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You all need to include some Irish-isms into your daily speech. Stephen Send a noteboard - 24/10/2012 08:26:30 AM
This is a list that mainly applies to sport, specifically to Gaelic Football and Hurling, but most terms can also apply to regular, everyday speech.


Báite - eg "I gave it báite" - I put a fair bit of effort into it

Stomached - surprised eg. "Jays, when he came up behind me I was awful stomached"

Mighty - very good

Hames - a right mess - eg. "he made a hames of that clearance"

Timber - intimidation of a hurling opponent

Welt - swing at

Lamp - a good thump

A Crowd – e.g. "that crowd from Ardrahan are a right shower of shites"

Schkelp - a good thump

Bullin' - angry. eg. "the centre half back was bullin' after I lamped him"

Bull thick - very angry

Joult - a push

Joshel - a shoulder push

The Comm-it-eeee - Local GAA bullshitters in general

Bushted - eg. "Jayz me arm is bushted"

Bomber - a very popular nickname for a GAA player

A hang sangwidge - consumed with tay on the sides of roads after matches in Croker or Thurles.

Citeog - he hit it with his citeog. ie. left handed/footed

Warp - hit something hard as in "I'll f**kin' warp you"

Blast - A great amount of anything.

Rake - Also a great amount of anything, usually pints of Guinness

A Shamozzle - a group of players shkelpin' one another but not exactly hittin' anyone at the same time!

Flakin' - usually goes on for a whole game..... eg. "Jayz Mike Murphy gave Tony Delaney an awful flakin' below in training on Sunday". To "flake" a lad for a whole game usually starts off with a bit of the aforementioned "joshellin'" and "joultin'" and develops into a bit of "weltin'" and may even result in a good "lampin'" for the victim especially if he gets "bull thick".

Namajaysus - What was that for, referee?

Ya-bollix-ya - Corner back's formal recognition of a score by his opponent

Leh-it-in-ta-fuck-would-ya - Full forward's appeal to a midfielder for a more timely delivery of the pass

Mullocker - untidy or awkward players

Horsed - bout of rough play or intimidatory tactics as in “we horsed them out of it

Horse - untidy or rough player. There's one in every club ( The Legendary “Horse” Delaney)

Row - Fight involving four or more players swinging hurleys like lunatics

Massive Row - Row involving both team,substitutes and supporters jumping fences

Running Row - A massive row that continues out in the parking area and/or dressing room areas

** Here's a few more you'd hear around Gurtagarry or Ballymackey **:

"Come up ta F*ck"- A corner back back trying to rise the ball .

"Lord Lantern Jaysus.." - "The next time you do that I'll f**kin kill ya"

"a hape" - A big quantity (Heap)

"in the paw" - To catch the ball.

"a Brawl" - A collection of bodies in disagreement with each other.

"a Dinger" - Usually a fast wing forward who can leave his opponent "for Dust".

"a right C*nt" - The Ref was a bit biased towards the other team.
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Do us Yanks use too many British terms? - 24/10/2012 03:28:53 AM 775 Views
I use "bloody" because I've read WoT for years. - 24/10/2012 04:41:31 AM 552 Views
Gorram Ahm'Merkins *NM* - 26/10/2012 06:56:17 PM 235 Views
Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. - 24/10/2012 05:25:18 AM 610 Views
It' called football. You silly americans and your handegg! *NM* - 24/10/2012 07:32:47 AM 303 Views
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I may be wrong, but I believe it's called a football because it's 12-inches long. - 25/10/2012 07:15:28 PM 606 Views
Using a non-Metric system of measurement is total nonsense. - 25/10/2012 07:51:27 PM 522 Views
How can you say that?! - 25/10/2012 08:40:20 PM 579 Views
I'm an evil European. - 26/10/2012 04:20:57 PM 595 Views
Re: Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. - 24/10/2012 08:22:37 AM 515 Views
Bad example. Sheep is both a singular and plural noun. *NM* - 24/10/2012 02:47:34 PM 221 Views
That may be the problem. - 27/10/2012 12:00:49 AM 515 Views
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You all need to include some Irish-isms into your daily speech. - 24/10/2012 08:26:30 AM 600 Views
One British term I agree is horrid when said by Americans - 25/10/2012 06:20:54 PM 578 Views
I think it's a minor issue for anyone to get rile3d about... - 26/10/2012 01:10:25 AM 567 Views
Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. - 27/10/2012 12:10:52 AM 533 Views
Re: Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. - 27/10/2012 04:24:26 AM 609 Views
Try "apt." - 27/10/2012 04:13:18 PM 529 Views
always hated the letters "pt" together in that order - 28/10/2012 04:44:29 AM 499 Views
Can't happen fast enough. - 29/10/2012 09:07:34 PM 527 Views
I picked up a lot of Britishisms from Ian Anderson - 05/11/2012 05:00:50 PM 654 Views

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