Words only the Irish use.

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Evil Genius

Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 09, 2008, 01:49:16 PM
Clabber - as in covered in clabber(muck).

I'm livin in Drumlister,
An' I'm gettin' very oul'
I have to wear an Indian bag
To save me from the coul'.
The deil the man in this townlan'
Wos claner raired nor me,
But I'm livin' in Drumlister
In clabber to the knee.

The opening verse of "Me an' me Da", by the Bard of Tyrone, Rev.W.F. Marshall - http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/voices/marshall/index.shtml
"If you come in here again, you'd better bring guns"
"We don't need guns"
"Yes you fuckin' do"

Evil Genius

Quote from: ziggysego on December 06, 2008, 04:17:24 PM
Cuddie. She's a quare cuddie. She's a lovely lady. Lived with a few Donegal ones when I was in Derry and they never heard that word before.

In Fermanagh it is "Cuttie", and usually refers a small girl, as opposed to a young woman. It would never refer to an older woman. The male equivalent is "Cub", often used in conjunction for a mixed group of childer [sic] i.e. "Cubs and Cuttees". "Lassie" is sometimes used as an alternative to "Cuttie", with the simple "Girl" not that common.
"If you come in here again, you'd better bring guns"
"We don't need guns"
"Yes you fuckin' do"

fitzroyalty

nippin - footerin/the ride with a ladyfriend.."get any nippin?"

mylestheslasher

Don't know if anyone has already written this one, probably the most common word of them all back in the day.

The Shift - As in, did you get the shift.

Explanation hardly required.

SidelineKick

"If you want to box, say you want to box and we'll box"

Reported.

magpie seanie

Quote from: rosnarun on December 08, 2008, 09:31:35 PM
dart - a ride. "did ye get the dart"?
i presume yeour female if you were hoping to get a dart or else a homosexual  - not that there anything wrong with that
now if you were to give her  dart that would be different.

buck - wouldnt that be from a young deer I'd be bucking suprised if it wasn't

any one know a word maren/marin meaning border between holdings or else refers to the dividing stream. its used locally never heard of it elsewhere doesnt sound Irish


Yeah, think the word is "mairn"

A Quinn Martin Production

Latchico
Schemozzle (sounds a bit Germanic this one)
For by
The day that was in it (possible from Irish grammar)

Does clabber come from an Irish word for mud??
Antrim - One Of A Dying Breed of Genuine Dual Counties

Gabriel_Hurl


5 Sams

#128
Quote from: A Quinn Martin Production on December 09, 2008, 05:00:41 PM

Does clabber come from an Irish word for mud??


Yep....sure does    clábar
60,61,68,91,94
The Aristocrat Years

5 Sams

Quote from: MAGPIE on December 09, 2008, 04:01:18 PM
tara - awful


Tara is very common round here....
Thats a tara...thats awful
Thats a holy tara....thats really awful
Thats a trojan tara....Thats a disaster altogether.
60,61,68,91,94
The Aristocrat Years

FermPundit

Middlin - not good but not bad

Damn the hate - not a thing/bit/problem

Stotious - drunk enough

Paraleytic - very drunk

We'll win Ulster some day, not sure when.

mylestheslasher

Common greating and response down our way.

Any Craic?

f**k the bit? (No)

or

Divil the hate (No)

thebandit

Quote from: mylestheslasher on December 09, 2008, 08:45:04 PM
Common greating and response down our way.

Any Craic?

f**k the bit? (No)

or

Divil the hate (No)

What way's things?

Not too bad, how's your own things?

ludermor

There are a whole family of c***ts in northwest mayo but its not a curse word. It
Cuntish ( as in 'the weather is cuntish': the weather is not pleasant)
Cunthooks ( 'Come here to me cunthooks' : would you come over here to me you little rascal)
Cunteen (a young pup)
Cunty ( as a greeting 'well cunty')

Tony Baloney

Does anyone else say boke? I think the Jocks say it but spelt boak.