Irish slang

[finlma]

One of the funny things I find about living in Ireland is the slang words that come out of different towns/cities. I lived in Limerick for a few years and got to know about scobes and tackies. I've a few mates from Tuam and thats the madest place for slang - they've got their own language there.
Below is a few words of slang, they're origin and translation. Anyone care to add?

Scobe - Knacker / scumbag (Limerick)
Tackies - Runners / trainers (Limerick)
Sham - Knacker / scumbag (Kilkenny / Waterford)
Jammer - Car (Tuam)
Chat - Thing (Tuam)
Chice - Excellent / Great (Tuam)
Reddies - Money (Tuam)

Thats only a few - there are loads more. If someone from Tuam asks you "how many reddies did you pay for that jammer" you'll know what they're talking about.

[The Stars]

In Sligo we use Cat for Bad.Never knew it was strange until someone from Donegal started laughing when someone said it.

[Da Real Rover]

Ya we use sham and mink for scumbag in sligo aswell.
Mint for something real good.
Steamed for being ****ed.
And you could use rank for nearly anything up here.

[Roo69]

[QUOTE=finlma]

Scobe - Knacker / scumbag (Limerick)
Tackies - Runners / trainers (Limerick)
Sham - Knacker / scumbag (Kilkenny / Waterford)
Jammer - Car (Tuam)
Chat - Thing (Tuam)
Chice - Excellent / Great (Tuam)
Reddies - Money (Tuam)

[QUOTE]

I'd say there used all over the country, the only ones id never use/heard of would be "Chice" and "Sham"

[The Stars]

Grunger for the Skater dudes,but id say that is used everywhere.

[Peadar]

the only ones id never use/heard of would be "Chice" and "Sham"

I'd imagine "chice" comes from the mullaghs being unable to pronounce the word, choice.

[Dotsy]

Jammer and reddies have also been used as long as I can remember in Dublin.

Skanger for knacker but it's probably used all over not just Dublin.

[finlma]

I'd imagine "chice" comes from the mullaghs being unable to pronounce the word, choice.

It actually comes from choc-ice. Don't ask - you'll have to find a Tuam person.

[paul_oshea]

cat - bad
pup - rogue
cute - sly fooker
quare one - the missus or some slag. no real boundaries there.
tippin - ridin
jees - for jesus, as you dont to take the lords name in vain
dip your ring in this - i dont reallly know what that means but i pretend i do when someone says it, i can take a good guess what it is though.
FLAB - fcuk like a beast.

[tetsujin1979]

Sham is used in Limerick as well for knacker

[Eire06]

hure - as in you f**ker, used in jest

Ya rare hure ya - you fool (used in Donegal an derry a lot)

[paul_oshea]

we say hoor though as in whore but like

your a cute hooor, i spose its just dif dialects is pronounced differently.

[ollie]

for the cork dictionary click here

my favourite is:
I will yeah [compund verb] : I will not.

[carrickharp]

In Sligo we use Cat for Bad.Never knew it was strange until someone from Donegal started laughing when someone said it.

They laughed? That’s cat!! Donegal is a big county and some of the slag up north Donegal is different than south Donegal.

[Bosco]

LONGFORD
mink-knacker
sham-sometimes knacker,sometimes just used as a laugh when talking to someone
munch-food
lush-drink
chatty-thing
boure(spell check)-any woman
feek-nice woman
to feek-to ride

[dahamsta]

for the cork dictionary click here

Don't be linking to that bunch of mockeyah foreign wackers at all boy. Try here, or here. Both BEECHER.NET productions I might add!

[tetsujin1979]

for the cork dictionary click here

my favourite is:
I will yeah [compund verb] : I will not.

In Limerick that's usually answered with "you won't no!"

[Conor H]

LONGFORD
mink-knacker
sham-sometimes knacker,sometimes just used as a laugh when talking to someone
munch-food
lush-drink
chatty-thing
boure(spell check)-any woman
feek-nice woman
to feek-to ride

Alot of them are used here (galway city anyway)

[blobbyblob]

quare in wexford = very

[Bosco]

to bowsey-to mess about
bowsey-a messer/waster