Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Scumbag..chav

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

Fantastic, Great

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

The sweetest thing a beor can ever say to you...

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

What's-his-name/What's-her-name

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

Okay

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

About a bad Footballer.

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

In Belfast, if you enter a fast food takeaway and ask for a fish supper, the server may well ask "what's ur cawn" in a broad Belfast accent. To which you might reply "fanta". Over the years it has become commonplace to use this phrase as a greeting. So, instead of "what about ye?", you may say "what's ur cawn?".