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Q, R

Word / Phrase

use

Meaning

Quality, the

n.

Superior social class

Quare fella

n. phr.

Individual distinguished by eccentric or unusual conduct / situation

Quare place, the

n.

Hell

Quare stuff, the

n.

Illicit whiskey

Quay  n A street on the side of the Liffey
Quid n. Pound (Pre-euro money)

Rag order

adj

Disorganised, untidy

Raging

adj.

Very annoyed

Rags and tags

adj.

Tatters

Ráiméis / ramas

n. & vb

Nonsense, senseless talk

Raise

adj.

Anger, annoy

Rake

n. & vb.

Large number / quantity, lavish spending

Ramming (pron. Rammin') vb Having (usually casual) sex. "I was rammin' the mott last night"
Rap n. Counterfeit coin; anything of little worth.

Rapid

adj.

Nice, fine, groovy

Rapid!

exclm. & adj.

Term of praise

Rare

adj.

Exceptional, outstanding

Rare / rare up

vb.

Get angry

Rarin' to go

vb

Very eager to

Rasher

n.

Sexual intercourse

Rashers

n.

Thin slices of bacon for frying

Rat-arsed adj Intoxicated, drunk

Rat's arse, give a

phr.

Care a damm

Razz, on the

adj. phr.

On a spree

Reader

n.

Newspaper

Re-calibration n.  Any amount of time spent with the AA - (Alcoholic's Anonymous)

Reddener, take a

vb

Blush [see scarlet]

Red neck   n Anyone who isn't from Dublin (comes from the parents hitting their children on the back of the neck, saying 'Get up to Dublin and get a job)

Reef

vb.

Attack violently, tear or remove forcibly

Relics of aul decency

n. phr.

Preserver memorials of a fortunate / favoured era

Ride

n.

Woman generous with sexual favours, sexually attractive woman

Ride, to

vb.

To have sexual intercourse

Rig out

n.

Suit of clothes or outfit

Right

adj

Used for emphasise e.g. ' a right mess' - Pronounced "roight"

Ringsend uppercut phr A knee in the bollocks! (from Gerry Donnelly)

Rí-Rá / ree-raw

n.

Disturbance, uproar

Risk it for a biscuit

phr

Take a chance

Rock and roll n. Sexual intercourse

Rolling

adj.

Drunk and incapable

Rookied

adj.

Wrecked

Root

vb.

Search

Rosiner

n.

Measure of drink

Round The way drinks are bought in pubs over here. First one person buys a round of drinks, then the next feller gets one for everybody, and so on, until it finally comes down to the tight-ass bastard who was too cheap to buy a round earlier on.

Rubber

n.

Pencil eraser

Ructions n. Commotion, disturbance; 'There were great ructions at our house last night'

Ruffian

n.

Bully or rowdy male

Run

vb.

Chase away

Runs n Another term for scutter (Diarrhoea) 

Run your lamps over

vb. phr.

Look at, check out

Runner, do a

n.

Depart rapidly

Runner-in

n.

Recent arrival

Runners n. Plimsolls, track or sport shoes

Rusty Water.

n.

Diarrhoea

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