Where only an Irish word will do...

AskMyChocolate

So AHers,

I arrive home last night, drunk as a wheelbarrow, and decide to finally put a bulb in that light. Needless to say, I topple forward off the chair I'm standing on and proceed to "hop" my head off the radiator.

If I was sober,less determined, or less belligerent, I probably just would have "bumped" my head. It's far less painful I believe.

So, as the thread title asks; are Irish verbs more painful than their English counterparts?

It would be a fairly narrow thread, so, I am opening it up to all Irish words that you'd use to describe something.

Choco

smash

'Hop' isn't an Irish verb... :P

BlueBaron

smash wrote: »

'Hop' isn't an Irish verb... :P

Get no 'Hop' off you at all!!!

Micky Dolenz

eejit.

smash

frig

CreepingDeath

shitehawk

Bigcheeze

"Meas" doesn't really have an English equivalent that captures its meaning.

AskMyChocolate

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

I arrive home last night, drunk as a wheelbarrow

Ah I do miss Ireland sometimes.

Death and Taxes

Amadhan (did I even spell that right, amadhan that I am)

IK09

same with "fian", it means a kind of demented cow

AnonoBoy

Schadenfraude

spankysue

You're still drunk op aren't you, as drunk as a small cart with one wheel at the front, two handles at the back that's typically used for transporting small loads

Logical_Bear

'gowl'

as in 'christ she had a horrible gowl on her'

Dravokivich

Bigcheeze wrote: »

"Meas" doesn't really have an English equivalent that captures its meaning.

Google translate says "respect," how far off is that?

bodice ripper

eejit

IK09

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Schadenfraude

aawww i dont get it

Sergeant

My head is cat malojian after drinking 12 pints last night.

9959

Zeitgeist

neil_hosey

Bigcheeze wrote: »

"Meas" doesn't really have an English equivalent that captures its meaning.

yes it does, it means respect

amdublin

Flathiulach

IrishExpat

This may well be a pure local word (Kildare):

Boody or Boodyman: 'He's some boody-man.'

A strange fella.

mike65

Banjaxed

starlings

that hop you took will put a bit of smacht on you, OP, ya pleidhc!

Rasheed

To 'plámas' someone.

To make a 'hames' of something.

Jaxxy

"Fagan" came up recently, used by my dad.

I've a pain in me Fagan. She pulled the Fagan off me. Aul Fagan was happy to see that. Don't forget to give Fagan a shake when you're done.

smash

Jaxxy wrote: »

"Fagan" came up recently, used by my dad.

I've a pain in me Fagan. She pulled the Fagan off me. Aul Fagan was happy to see that. Don't forget to give Fagan a shake when you're done.

I've only ever heard Fagan being used as a surname.

IrishExpat

Used best with sarcasm: Well, a big Búladh Bos to you.

Jaxxy

smash wrote: »

I've only ever heard Fagan being used as a surname.

According to him it's an old Dublin saying, but he and his brothers and circle of friends use it a lot. I asked him where it came from, he had no idea.

9959

All of the below according to some crackpot American researcher with a book to sell, a Celtic fire burning in his loins, and a faux Irish surname such as: MacKellymurphy or O' Marxy

Chagrin
Intermezzo
Haggis
Schmuck
Tiffin
Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali
Rock 'n' Roll
Vindaloo
Kamikaze
Unicycle
Duck Billed Platypus
The Acropolis
Bayern Munich etc.

Bigcheeze

neil_hosey wrote: »

yes it does, it means respect

For feck sake I know there's a translation. I'm saying the translation doesn't capture its meaning.

starlings

9959 wrote: »

All of the below according to some crackpot American researcher with a book to sell, a Celtic fire burning in his loins, and a faux Irish surname such as: MacKellymurphy or O' Marxy

Chagrin
Intermezzo
Haggis
Schmuck
Tiffin
Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali
Rock 'n' Roll
Vindaloo
Kamikaze
Unicycle
Duck Billed Platypus
The Acropolis
Bayern Munich etc.

:pac:
"...
The Dative Case
Silver
The Speckled Fellow
The Headache
The Lively Boy
The Gluttinous Rabbit
The High Hat
John of the Glen
Yours Respectfully
The Little Sweet Kiss"

(The Poor Mouth)

grey_so_what

Ludraman

commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:LudramanLudraman is a commonly used Irish Gaelic word meaning useless layabout, or foolish idiot. It is often used as a kind of "friendly" insult.


Not used as a friendly insult in our house....:D:D:D

starlings

lúdramán, leibide, latchico.

Bad Santa

How many After Hours' regulars does it take to change a lightbulb?

You were mouldy OP.

In all seriousness though, you were lucky - twasn't too dissimilar of a fall that killed Jonathan Philbin Bowman.

