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How are yis, shams,
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Get up the yard,
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I could eat a nun's arse through a convent gate I'm really really hungry
Leany-over or standy-upper? Meaning do you lean over or stand up when wiping your arse, a common argument in Rathcoole
Meet To make out with or have an exclusive messing status as in "are ya meetin her tonite?"
Chillaxin To chill-out and relax at the same time. As in "I'm just gonna chillax on Sunday- plannin' a mad one Saturday night"
De udder ting (The other thing) Describing something that must remain unsaid but is known to the listener and nobody else, as in "I was up in the quare place last night, I had word with yer man about the other thing! Game ball!"
Blem (Football) to hit the ball really hard, as in "Jayzuz he blem't it into the net!" or as in that wonderful Dublin grammar "If he hadda havin' a'blemmin' it when he had the chance, he'd a' havin'a scorin' a goalt!"
Moxy Horrible; "that girl is moxy looking!"
Boot A whore/slut
Scope Meaning an idea and a half
Ol'doll Mother
Off your chomp! Meaning mad as a kerryman
Ginger, a ginger minger Ugly red head person
Oxo Every thing is sorted/or alright ie, "The job is oxo"
Flute Usually preceeded by "Ya Big" when you do or say something wrong. Also describes your (see langer)
Rapi' Great
Wup ou va Get up out of it
Jellies Breasts
Maula Some smokage
Ginched Broken
Rish Pish Frustrated
Bonce The head, as in: "Yer wan is wreckin me bonce"
Caabs A word used across the city when one cannot conjure the required word quickly. hard to explain but fits in nicely to a number of sentences
Rekdagaf A house party that gets out of control or a general mad one outside the house where damage occurs.
Brand new brown shoe Meaning "I'm feeling ok"
Tennis racket Meaning me jacket
Gawk. noun. To look/stare at something or someone
Gerrupchaa! Meaning: Wayhey, but very pissed and messy
Penny Face A knacker. "He was a right little penny face" (generally wearing a tracksuit and seen near the vicinity of a crime)
Boss What you say when greeting someone but you cant remember their name " All right boss" Also generally put in at the end of any sentence when talking to someone " I'll catch ya rafter boss"
Going for a crud Taking a shite
Flakes To give sumone a few punches!!!
Leathal Buzz means that's great
Wan eh yes Ususally used in GAA matches when too many people go for the same ball ...translates as "one of you"
K.V.I. Anything ersatz or of low quality, also a euphemism for HIV (from KVI, the label given to store's-own-brand products at certain supermarkets.)
Noworramean Do you know what I mean - usually followed by "eh Bud!
Mean as a fiddlers bitch Very mean
Ya mad thing ya Nutter
Ya Bleedin' Cabage Ya Bleedin' Cabage
Gis-a-goozer Give me a kiss
Have you heard of the 5 lamps? Hang your bollix off them! (Old Dublin saying. No one actually knows what it means. ED)
Arthur Scargle Slang for 'gargle' which is slang for beer ie:"are ya goin' for a few Arthur Scargles bud?"
Poxbottle A person who isn't very nice
Rank Means disgusting as in "dat's fair rank!"
Hidin' Meaning beating
Folly Used as Follow as in "folly me over to the pub"
He'd live in your ear - and sublet your eardrum Stingy / no shame at all
Snots Currency, like "quid" e.g. "Giz a lend of 20 snots will ya?"
Sperible Awkward, ill at ease
Floop the coop Freak out
Top dollar Excellent
Yul Brenner Tenner
Fluther'ed Meaning locked,gee-eyed. mainly used by an older geezer
Biffo Big Ignorant F*cker from Offaly - oversized stupid Irish countryman
Tobler as in Toblerone - "on me own"
After on tha Can I have a few pulls at the end of your cigarette please (also "lese a few blows on tha"
sqidders in the back burner beer money
Munter An extremely ugly girl. Big as a house, smelly and sounding a bit like frank Bruno. Probably comes from a farming background. Usually seen hanging around the darker corners of Copper Face Jacks.
The grush Throwing money from car as bride leaves family house to wed
Paddywagon A garda mariah van
Spank you Thank you
Tha one fell outta a tree and hit every branch on the way down Very ugly person
Ronnie the rouse Teenager/young man with a rat growing on his upper lip
Scanger Refers to both girls and fellas who wear tracksuits, runners, gold hoopy earings (girls) and have shaved heads (blokes) and they are usually called Sharon, Anto, Tracey, Deco etc.
Dickie rocks Socks
Billy no mates Someone who likes to tink they are popular but arent, or a loner
Brass monkey Brass monkey
Who do you belong to? To a child. As in who/where are your parent?
Box Vagina. As in, did ye hear about the dwarf that walked into a brothel. He got a box in the face!
Ram it! As in fuck off
Gimp See spa
Top bollix Girl's/woman's breasts as in "look at the top bollix on dat "
Skunchy Large marble
Downing the Black Drinking a Guinness
I'll be dug outta ya! I'll beat you up
Whippersnapper Child
A bungalow Someone with nothing upstairs, eejit
Shiner Black eye
Scatch Dole
Are you Malahide?: Are you aware
Gobbler (noun) The act of fellatio. e.g she gave me a gobbler
Harry Cigarette
Gawk Have a look, as in "G'ivs a gawk at the paper when y'er finished
   
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