Irish Slang - Funny Irish Phrases, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Usually in mountain gorillas, when groups come across each other in the forest, the male-male interactions are quite aggressive, involving chest-beating displays and sometimes even physical violence. Similarly, in Ireland, as a particular species of males, generally known as skangers, pass each other they display similar aggressive actions. These actions are known as throwing shapes and can involve head movements, fist movements and strange methods of walking.

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Wax in the ear

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Proposal from a male townie to any female. For the purposes of engaging female company. Rarely successful.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

To Speed

 

"He was hurling along down that road at 150KPH" 

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A person with bucked or missing teeth.

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Ditch for water drainage pronounced sssshhhh-uuuuuuck

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Said as insult to get a lad to start a fight with ya

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Parent Category: Ulster

Created: 19 August 2019

Tough situation

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

It will