Dubliner's slang for girlfriend/wife

murrayp4

Why do Dubs call their significant other their "Mot" not sure about spelling there... Usually preceded by the word "me"

SEPT 23 1989

something to do with moths

ElleEm

Thought it was "moth". Dunno!

Max Power

TBH who cares?

Lumbo

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mot

Amirani

I thought it came from maith?

DrumSteve

Because we're all ruffians with dialect issues up this way.

PizzamanIRL

Because they can't just be normal and say 'girlfriend'

Are you slagng my fcukin burd are ya
:mad:

Lumbo

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

TBH who cares?

The OP :rolleyes:

PizzamanIRL

From urban dictionary

"slang for "girlfriend" in dublin (Ireland). Used more commonly by people who come from poorer income families and particularly those who live in the northside of Dublin (live north of the river Liffey)"

Who the fúck comes up with these things? What has income got to with it

Abi

murrayp4 wrote: »

Why do Dubs call their significant other their "Mot" not sure about spelling there... Usually preceded by the word "me"

Is that you Del boy?

franktheplank

OSI wrote: »

Why do people outside Dublin relate isolated experiences with an entire population?

Typical culchies :rolleyes:

kingtiger

NiallSparky wrote: »

I thought it came from maith?

that's exactly where it comes from

"Good Girl \ Cailin Maith" in Dublin slang "me bleedin mot"

DEFTLEFTHAND

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

From urban dictionary

"slang for "girlfriend" in dublin (Ireland). Used more commonly by people who come from poorer income families and particularly those who live in the northside of Dublin (live north of the river Liffey)"

Who the fúck comes up with these things? What has income got to with it

They're trying to imply that slang is more commonly used among the working classes.

Abi

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

From urban dictionary

"slang for "girlfriend" in dublin (Ireland). Used more commonly by people who come from poorer income families and particularly those who live in the northside of Dublin (live north of the river Liffey)"

Who the fúck comes up with these things? What has income got to with it

Or which side of the liffey..

Sunnyisland

TBH Its a long time since I heard The mot being used in any conversation.

J K

Some of these mots aren't even good girls at all.

admiralofthefleet

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They're trying to imply that slang is more commonly used among the working classes.

ive heard plenty of southsiders use the term, especially those from ballyfermot/dolphins barn/drimnagh/crumlin ect...

saiint

i say me bird
if i say moth me bird bates me :L

Fizman

bluewolf wrote: »

Are you slagng my fcukin burd are ya
:mad:

Ya, you soppy kant.

The King of Moo

I hate when anyone uses slang terms like "mot," "bird," "fella," "OH" etc. instead of "boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife."

It sounds like they're embarrassed to use the proper word.

What really irks is when people spell "mot" "moth," with a silent "h." Even if I know the writer's intention, I can't help but read it in my head like they're referring to their pet butterfly-like creature.

PhlegmyMoses

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

From urban dictionary

"slang for "girlfriend" in dublin (Ireland). Used more commonly by people who come from poorer income families and particularly those who live in the northside of Dublin (live north of the river Liffey)"

Who the fúck comes up with these things? What has income got to with it

If you were going to write a load of superior nonsense, looking down your nose at people, you'd think you would at least punctuate it correctly.

Johnny Hooker

Me 'Richard the third'

Proper cockerney rhyming slang

LivelineDipso

Damn right! Moth is no way to be addressing one's bitch.

PizzamanIRL

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

If you were going to write a load of superior nonsense, looking down your nose at people, you'd think you would at least punctuate it correctly.

Why 'you'd' in one spot and 'you would' in the other?

PhlegmyMoses

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Why 'you'd' in one spot and 'you would' in the other?

Slim pickings, eh?

The_B_Man

I thought it was to do with moths. As in, the fella would be a light-bulb or something, and the girl would be always hanging around him, or clinging onto him.

Best username ever

"Me moh" is not a good name for your bulb reciever

davetherave

Is something to do with Ministry of Transport test (MOT)? Maybe Anto and Deco are subconsciously refering to Jacintaaaa and Janeh as their MOT's because they think of them as nothing more than a ride, and/or a wagon?

miamee

The_B_Man wrote: »

I thought it was to do with moths. As in, the fella would be a light-bulb or something, and the girl would be always hanging around him, or clinging onto him.

Well that gave me a laugh :pac:

miamee

Johnny Hooker wrote: »

Me 'Richard the third'

Proper cockerney rhyming slang

Lol, reading a Terry Pratchett book at the mo where a 'Richard' is cockney rhyming slang for something very different (in the sewers )

Odysseus

Because she dances to the reel in the flicking light.

mathepac

The word is not 'moth' or 'mot' but 'motte' a word of French or Spanish origin meaning "A tuft of human or animal hair standing up on the head or body". It has also been associated with a small grove of trees or a copse on a prairie or a man-made mound or hillock on which a castle was built.

Another "lady-garden" word.

kfallon

davetherave wrote: »

Is something to do with Ministry of Transport test (MOT)? Maybe Anto and Deco are subconsciously refering to Jacintaaaa and Janeh as their MOT's because they think of them as nothing more than a ride, and/or a wagon?

Way off trout, waaaaaaaaay off

Where To

Mot is a silly nickname for a quare wan.

Rented Mule

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

From urban dictionary

"slang for "girlfriend" in dublin (Ireland). Used more commonly by people who come from poorer income families and particularly those who live in the northside of Dublin (live north of the river Liffey)"

Who the fúck comes up with these things? What has income got to with it

People who live south of the river Liffey ?

saiint

Rented Mule wrote: »

People who live south of the river Liffey ?

if you really think all people on the south side of the river liffey have any decent income
i invite you to dinner in my house

for starters you'll get bread
for the main course you'll get bread .... and butter
and for desert you'll get water flavoured ice and BREAD