

shes bet down = shes ugly

you startin are ye? Are you trying to start a fight?

stall it = Lets go

thats banjaxed = That is broken.

Savant™

lol deadly

kincsem

moth = girlfriend, wife (from Irish maith = good)
mill = a fight
cup of cha = cup of tea (lots of Dublin slang words are from time Dubliners served in the British army and served in India etc)

Ste-

rrrrr wrote:

stall it = Lets go

This can also mean wait.

KTRIC

Ste- wrote:

This can also mean wait.

That's right, since when did it mean "lets go" ??

Dyr

yeah people say stuff like "are ye stallin' it down to extravision". Weird, must be like dossin down to somewhere...kinda like hanging out


have fun! fill in the answers

skyrocket
skypilot
cash n carried (my version: billy barried)
gould/gash/woegious/gank/muck/brootal
gick/gickna/benjy
gaylord/gaybo
jackpalancing
jockeys whips
shikaloanies
scribble/scratcher
luk a' de bleddin sta 're ye/whareyebleedinlike
4fuxache
bellend
asif
givin it socks (classic)/givin it buckets
throwin shapes/shapin
in de horrors/like a divil/having a coniption/rearing up cat
made a balls/pigs mickey/hames/hash a dat
fair play/good man/game ball/sound as a pound..euro etc/nice wan
banjaxed/banjoed/billixed/made **** off/in rag order/intatters
lammajayzuz/fordelovinhonouragod/sweetmudderagod/jayzuz
yewha?




:v: <dis thread is a only bleedin woegious

Setun

andrew163 wrote:

shup n giz yer fowin r' oill bleedin baycha ye shmelly rocker

......meaning "Please Sir, may I request that you hand to me your cellular phone post-haste, lest I shall be left with no recourse other than to engage you in battle"

LMAO!

Btw your buddy may find this usefull

Ste-

Daddio wrote:

LMAO!

Btw your buddy may find this usefull

hahaha.
Following your link and looking at the "thug Life" picture I can name two of the three!

Blisterman

Scattar/Sketch - Stop doing that illegal act, a figure of authority is coming.

drdre

whatz da story bud

Giblet

H'n = Heroin
E'n H'ld = Evening Herald