Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

A dirty person, from the noun leper.

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

Sexually active. doing the business

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

Alcoholic beverage

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

In a state where urination is urgently required (About 10 pints in).

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

Someone who rents a small bit of land..

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

Shed borrow something and not return it

Details: Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases; Created: 19 August 2019

Having a very poor tolerance level. The word threshold is the part of the door frame that you step over. In times gone by it was the peice of wood that went accross the doorway to stop the straw or hay (thresh) from spilling out of the house, long before carpets were used. Hence the word 'threshold'