Words only the Irish use.

Started by SidelineKick, December 05, 2008, 11:52:57 AM

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Bod Mor

Quote from: ludermor on December 09, 2008, 10:39:33 PM
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')


HAHA, we have some variations on that word surely.
Ó chuir mé 'mo cheann é ní stopfaidh mé choíche
Go seasfaidh mé thíos i lár Chondae Mhaigh Eo.

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rosnarun

Quote from: 5 Sams on December 09, 2008, 05:17:42 PM
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.

surely that is 'terror' maybe its an accent thing. but as luder is say maybe im making  **** of it and my and i can never spell the cunting words
a few more
a sioch - a drain along side the road
shaffog - going a bit odd/mad
dallog - a game like blind mans buff
throthen - in truth as in 'throthen i dont think i've spelt this even mearly right'
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well. Moliere

FermPundit

Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 09, 2008, 10:43:42 PM
Does anyone else say boke? I think the Jocks say it but spelt boak.

when someone is getting sick? I only heard this when I came to Belfast.

A poke being an ice cream is another strange Belfast saying
We'll win Ulster some day, not sure when.

Puckoon

Quote from: FermPundit on December 09, 2008, 11:47:46 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 09, 2008, 10:43:42 PM
Does anyone else say boke? I think the Jocks say it but spelt boak.

when someone is getting sick? I only heard this when I came to Belfast.

A poke being an ice cream is another strange Belfast saying

Correctamundo. Christ what an awful word for a '99

ONeill

Quote from: FermPundit on December 09, 2008, 07:54:50 PM


Damn the hate - not a thing/bit/problem


Long time since my ears heard that.
I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

stephenite

Quote from: ludermor on December 09, 2008, 10:39:33 PM
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')


;D

Sitting up at the bar in a well known pub in Foxford, one 'oul man sits down at one end and asks the other old man at the other end;

Sean, How's things?

Cuntish, Peadar.

Billys Boots

Down our way 'buck the hate' means no or none.

Paddy: Any craic?
Joe: Buck the hate.
My hands are stained with thistle milk ...

bcarrier

#143
A few I have heard in South west ..

Salted. as in I'm salted. ( means I'm sorted/fine ... maybe mainly for winter).

Strong  = Fat in parts of Kerry. 

Baiter ( not sure of spelling) . A very fat person. A fat lady maybe described as a right baiter.

Also bits of Irish ( excuse spelling ) ....amadan and fuastook.

Hardy

I think "throtten" is "troth and" - e.g." troth and I did" = "indeed I did". An old neighbour of ours used to say that. People used to take an oath "by my troth". Dictionary: troth = pledged word.

I'm sure "tara" or "tarra" is "terror". I had an uncle who couldn't stand silences in the conversation, so he used to fill them with random exclamations about nothing in particular. Nobody would be saying anything so he'd sigh "it's a terror". After another while, "it's a holy fright", etc.

Someone was saying their mother used to threaten to malafooster them. Mine used to threaten to malavogue us. But she was from Wexford.

SidelineKick

Nope its most definitely tara.

For example after something bad happens:

"Jesus that's tara"
"If you want to box, say you want to box and we'll box"

Reported.

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Quote from: Puckoon on December 09, 2008, 11:50:37 PM
Quote from: FermPundit on December 09, 2008, 11:47:46 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 09, 2008, 10:43:42 PM
Does anyone else say boke? I think the Jocks say it but spelt boak.

when someone is getting sick? I only heard this when I came to Belfast.

A poke being an ice cream is another strange Belfast saying

Correctamundo. Christ what an awful word for a '99

Technically a poke is any form of ice cream in a cone...not necessarily with a chocolate flake in it
Antrim - One Of A Dying Breed of Genuine Dual Counties

Stall the Bailer

Whust – (hold your whust) – keep quiet
Bissim – a brush
Abeen (way abeen) – above/beyond
Loanan – lane
Buck (he's some buck) – person
A loch – a few
Gock (take a gock at that) – look at that
Yoke (that's a quare yoke) – some item/thing

SidelineKick

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

Reported.

tbrick18