Irish Slang Words In Songs
You'll find a lot of slang words and phrases In Songs on this site. Here is where I try to explain what they Mean. a lot of these words are in the R.T.E. programme ''Love Hate'' which is now shown in America. I use a sentence to give you the gist of where the slang would be used to help you better understand it's meaning.
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Slang Word
Auld
Gargle Cocky Farmer Delirium tremens Useta Benjy ballin Tight Quare Nipper Moth Deadly Knackered Gobshite Tay Topper Skint Jacks Jackeen Gawking Step it out Bog Slash Gas Poled Sound Slapper Slag Shag Scratcher Plastered Nixer Manky Langered Kip Jar Craic Hooley Porter Culchie Bowsie Black stuff Banjaxed Away with the fairies Nip Monto Amadán |
Meaning
Old person or thing
Alcohol/Beer Small Farmer Major Hangover Used To Bad smell Crying Mean Strange Child Girlfriend Great Tierd Idiot Tee Good Child Without money Toilet A person from Dublin Looking at Dancing Toilet urinating Funny Pregnant A reliable person Woman without morals Make fun of a person Make love to Bed Very drunk person Working in the black economy Dirty Very drunk Not a nice place Beer Fun / good time Drinking and singing Stout / Guinness Person from outside a town An unpleasant man Stout Broken Mad / insane Naked Area of Dublin Fool |
Example
Dublin In The Rare Auld Times
He's On The Gargle Again For Nearly 60 Years I've Been A Cocky I Useta Love Her Once Get Up The Yard There's A Smell Of Benjy Off Ye The Little Child Was Ballin Hes Eyes Out As Tight As A Duck's Arse He's A Quare Fella Alright That Nipper Is Too Young To Drink Says I To The Mot Get Your Hand Off Me Knee Where Did Ye Get Them Deadly Strides Your Wearnig Paddy Was Knackered After Digging Muck All Day That Gobshite Doesn't Know His Arse From His Elbow More Tay There Miss Hickey He's A Little Topper He's Skint, that's Why He Won't Get The Gargle In She's In The Jacks Having A Wee Wee Them Jackeens Think They Know Everthing What's That Fella Gawking At ? Step It Out Mary My Fine Daughter He's In The Bog Having A Slash He's In The Bog Having A Slash We Had Great Gas At The Circus She's Poled Again And She Only Dropped Last Month He's as sound as a pound Sure That Slapper Would Get Up On The Craic Of Dawn He's No Sense Of Humour And Can't Take A Slagging Any Chance Of A Shag Young One ? He Spends His Whole Day In The Scratcher I Spent All Me Dole And Got Plastered The Tax Man Caught Him Doing A Nixer His Clothes Are Manky Dirty From Working That Fella Is Langered Every Night Of The Week I'm Not Going Back To That Kip Again Are You Going For A Jar Horse The Craic Was 90 In The Isle Of Man There's A Hooley In Mick's Gaff Tonight He'd Drink Porter Out Of A Wellington Boot Them Culchies Are Taking All The Work That Fella Has Being A Bowsie All His Life Two Pints Of The Black Stuff There Barman Me Car Is Banjaxed Beyond Repair He's Away With The Fairies Since The Wife Left Him As Kids We Went Swimming In The Nip In The River Tolka Take her up to Monto [Danny Farrell Song] They Called Him Amadán And Fool |
