Irish Slang - General Slang Slang Terms, Expressions, & Irish Spoken Language - Irish Phrases

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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'

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annoyed, pissed-off,embarrassed. Pronounced skunnered when outside of Belfast

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noun: an eejit

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i wouldnt go near you if u paid me to

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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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Argue

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Sponging, almost begging - e.g. "He's mooching again for money"

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To go to bed

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yet another term meaning eejit but describing a person of not much use. e.g. "that useless sooskin couldn't pour shit from a shoe if the instructions were on the heel"