Irish Slang

Irish Slang Phrases

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

Currently high on ecstasy or in the process of getting high on ecstasy

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

a bad looking man or woman

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

Playing with style

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

Attack, non-verbal - e.g. "I'll reef him when I see him"

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

Hang on/ wait what did u say /astonished

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'