Irish Slang

be quiet, shut up, nonsense

When someone is supposed to be working but is just laying around generally wasting time.

That bi ther is ridin out the day hi.

To be very angry

e.g. "You see what I done the car this morning? The wife is gonna go clean mad when se see's it!"

go away and leave me alone

an undetermined amount, several, a few e.g "Hi Boy, give us a wheen o' them biscuits over to go with me tay(tea), would ye"

great, excellent, trustworthy e.g. "you'll have no problems with yer man....he's a hunnerd percent so he is"

Pronounced "like"

Generally used needlessly in a sentence, generally at the end.

Example

"That was great crack like"

"Did you honestly do that like?"

A place where very few return from

e.g. "he's living back ahond the font, stay aware from there!"

So am are = So I am

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