| Dublin
Dictionary A-D |
| A |
| A
3m |
A
young male who`s only care`s are his ma, his moth and his moustache
|
| A
bad egg |
A
dodgy bloke or a troublemaker |
| A
bucket of Snots |
A
ugly person |
| Adam
and Eve it |
I
don't believe it!! |
| A
Dig in the Gob |
As
in D'ye want a dig in the gob or wha? Does one want a punch
in the mouth or what? |
| A
Fraertd |
A
frayed/scared (Viking spelling? - ED) |
| A
head like Paul Ash |
An
old saying. Paul Ash was apparently a bad bare knuckle boxer.
|
| A
kick in the mebbs |
Means
a kick in the privates |
| A
wreck the head |
Someone
who drives u mad. |
| AJH |
A
Jaysus Howya," refers to someone usually from the inner city
|
| All
roight bud |
Hello
to someone whos name you cant think of usually everyone !!!
|
| Alright
Man! |
Typical
salutation used by a young Dubliner... |
| Anto |
Commonly
used to refer to a silkey (an individual of either inner-city
or Dublin corporation estate origin, with a liking for acrylic
track suits) |
| Any
odds |
Means
have you got a spare smoke or some change |
| Any
odds |
Means
any spare change usually 'gis your odds' |
| Apple
Tart |
Fart
- sorry but there's no nice way to say it. |
| Are
ya comin' across? |
Are
you sexually active? |
| Are
you wide? |
Are
you aware? |
| Arthur
Scargill or just Arthur |
Gargle
- to go out drinking |
| Ask
me bollix! |
Definition please? (I know it's sort of obvious but we need
the sender's definition. ED) |
| Ask
me bollix |
Don't
ask me ya spa |
| Ask
me bollix |
Having
asked someone for something that the person is highly unlikely
to give away one would be told, disparagingly "ask me bollix"
|
| Ask
me pipe |
Same
as ask me arse |
| Auld
Boy |
Father |
| Aul'fella |
Father |
| Aul'wan
|
Mother |
| Auld
Wan |
An
old woman or someone behaving like an 'auld wan' |
| Axe
me left one |
Similar
to "axe me bollix" or "axe me sack", but can also be used by
females due to "left one" reference. |
| Axe
me sack |
Direct
your questions towards my scrotum. |
| B |
| Backer |
To
become passenger on bicycle in either the crossbar or seated
position |
| Back
door bandit |
Someone
who is not straight |
| Baco
|
Shortened
version of tobacco, as can commonly be heard around Henry St.
|
| Bailer
|
See
Leg it. May originate from Skipping bail. |
| Baloonhead |
See
Eejit |
| Bamboozle
|
A
plan/scheme. (Mmmmmm. ED) |
| Ballhopper
|
Garda
(Copper) |
| Ballygobackwards
|
Any
small town in Bogland that somebody from Dublin probably has
not heard of. Ususlly "I was bleedin stuck in Ballygobackwards
for hours after the jammer broke down". |
| Ballyer |
Suburb in dublin named Ballyfermot |
| Ballymegash
|
Hash |
| Ballymunners
|
Runners
(As for of shoes, presumably) |
| Bananits |
Long
yellow skinned fruit sold by wans in Dublin markets. Usually
sold alongside Strawbreenes. |
| Bandjaxed |
Broken,
useless, tired |
| Bang |
Unpleasant
odour. "D'ya get de bang off yer wan?" |
| Baps
|
Check
the Baps on Her!!! |
| Barney
Dillons |
Shillin's,
sheckels, moolah, money |
| Barney
Rubble |
Trouble |
| Barry
White |
A
shite |
| Basement
Jaxx |
Downstairs
toilet |
| Bate |
I
will bate your head in |
| Battle
Cruiser |
Boozer
otherwise known as pub |
| Battor
Borger |
Appear
to be a marriage of a beef patty, unknown pale gristly nodules
and yesterday's fish batter. Complimented with a bottle of Lucozade |
| Be-jay-sis
2nite |
For
fuck sake |
| Beamer
|
To
be embarrased - See Redner |
| Beaver
Leaver |
He
who prefers men to women, if you know wha' Oi Meeean? |
| Beef |
News |
| Bells |
Time.
