Where only an Irish word will do...

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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.......

Smidge

A "Me Feiner"

And

"There was an unmerciful bang off that oul fella" as in he stank!

kingcobra

trad wrote: »

Hiberno-English Dictionary


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


Plenty more in Terry Dolans A Dictionary of Hirberno - English [/INDENT]

So you make a whole list without mentioning the shift.




Shame on you.