Meath Slang

mickrourke

So anyone got any slang terms specific to Meath.

such as the one made famous by tommy tiernan 'the sneer'
as in 'come on, we're going down the town for the sneer'

'Now you're sucking diesel' ( i have heard this originated in Balivor, not sure about the truth of that though)

My dad always used to use the word 'Prog' for stealing as in 'progging apples' - I have never, ever heard that anywhere else

And what about those phrases
You know the ones about bad footballers, etc, like 'Jaysus, he wouldn't kick doors on Halloween night' etc.

I'm just interested to see if you have used some phrases and people from other parts of the country have looked at you strange.

K_P

Referring to other people as horse or horsebox. My favourite being the paragon of elegance, brevity and sophistication that is: "Howiya hossbox?"

Spyral

you forgot "I'm gettin' me maaaarrss baaaarr and me snik-rz"

europerson

I'm from Meath, and, so far, I'm utterly astounded by these words and phrases: those I do know can be heard all over the country, and those I don't, well, I've never heard Meath people use them. I'll get back with some examples later on, when I have more time.

Ruu_Old

Example situation; *drinks down pint* "Ahhhhh yore an animal!"

Most of these are country wide slang, and not meath specific.

I do a fair bit of business in Naaaaaavan, and find that its the accent, rather then then expressions which are entertaining.

No stars for this thread so far, seems like a cheap knock off of this thread..

mickrourke

Deleted User wrote: »

Most of these are country wide slang, and not meath specific.

I do a fair bit of business in Naaaaaavan, and find that its the accent, rather then then expressions which are entertaining.

No stars for this thread so far, seems like a cheap knock off of this thread..

Ok, I must admit though i hadn't seen that thread, and there's no harm in getting a bit of conversation flowing on an otherwise slow forum. And the same words in different counties can have different meanings.
For example
How about 'Nail ye'
In my area of the country it means to get jiggy with, I know in Dublin, some parts, it means to beat the crap out of.

Ruu_Old

I'm off to skull a few pints!

mickrourke

Ha, I used Skull too
How about 'Sound as a trout'

upmeath

K_P wrote: »

Referring to other people as horse or horsebox. My favourite being the paragon of elegance, brevity and sophistication that is: "Howiya hossbox?"

I first encountered that one in Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow

bitemybanger

That fellas moon
In other words, that fella is a bit mad:D

upmeath

In culinary circles, anyone here know what a Boardsmill is? Residents of Trim, Ballivor, Athboy, and Summerhill will probably be most familiar with the term.

runforcover

A battered sausage with red sauce and onions served in de best chipper ever the "hot n tender". I think i might go n get one now

upmeath

runforcover wrote: »

A battered sausage with red sauce and onions served in de best chipper ever the "hot n tender". I think i might go n get one now

Well done rfc, beautifully put. Also available in the Castle, although I think it was first crafted in HNT, and a fine art they've made of it!

Other things peculiar to Meath... I don't think I've ever heard anyone from any other part of the country refer to violent actions as "ructions", and a lot of people in these parts say it, so I guess that's kind of a Meath thing.

gipi

I remember ructions as a nipper, but as I grew up close to the Meath border, maybe it was a bit of leakage!

Anyone else ever heard the use of the word "clim" - a mix of clip and trim - when describing the cutting short of an event, meeting, presentation, lecture, social activity, etc? I've only ever heard it used by a Royal native!

mickrourke

upmeath wrote: »

Other things peculiar to Meath... I don't think I've ever heard anyone from any other part of the country refer to violent actions as "ructions", and a lot of people in these parts say it, so I guess that's kind of a Meath thing.

Yeah my ma used to say ructions all right - now that you mention it, i haven't heard anyone outside Meath using it. If they did, there'd be ructions

Mr. Brightside

Things which may or may not be confined to the area surrounding my village, I've never heard them elsewhere:

'Again' meaning by the time eg. 'Im going shopping in Dublin and again I come home it'll be too late to go out'. Also as an abbreviation for 'against' eg We were playing again Simonstown. 'Again the wind'.

'Adin' - at in. eg. 'Wheres Tommy? Hes adin (in) Navan'. I've heard people say 'adin in Navan' and 'adin Navan', depends on the person.

'Horrid' - very, generally in a bad way but not confined to it eg. Its horrid warm today. 'I got a horrid good deal'.

mickrourke

Mr. Brightside wrote: »

Things which may or may not be confined to the area surrounding my village, I've never heard them elsewhere:

'Again' meaning by the time eg. 'Im going shopping in Dublin and again I come home it'll be too late to go out'. Also as an abbreviation for 'against' eg We were playing again Simonstown. 'Again the wind'.

'Adin' - at in. eg. 'Wheres Tommy? Hes adin (in) Navan'. I've heard people say 'adin in Navan' and 'adin Navan', depends on the person.

'Horrid' - very, generally in a bad way but not confined to it eg. Its horrid warm today. 'I got a horrid good deal'.

Yup used the adin and horrid and shocking (in place of horrid)

upmeath

I don't think "again" is confined to Meath, it's pretty common in other parts of the country.

