Banjaxed
Broken
Battered
Beat up, exhausted, e.g. “I was battered after one glass of wine, I had to go to bed.”
Bird
Woman/girl
Bolloxed
Exhausted, or bad/messed up. E.g. “Ah, I was bolloxed after that 12-hour shift.”; “I had to take my car to the mechanic – it was bolloxed.”
Busáras
The central bus station in Dublin for intercity and regional busses. Pronounced “Bus- awh – riss,” from “bus” and “áras”, with áras being the word for “building” in Irish, e.g. Áras an Uachtaráin, the home of the President of Ireland, means “The President’s Building.”
Chuffed
Pleased, delighted.
Craic
Fun
Deadly
Great, cool, e.g. “That TV show is deadly!”
Debs
Short for “Debutante Ball,” however more like a prom for those who have just graduated secondary school (high school.)
Ear-wigging
Eavesdropping
A few bob
A few dollars, e.g. “She babysat for them last weekend, so they gave her a few bob.”
Gaff
Home or house, e.g. “Come back to my gaff, we’ll have a cup of tea.”
Gagging
Gross
Giving it socks
Going for it
Grand
Good, fine, okay.
Hoovering
Vacuuming
Horse
Eat, e.g. “I was so hungry, I had to horse it down!”
Hungas
Gluttons, greedy.
Lobs the gob
Kisses. “Gob” means mouth.
Manky
Gross
Massive
Great, gorgeous, e.g. “She looked massive on her wedding day!” or “That party was massive!”
Narky
Irritable.
On your tobler
By yourself, e.g. “I was just sitting at the bus stop on me tobler, no one came to get me!”
Oulwan
Meaning “Old one,” i.e. a parent or grandparent
Plugs
Tampons
Poncey
An adjective describing a poser, or a show-off, e.g. “That latest pop-star looks like such a poncey kid!”
Poxy
Stupid, rachet, e.g. “That poxy teacher gave me an F on my paper!”
Ropey
Unwell, most likely due to a hangover.
Score
$20
Slagged
Mocked, teased, e.g.”I don’t like her – she slagged me off to her friend.”
A waster
A loser, someone who is a waste of time
Yoke
Something or anything, e.g. “Excuse me, could you pass me those yokes? No, not the glasses, the plates.”
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