Irish Slang

County

Details: Parent Category: Connaught; Created: 19 August 2019

Describing someone who has declined significantly in physical build/appearance.

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

Steal

Details: Parent Category: Connaught; Created: 19 August 2019

Something that happens regularly or habitually 'does be' happening; John 'does go' to mass on Sunday. Also sometimes expressed as 'bees'.

Details: Parent Category: Connaught; Created: 19 August 2019

Smooth

Details: Parent Category: Leinster; Created: 19 August 2019

An unpopular nun

Details: Parent Category: Connaught; Created: 19 August 2019

Indicating idleness, 'sratchin' his hole'

Details: Parent Category: Munster; Created: 19 August 2019

A bag of chips (thick cut potato fries) that contains and arbitrary number of chips more than a regular bag of chips. The amount of extra chips is at the discretion and generally based on the mood of the person serving as there is no standard measure for a large chip.