9959

starlings wrote: »

lúdramán, leibide, latchico.

latina, libido, calm-down, Lucifer, dehumidifier.

starlings

9959 wrote: »

latina, libido, calm-down, Lucifer, dehumidifier.

tá sé mahogany gaspipes. ar fad, like.

Smithereens

lintdrummer

The mental image of the op falling off the chair made me lol.

Standard Toaster

You were 'Acting The Maggot' there alright Choco when ye 'Schkelp' your cranium off the rad, ye feckin 'Gombeen'

ruthloss

"The bake (beak/nose) on her"

CreepingDeath

Don't mind that geebag.

castletownman

Sounds like ya got an awful schelp for yourself OP

Joekers

Your some blaggard op

trad

Hiberno-English Dictionary

Some of the most common instances of Hiberno-Englsih use are stated below:

Ye, plural form of 'you'.

'Tis, abbreviation of 'it is'.

'Tisn't, abbreviation of 'it isn't' (sometimes pronounced 'tidn't')

Shur, emphasises the obviousness of a statement ('shur you can get it yourself, can't you?')

Will, used in place of 'shall' almost without fail ('will I make us a cup of tea?')

Feck off, a softer, less offensive version of '**** off' (made famous by Father Ted)

Yoke, a thing.

To is often ommited from sentences ('I'm not allowed go out tonight' as opposed to 'I'm not allowed to go out tonight')

Beor, a woman (pronounced 'byeor')

Bold, naughty or badly-behaved.

A Boot, an ugly individual.

Cat/Catmalojin, terrible ('oh, the performance was cat!')

Craic, fun, a good time. If some one is 'good craic' they are fun to be around.

Sound, used to describe someone who is nice, perhaps good craic, and generally a good friend to have.

Culchie, someone from a rural area of Ireland.

Ma and Da, mother and father.

Deadly, terrific, fantastic.

Eejit, an idiot.

Feck (verb), to steal.

Footpath, a pavement.

Gas, funny, hilarious.

Grand, OK/of an acceptable standard ('How are you?' 'I'm grand')

Grinds, private tuition.

Guards (or Gards), refers to An Garda Siochána, the unarmed police force of the Republic of Ireland.

Handy, useful.

Legend, someone who is cool, is 'a Legend'.

Ludar (Looder), and idiot.

To Meet, to french kiss.

The Messages, the groceries or errands.

To Mind, to look after.

Minerals/Fizzy Drinks, soft drinks/soda/pop.

Queer, out of the ordinary. In 'culchie' areas it also means 'gay', and in areas in the East and outh East it means 'very'.

Savage, great.

Runners, sneakers.

A Sliced Pan, a loaf od sliced bread.

Sweet Cake, cake or pastry (comes from the Irish for Cake, Cáca Milis, lit. sweet cake)

Taytos, crisps.

Well, a greeting, like 'hello'.

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There are many terms for having consumed a drop too much drink, many are used elsewhere, but the Irish tendency is to attempt to find the most descriptive adjective yet on each occasion.

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Some examples:

"loaded"

"twisted"

"scuttered"

"locked"

"langered"

"mouldy"

"polluted"

"flootered"

"plastered"

"bolloxed"

"banjaxed"

"well out of it"

"wankered"

"****ed"

"paraplegic"

"ossified"

"rat-arsed”

"demented"

"langers altogether"

"off me head altogether"

"wasted"

"legless"

"hammered"

"mangled"

"jarred"

"off my tits"

"pissed"

"flamin'"

"sozzled"

"sloshed"

"destroyed"

"steamed"

Plenty more in Terry Dolans A Dictionary of Hirberno - English

Flaker

"Goother". As in, I've a pain in me goother.

Also, gasun (boy) and gersha (girl).

AskMyChocolate

lintdrummer wrote: »

The mental image of the op falling off the chair made me lol.

Standard Toaster wrote: »

You were 'Acting The Maggot' there alright Choco when ye 'Schkelp' your cranium off the rad, ye feckin 'Gombeen'

If I have to come up those stairs now to either of you two smart-aleks and I swear there'll be wigs on the green

Standard Toaster

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

If I have to come up those stairs now to either of you two smart-aleks and I swear there'll be wigs on the green

...And if ye fall and break both your legs, don't come runnin' to me!

Penny Dreadful

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

If I have to come up those stairs now to either of you two smart-aleks and I swear there'll be wigs on the green

and skin and hair flying!

Capt'n Midnight

under the influence

AskMyChocolate

spankysue wrote: »

You're still drunk op aren't you, as drunk as a small cart with one wheel at the front, two handles at the back that's typically used for transporting small loads

Aah, c'mon now chief. Let's call a spade an earth-inverting garden implement.:pac::p

wow sierra

GOB****E - a simply perfect word.

"wrecking my buzz" and "doing my head in" are two great ways to describe the effect a Gob****e can have on you.

Can't think of any way to translate any of them.......