It's like the further south/southwest you go in the county the more you tend to hear of the Kildare/Offaly dialect, things like "folly" and "windy" in place of "follow" and "window", but then I'm beginning to blur the borders too if I'm borrowing other county slang

Gijoe

Mr. Brightside wrote: »

Things which may or may not be confined to the area surrounding my village, I've never heard them elsewhere:

'Again' meaning by the time eg. 'Im going shopping in Dublin and again I come home it'll be too late to go out'. Also as an abbreviation for 'against' eg We were playing again Simonstown. 'Again the wind'.

'Adin' - at in. eg. 'Wheres Tommy? Hes adin (in) Navan'. I've heard people say 'adin in Navan' and 'adin Navan', depends on the person.

'Horrid' - very, generally in a bad way but not confined to it eg. Its horrid warm today. 'I got a horrid good deal'.

Adin is a good one - mate from Duleek introudced me to it. I kinda started using it. I'm from Trim. It can be combined with the word Trun so if 2 lads are talking in a pub and they see a hot girl:
Lad 1: "Jaysus - would ya look at her. Would ya?"
Lad 2: "Ah yeah, I'd trun adin"

sickpuppy32

mickrourke wrote: »

So anyone got any slang terms specific to Meath.

such as the one made famous by tommy tiernan 'the sneer'
as in 'come on, we're going down the town for the sneer'

'Now you're sucking diesel' ( i have heard this originated in Balivor, not sure about the truth of that though)

quote]

actually it comes from killyon the old petrol station there ( mitchells)

sickpuppy32

what about "spot on, no bother boy! " - pure nobber!

T-max

or 'Stop the lights' ?

meathstevie

Ructions would be used in North Dublin as well ( Swords, Balbriggan etc)

fair fairy

ah sure jeasus hes only a gaaasun!!! (young boy) Definately "cheers no bother.." very nobber!!!

robpurf

dont know if there exclusive to meath or what but my father used to come out with some of the following

"he wouldnt get a ball in elverys" to describe a particularly bad footballer

"im going to shave ****e cut sticks and wash me hair" getting ready to go out


"all dogs shot by balls of their own ****e" er im totally lost on that one to be honest

abitlonely

robpurf wrote: »

"all dogs shot by balls of their own ****e" er im totally lost on that one to be honest

as in "He should be brought out and shot with balls of his own ****e"

I do say 'agin' myself for against. It could come from the Irish i gcoin(ne).

robpurf

abitlonely wrote: »

as in "He should be brought out and shot with balls of his own ****e"

I do say 'agin' myself for against. It could come from the Irish i gcoin(ne).

thanks for that i always wondered what he was on about.

how about atin insted of anything then as in

"i didnt say atin"

holylucifer

Yarhh, I'm off to skull a few pints!! :pac:

Anyways,i been to meath for a holiday about 2 weeks ago,nice and green,dad complained about lack of signs,well yea...did not notice meath slang.

abitlonely

holylucifer wrote: »

Yarhh, I'm off to skull a few pints!! :pac:

Anyways,i been to meath for a holiday about 2 weeks ago,nice and green,dad complained about lack of signs,well yea...did not notice meath slang.

Janey Mack, I've never known anyone to holiday in Meath. What'd you do, go the racing?

upmeath

"Crater" as a bye-word for "Creature"
e.g. "Would you bring the poor crather in outta the cold?"
(usually referring to a cat or dog)


My grandad has a habit of saying "Compares" in place of "Compared"
e.g. "That new pen knife isn't worth a damn compares to the one I lost"

DeeBE

In North Meath you get as a greeting...

"are ya Rale well" as in ... are you real well
or
"How a ya now"

MeathLassie

sickpuppy32 wrote: »

mickrourke wrote: »

So anyone got any slang terms specific to Meath.

such as the one made famous by tommy tiernan 'the sneer'
as in 'come on, we're going down the town for the sneer'

'Now you're sucking diesel' ( i have heard this originated in Balivor, not sure about the truth of that though)

quote]

actually it comes from killyon the old petrol station there ( mitchells)

Im from Killyon

alanajane

how about - 'going in for the shift' a term for the good old days of the slow sets

NufcNavan

'Horrid' seems to be widely used in Navan. It is often used in a positive manner which is strange.

"I thought he played horrid well."

washiskin

Two spring to mind:

"Up she flew and the cock flattened her" my brother-in-law used to say that for absolutely no reason - apparently it's a Bohermeen thing.

"Lovin' lamb of jaysus, I nearly calved" - I heard this on a night out with a gang of lads from Curragha.

alanajane

someone phone in tommy and hector with all this tomorrow morning, i sure they could add a few to it....ah the cup of scaldy tae

Skr4wny

'Stop the lights' is a favourite of mine.

The Horse/horsebox thing is Meath wide, but generally it's used more in Navan/Kells.

Also the below.......

Q: How are you?
A: Like a small farmer, struggling but getting by.

MeathLassie

my nanny used to say 'ya water hen' or 'heres the water hen' when ever i got out of the bath, i have never heard anoyone else say it and she lived in Meath her whole entire live so she wouldnt have herad anyone for another county say it