Words only heard in Ireland.

wakka12 · 03-02-2017 01:01AM

meet/score/shift I think are only used in Ireland and theres probably dozens of other solly irish words for getting off with somebody/sex /drinking

bradolf pittler · 03-02-2017 01:03AM

Fcuk off.....As in i don't believe you

retalivity · 03-02-2017 01:06AM

Wile - very i.e its wile warm
Hiy - used as a full stop
Handlings - bad stuff, commotion i.e. wile handlings last night hiy!
Wains- children
Foottering about - procrastinating

pilly · 03-02-2017 01:07AM

filbert the fox wrote:

conniption - fit of disbelief encouraging angry response

Conniption! I love that word. My kids always piss themselves laughing when I say it!

lulu1 · 03-02-2017 01:08AM

Purties as in potatoes

pilly · 03-02-2017 01:09AM

With ages, as in "as in I've been here with ages" I still don't get that one!

It's not said in Dublin. Only ever heard it outside Dublin.

FrancieBrady · 03-02-2017 01:09AM

Got directions once of an auld guy in Galway, which finished up, 'take the next right, then a left and hooray for Portumna'.
Never heard hooray used like that before and I thought it was brilliant.

Mr. FoggPatches · 03-02-2017 01:15AM

Agin - by the time
Agin I got there, he was gone

Xaracatz · 03-02-2017 01:35AM

Cat - "Ah, that's cat." Meaning it's a bit shíte.

Nip - "Those women were in the nip!"

Xaracatz · 03-02-2017 01:38AM

Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »

Agin - by the time
Agin I got there, he was gone

Also - agin - Taking agin somebody. (Taking against somebody - taking a dislike to them.)

"We all took agin Tom that night. He was in the nip. It was cat."

nocoverart · 03-02-2017 01:40AM

Has "deadly" not been said yet? I'm sure that's a word only used here.

Jack the Stripper · 03-02-2017 01:49AM

Dowry

DeeTee100 · 03-02-2017 01:57AM

Foundered for being cold.. Although I'm not sure if that's just a Donegal thing

FrancieBrady · 03-02-2017 01:59AM

DeeTee100 wrote: »

Foundered for being cold.. Although I'm not sure if that's just a Donegal thing

Common in Monaghan Fermanagh too.

bazz26 · 03-02-2017 02:10AM

You spastic or handicap meaning you idiot or dope.

uch · 03-02-2017 03:47AM

Scutterpullitt

Graces7 · 03-02-2017 05:24AM

LordSutch wrote: »

Sambo

sambo is Liverpool.

Jimmy Garlic · 03-02-2017 05:26AM

Sh!tefly. As in, when Donal fell down the stairs a crowd of sh!teflies gathered round him.

Graces7 · 03-02-2017 05:32AM

Missing Kerry; their two expressions are."Perfect!" for everything whether it is or not... and "No trouble/no bother" whatever you ask...

"Bold boy!" reminds me of my former landlord's wee lad, aged 4, when he heard my dog barking. "BOLD BOY!" he shouted at her.

Graces7 · 03-02-2017 05:33AM

Alun wrote: »

Sally trees (willow).

salix... salycylic acid as in aspirin..

Gremlinertia · 03-02-2017 05:58AM

Hames, as in to make a hames of something.

somesoldiers · 03-02-2017 06:22AM

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone ever hear the word " beyant" meaning over there. Very often heard in Cavan and Monaghan. " He's beyant in the shed".

Down my way (North Meath) they say
Beyonth- he was beyonth in the pub
Adonth- that's him over there adonth
Adin- he was adin in the school
Adover- he is adover in the bookies!

somesoldiers · 03-02-2017 06:28AM

Father Hernandez wrote: »

I keep thinking of drink related words.

Flootered

Guarantee you won't find that anywhere else in the world :pac:

Wasn't Fluther a character in Plough & The Star who was always drunk?Possibly where the word came from or the characters name come to think of it, too early to be googling

PARlance · 03-02-2017 06:35AM

CPTM wrote: »

Is this not used the whole time in the states?

The whole time...

The Diddakoi · 03-02-2017 07:07AM

Alun wrote: »

Not unique to Ireland, what do you think they call them in England?

However, the thing the immersion lives in is called an 'airing cupboard', not a 'hot press'.

In England you will never hear the expression "have you turned the immersion off?" as they are always turned on.

tomwaterford · 03-02-2017 07:29AM

Work away

As in if someone wants to use/borrow something belonging to you.....work away

Said this to a housemate before when they wanted to use small bit of milk....and they looked at me as if I had 4 heads and 3 of em were cats