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Cork Slang (for you Niall :thumbsup:)


PART 1: EXPRESSIONS

1) C'mere = Excuse me

2) I will yeah! = no!

3) What's the story fella? = how are you?

4) hows the form? = hows it hanging?:

5) You would yeah! = You wouldn't dare!

6) Here lad = here you are

7) There lad = it's over there / look over there

8) State a him lad = He looks bad

9) (Ah / Awe) now sham = that's good

10) I claim ya = I would really like to engage in a fight with you.

11) Pure = very

12) Two fucks = care

13) Couldn't give two fucks = I don't care

14) Like = this word is used at least once in every Cork sentence. E.g.

Ah know like you understand don't ya?

15) Like eh = Used as a hesitation at the start of a sentence.

16) Nawful (he's a nawful langer) = terrible

17) Bate = beat up, used with da fu*k. E.g. I'll bate da fu*k outa ya

18) Have a lash off = have a go

19) Lash into hash = Smoke cannabis

20) Be wide = be careful

21) Scetch = There's someone coming (be wide)

22) Be doggy wide = be extra careful

23) How bad bhoy = good

24) Bhoy (pronounced-by biya) = man / person. Not necessarily a Celt.

25) A trip in the white van = A trip in an ambulance

PART 2: NOUNS & VERBS

26) Brasser / stella / tramp / trollup / whore bag prostitute

27) Stella = Girl who wears her hair up in bob, chews on gum, has

earings the size of hulla hoops, and are mostly norries (see no.71)

28) Jammy Rag = a tampon

29) Steamer / bender / queer / ass-bandit / faggot / puff / gaylord =

homosexual 29 b) Hairy = Child molester / peodaphile or old person /

experienced person

30) Blouse = Steamer ( ya fuckin' blouse)

31) Wan / bure = female

32) Young wan = female child

33) Fella / fein / feeno / your man = male

34) Small fella = Male child

35) Mam / dad / ole man / ole laid / oul fella / oul wan = mother/father

36) Lulla / subla / din-din / a suck / cream crackers

= knackers

37) Apache = joyrider

38) Salk = stolen car

39) Sham = young male / hard man or knacker

40) Sham-feen = macho / hard-man

41) Snout / gonker / snoz = nose

42) Gib / gap / gant / gearbox / pussy / bush / muff vagina

43) Pussy = chicken sh*t or faggot (see no.29)

44) Langer / langerdan: pri*k

45) Gowl (Ghoul) = Stupid person

46) Gimp = Feckin eejit

47) Gimpy walk = person with the mousy walk (wabbling from side to side)

48) Fifty = Stood up

49) Poppies / tatties = Potatoes

50) Yolkes = ecstasy

51) Duby / chatnospoof = hash

52) a nodge = small bit of hash

53) a knock = a lump of hash of any size

54) A deal = 10 pounds worth of hash

55) A score = 20 pounds worth of hash

56) Shades / law / blue bottles / pigs / = Gardai

57) Two-bulb / shade mo-beal (awe now feen pull a leggar) = squad car

58) Pig stie = Garda station

59) Speedy = Garda motorbike

60) Gatch = walk

61) Snobby c*nt / faggot = well-off person

62) Gammy = deformed

63) Jag / doing a line / jaggin / meetin a wan /with / scoring = going

out with

64) Gatt / lush / drink = alcholic beverages

65) Gattin / on the piss / gettin langers / pintin / on the ear = going

drinkin(in a pub)

66) Bushin = going drinkin on the street

67) Reef / reefin / mangle = beat up / beating up

68) Lamp / skanse / la = look

69) Droppin / Wizz = need to piss

70) Hangin = Need a fag

71) Wah / Whacker: scumbag

72) Norrie = Person from Northside of the City.

73) Frame / kit = woman's body

74) Flaa = good lookin' girl

75) Feak = see no.73

76) Is she feakin' = is she fuckable

77) Drain the weasel / go for a slash / take a piss urinate somewhere

PART 3 : PLACE NAMES

78) Grawn: Gurranabraher

79) Knocka: Knocknaheeney

80) Mahn: Mahon

81) da Han: Ballyphehane

82) Tokor: Togher

83) da Glen: The Glen

84) Pana: St. Patrick Street

85) Flying bottle: The HolyHill Inn

86) da Peace Park: Bishop Lucey Park

87) Clon: Clonakilty

88) Crosser = Crosshaven

89) da Cross = Turners Cross

90) Golden Wheely bin land = Douglas

91) Fanny city = Grange (the women r unbelievable up there)

92) The smell = The halting site

PART 4 : HOUSE THINGS

93) Gaff = house

94) Free Gaff = house where the parent r absent (party at the gaff)

95) Scoot on = This is what u say to faggots who show up at your party

uninvited

PART 5 : SAYINGS

96) She got a Slap of the ugly stick = She's an ugly bitch

97) Ya mog = you ugly person (no gender necessary)

98) Ya dirty rotten dying ba*tard = Somebody who farted in the company

of feaks

99) I'll drop ya = I will knock you out with one punch

100) Good fuckin' luccckkk = good bye, see ya soon


ya gotta love it!


Norris. :thumbsup:
 
Thanks Norris, I just had to set up a profanity filter for that informative post :doh: At least any future posts that have offensive words will be automatically censored. :wazzup:
 
:) hehe, sorry man, thought ther would already be one on it! :?

ba*tard . . . . . hey look it works!
 
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Thanks Norris, I just had to set up a profanity filter for that informative post :doh: At least any future posts that have offensive words will be automatically censored. :wazzup:
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What about the right to free speech Paulo? :shock:

:p :p

John
 
[quote author=Norris! link=topic=78.msg255#msg255 date=1153261745]

52) a nodge = small bit of hash

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never heard that one before :dunno: :dunno:
 
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Quote from: Norris! on July 18, 2006, 10:29:05 pm

52) a nodge = small bit of hash



never heard that one before 

You have obviously never been to Singapore
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@ Niall...if your only using ''some' of those sayings ya must be from a very posh area of Cork :lol: :lol:
...Let the rest of us know where that is please :ponder: :ponder:

Id say i use 95% of the above list every day...UP THE REBELS :twofinger: :headbanger: :twofinger:
 
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