Childhood slang and phrases

r3nu4l

What words did you use during your childhood that you haven't heard in years? No swearwords or racial insults, try to keep it innocent, like you were way back when I remember these:

Eccor = homework

Fabo = fabulous (speaks for itself)

Ace = Very good, great (speaks for itself)

Golly/gollier = Large glass marble
bullseye = small marble with three different coloured strips of paper in the centre

Steelie = ball bearing used to play marbles

There's got to be loads more, anyone?

Fitzo

Sickent on ya = Serves ya right

I think thats only a sligo one

Bettyboop

any odds = any loose change:D

Eminem

What ya up ta
Whats da crack and still use it

Bettyboop

bags it

r3nu4l

Fitzo wrote:

Sickent on ya = Serves ya right

I think thats only a sligo one

Yeah, similar Dublin one was:

Sickner = I bet your'e sick now (usually after losing a match or failing a test or whatever!)

Reddner/Scarle' = Acutely embarrassed

Have ya out = I'll fight you

Fitzo

i'll breeaakk your faaccee, buddy- i'll fight ya

Fitzo

thats in a sligo accent as well

Brother To God

In limerick,a common thing when i was young was other youngsters coming up saying "smoke sham,throw us one" and if your answer was no you would be called a " lambs eye" or you would get "a diggin ead" or "ace ipped offa ya"
My fav slaggin was "whore master" ,"willy wanka" or the great " ead on im" .
i miss being slagged with this " phrases" in a strange way!!

Hagar

Gollier/greener was also hawked up phlegm

ruprect

Fleck = scumbag
Cogging/cogger = copying/copier of homework or cheating in tests (with a cog note)
Ride = good looking girl

arbeitsscheuer

Shaper = Poser, show-off

Hatcher = Lazy b*stard who stands on the opposition's 6 yard line and whacks the ball in the net whenever it gets near him.

rubadub

SebtheBum wrote:

Hatcher = Lazy b*stard who stands on the opposition's 6 yard line and whacks the ball in the net whenever it gets near him.

AKA Lodger

Hagar

AKA Ruud Van Nistlerooy

Siogfinsceal

aka box hatcher when I was in school.
a 'rat' was someone who told tales on people.
'to meet' or 'shift' was to kiss someone.

ciaran76

Keep Sketch = To keep an eye out for someone.

lil-buttons

An AJH!!! An AHHH JAYSUS HOWIA HEAD!!!

killswitch

sickened on u! - hate that!
baggsie - i demand that i am

I'll do a dip to see who gets it...self explanitory
GUSHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - throw a load of unwanted sweets/pogs/trading cards etc into the air for ppl to grab as they see fit (this was severly banned in my old primary school's yard at lunch time as there would be killings over the free stuff...literally)

rubadub

ciaran76 wrote:

Keep Sketch = To keep an eye out for someone.

Forgot that one, and if somebody said simply "sketch" it meant watch out or be careful, or stop what you were doing, i.e. "the teachers coming, SKETCH"

telecaster

coola boola = cool...this has started a bit of a comeback though I think

Rapa = Rapid (very good); "Me ma bought me a new game on the commodore and it's bleeding rapa"

pimps = very easy; "finished me eccor early it was pimps"

skyer/DIY/glory hunter = football team mate who refused to pass the ball

Ruu_Old

heard this from a one new lad who came to the school.

"I'll batch the face of ye"=I'll hammer the sheet out of you basically

Hagar

Cant the ball = to kick a ball over a fence, wall etc.
scut/naff = to hang onto the back of a moving van/truck
reef = to pull someone's hair, hard
skull = to hit someone in the head
loaf = to headbutt
gatchee = night watchman
cuzz/cousin = anyone you're good friends with outside present company

- bo -

SebtheBum wrote:

Hatcher = Lazy b*stard who stands on the opposition's 6 yard line and whacks the ball in the net whenever it gets near him.

i was one of those :cool:

if something was class it was 'styley'

Ruu_Old

- bo - wrote:

i was one of those :cool:

if something was class it was 'styley'

was that pronounced "stylee" or "styleeeeee"?

swalsh

Fiene---a guy

Beure--- A good looking girl

Richelieu

you're claimed = after school, we fight!
feeler = random insult, eg. pass the ball you feeler!

r3nu4l

swalsh wrote:

Fiene---a guy

Beure--- A good looking girl

Aren't these terms used in the travelling community? Like "laicín" and "Crush on"? I believe there is a village in Wexford that uses a lot of traveller tongue in their daily speech.

Degsy

A Deadener..when you were punched in the top of the arm for a real or imagined misdemeanor.You could also be accused of letting a "Taxi" which was punishable by a "sixer" which was six deadeners.
A taxi being a fart of course..

riptide

rubadub wrote:

AKA Lodger

AKA "Goal hanger"

riptide

"ya Rehab" - a term used to say you were like a disabled person

Degsy

See also "Ya mentaler","ya spa","Ya capper" or plain old "ya handicapper".

Siogfinsceal

in school at one stage there was a story going round that a 'cool dude' was a wart on an elephants @ss!! so you would get called a 'cool dude' but not in a good way!

maccydoodies

"Im cracked into your man" = fancied someone

Rockee

As a kid during the 80s/90s we'ed say to the losing football team in the schoolyard...'You're Vvveexxxeeddd!!!' Another one was 'Cool é sín!' Wasnt quite old enough to remember 'Frankie Says Relax!' though.

Rockee

riptide wrote:

"ya Rehab" - a term used to say you were like a disabled person

Forgot about that one!

Fenian

Lagged = to get in trouble.

gogo

The word sketch brings me back to school and cigrattes flying everywhere the minute someone says sketch.

These could be local to me but anyway -

snazzy - thats a very snazzy (fantastic) outfit

ya mala ya - mala - directly from a man named malcolm in my town who could eat an apple out of his pocket.

the conch - tv controls (still use this tho)