An earnest, rough guide-armed tourist arrives in Cork and attempts to engage the locals in conversation. Should be easy, they speak English right?....
C'mere biya.I realise some of de feenos and de wans have pure hassle with de Cork speak like. So have a lash of it and there'll be less gowls around. How bad!
- Apache = a joyrider
- Bate = beat up (e.g I'll bate the shite out of ya)
- Be wide = Be careful
- Bushing = Drinking excessively on the street
- brasser/trollup = prostitute
- C'mere = Excuse me, used to initiate a conversation
- Couldn't give two fucks = I don't care
- Douchya = I wouldn't doubt you
- doobie/chatnospook =hash
- Fella/feen/feeno/your man = male
- Fifty = To be stood up
- Fla = An attractive girl
- Free Gaff = House where parents are absent and teenage kids hold party
- Gaff = Home/House
- Gammy = Injured/Deformed
- Gatch = Walk
- Gatting/on the piss/getting langers/pinting/on the tear = Drinking excessively in a public house
- gib/gap/gant/gearbox =vagina
- Gimp/feckin eejit=An idiot
- Gimpy walk = to waddle
- gonzer/snoz = nose
- Gowl = Stupid person, from Ghoul
- Hangin' = A need for (e.g. I'm hangin' for a fag)
- Have a lash off = Have a go
- Here la = Used to draw attention to something
- How bad! = Great!
- Hows the form? = How are you?
- I claim ya = I challenge you to a fight.
- I'm langers = I'm drunk
- I will yeah! = No, I won't do that!
- Jammy rag = tampon
- lamp/skanse/la = look
- langer= an asshole, a prick
- Lash into hash = Smoke cannibas
- Like eh = Used as hesitation at end of sentence
- You would yeah! = You wouldn't dare!
- N'awful = terrible, (e.g He's an nawful langer)
- nodge/a deal/a score = various quantities of hash
- Norrie = Person who lives north of the river Lee.
- ole laid/old fella/old wan/old fella= mother/father
- Pig Sty = A police station
- Poppies/tatties = Potatoes
- Pure = Very
- Salk = a stolen car
- Scetch! = There's someone coming, look out!
- Shades/blue bottle/pig = police
- Sham feen = a hard man
- She's feakin'! = It would be nice to sleep with her!
- Small fella = male child
- Snobby Cunt = Well off person
- State a him la = He looks bad.
- Steamer/bender=homosexual
- stella = Girl who wears hair up in a bob, chews gum, and has earrings the size of hulla hoops.
- Two Bulb/shade mo-beal = a squad car
- Wah/Whacker = Shell suited, cider swilling, yoke taking young male on income support
- Wan/bure = female
- Wizz = Urinate
- Ya mog = You ugly person
- yoke = A pill of the drug ecstasy
Slang for place names in Cork
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