What does the word "dose" mean in Irish slang?

silverdolphin

There's this facebook page called "Looking at someone and thinking "god you're a DOSE" What does it mean in this context?

Banjaxed82

You're an idiot, fool, etc...

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I wonder where it comes from?

Is it a variant on "dosey" - as in "ye dosey bollix" (dozey)

who the fug

I always used in the context of

I got right dose of flu or the runs

lertsnim

silverdolphin wrote: »

There's this facebook page called "Looking at someone and thinking "god you're a DOSE" What does it mean in this context?

Must say that I never heard it used in that context.

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But that's the actual meaning of the word.

a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.

The meaning and context of the word in the OP is a bit different, I think.

although, yeah, I can see

"Oh God, you're a DOSE" - could "Oh god, you're a dose of very horrible stuff"

who the fug

lertsnim wrote: »

Must say that I never heard it used in that context.

Maybe we is no longer down with the young folk

Zaph

silverdolphin wrote: »

There's this facebook page called "Looking at someone and thinking "god you're a DOSE" What does it mean in this context?

Haven't heard it used in that context in years, but it was a pretty common insult when I was a kid in the 70s.

Realtine

disease..... you're a right disease so ya are.

Funkfield

who the fug wrote: »

Maybe we is no longer down with the young folk

Innit though!