eg 10 Bells (10 o'clock) |
| Be
L.O. |
Keep
a look out |
| Benjy
|
Bad
smell. As in "Ara for Jaysus sake... head the ball hums
like Benjy". See also Get up the yard |
| Berco
|
As
in mad, or absolutely rotten drunk |
| Bifter
|
Joint',
as in "roll a bifter" |
| Bill
Murray |
Curry |
| Bills |
Pounds |
| Billy
berko |
To
go balistic or crazy |
| Bin
lids |
Kids
|
| Bingo
wings |
Flabby
underarms on a wan |
| Bird |
Girlfriend |
| Bizzies
|
The
Garda, "hide that bifter, heres the bizzies". (Is this not a
scouse term? ED) |
| Black
Mariah |
Garda
van, Police van |
| Black
Stuff |
Guinness |
| Blagged
ya ourra it |
I
seem to have gotten the better of you |
| Bleedin'
|
Word
commonly used for emphasis on something,eg. that was bleedin'
terrible as opposed to really terrible.... |
| Bleedener |
Another
word for idiot, as in "Yer a bleedener" |
| Bleedin
dope |
one
who lacks intelligence |
| Blonde
in a black skirt |
A
pint of Guinness |
| Blue
Peter |
2
litre of cider |
| Bluey |
As
in Taking a bluey. Temper Tantrum also known as A ginnier (ginny....r)
|
| Blue
eyes |
Nickname
for someone who is crosseyed, 1 blew east and 1 blew west |
| Bobble |
To
walk or to move somewhere. |
| Bob |
If
a girl sees a good looking man,she can say that he is a "bob"
or that she would "give him a few bob",meaning she would like
to have intimate relations with him. |
| Bog
Warrior |
Culchie |
| Bog
ball |
A
derogatory name for gaelic football |
| Bogger/Bog
warrior |
An
Individual hailing from outside Dublin, but within Ireland |
| Bogey
|
Not
good, dodgy |
| Bogland
|
Anywhere
outside of Dublin, but within Ireland. Boggers live there. |
| Bollix |
Pronounced
bolleeks. Source is obvious. Use: 'he's a bollix'; 'ask me bollix'. |
| Bolloxchops |
As
in when a taxi driver goes by with his light on and passengers
in the cab you say "TURN YOUR LIGHT OFF BOLLOXCHOPS"! |
| Bo-jangled
|
Absolutely
hammered drunk |
| Bottle
Of Water |
Your
Daughter |
| Bottler
|
Blue
light on top of an emergency service vehicle |
| Boxed
Off |
Meaning
sorted, done and dusted |
| Box
the fox |
Rob
an orchard |
| Bowler |
A
dog, esp a small scruffy terrier of a dog |
| Bowler |
A
term that describes a very unattractive Girl / Lady, usually
used when trying to describe the girl friend of a friend or
colleague |
| Bradleys
|
Means
underarms, derives from Brad Pitt's - armpits - bradleys! |
| Brad
Pitt |
Shit |
| Brasser |
Old
military name for a streetwalker in Sackville Street May come
from the old Lancashire saying that where there's muck there's
brass{money} |
| Brazzer |
Prostitute/Whore |
| Brend
Frickers.... |
As
in knickers (rhymes with frickers) (Should this be Brenda? -
ED) |
| Brown
Bread |
Dead |
| Buffty
|
(Not
sure of the exact spelling) Another word for a homosexual man,
i.e. George Michael is a buffty (or a buffty boy) |
| Bugle
|
Erection |
| Buke
|
Dublinese
for Book, varied uses such as Skule Book. |
| Bull
and cow |
A
row,a fight |
| Bunce |
"Are
we doin' a bunce?" "Are we pooling our financial resources
for the drink?" |
| Bum |
As
in "can I bum a smoke of ye boss" |
| Bunched
|
A
catch-all word for tired, broken, useless etc |
| Bunk
|
See
On the hop |
| Burst |
Threat
of physical harm as in "I'll fe****g burst ye, ye leary bollix
ye" |
| Butt-stroke |
When
a skanger gives u a mixture of a butt and stroke with his head.
also known as a tooth-chipper |
| Butt's
on ya |
Can
I have the last 3rd of your cigarette |
| Buzzin |
"Ii'm
only buzzin off ye" I'm jokin with you |