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

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

an expression encouraging the listener to air on the side of lesser haste. in English "Now hang on a minute" e.g. "houl yer horses boys, dont be payin up yet, sure we dont even know if there's a bar in this hotel"

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Same as stall or hold your horses i.e. wait or hold up.

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

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"

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

Highly unlikely

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

A kitchen utensil used to chastise Irish children with pre 1990s. Not quite as bad what the catholic church did to children, but an extension of the acceptable level of abuse inflicted on children in those days.

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Very excited

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Parent Category: Leinster

Created: 19 August 2019

A stupid person

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Parent Category: Irish Slang Phrases

Created: 19 August 2019

Scratched by fingernails - e.g. "Her face was all scrawbed"

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Parent Category: Munster

Created: 19 August 2019

Stall or stop