Phrases and the likes you never hear outside Ireland

Pretty sure gaff is an English expression.

gowl is an interesting one. Used that word years ago in company and an old fella nearly had a heart attack. He whispered that it was a term for a woman’s private parts where he came from (East Cork) and considered very rude. Not sure if he was having me on, but he did seem quite shocked.

Gowl or Ghoul?

In Irish gabhal means fork, and thus crotch.

So for him it obviously meant a woman's crotch. But in Irish the word isn't specific to a woman - it is also used for a man's gabhal.

Blackguard / blaggard- I believe it comes from medieval times when the peasants/servants wore black. And were perceived as trouble/untrustworthy.

Cute whore in England would mean a prostitute whereas here you could be on about a businessman who's smart with money..

Shagger is also used here as a term of endearment .you could hear someone say about a baby or dog isnt he a cute little shagger..I'm sure the english would be confused by that one.

The Irish swear words...Calling someone a dirty article,oinseach,luder,ya big gallut,Langer,gowl,wagon.

To call someone a "gomie" is another one I would never hear outside Ireland. Gomie means an idiot or foolish person, the same as "gobshite" or "eejit" basically.

Goes back a long way, according to Wikipedia. The origin is in Latin, as with many English words.

A pan loaf is a style of bread loaf baked in a loaf pan or tin. It is the most common style available in the United Kingdom, though the term itself is predominantly Scottish and Northern Irish so as to differentiate it from the plain loaf. The pan loaf has a soft pale brown crust all round the bread, in contrast to a plain loaf's darker crust only at the top and bottom.

A pan loaf was once more expensive than the then more common plain loaf. Therefore, in Scots and Scottish English, to speak with a pan loafy voice is to speak in a posh or affected manner, e.g. the distinctive accents of Kelvinside, Glasgow and Morningside, Edinburgh.

Mar dhea

"Lookit... (to begin an explanation for something)

cute hoor

the arse on yer wan

you brought the weather with ya

the craic was 90

made a hames of it

the music was cat

In most of the world, a ditch is exclusively a trench in the ground, usually filled with water. In Ireland the term is often used for a raised boundary, like a hedgerow.

So you’ll hear of Irish farmers “knocking” or “building” a ditch, whereas their foreign counterparts would be filling or digging them. (although obviously the trench definition is known here too).

Clouster

I asked my old neighbour how's she cutting?

'Ah, shur grabbing the divil by the tail' he said.

'And you're not letting go!' was my reply.