O'Byrne Files © - Dublin Slang Dictionary and Phrase-book ©
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Word / Phrase |
use |
Meaning |
| Face like the back of a bus | phr | Ugly |
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Fag |
n. |
Cigarette. This is an important one, so be sure to get it right. |
| Fag on the crag | A statue of Oscar Wilde standing on a rock in Merion Square | |
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Faggot |
n. |
Term of abuse applied to a woman, generally elderly |
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Fair doos / dues |
n. phr. |
Indication of agreement or admiration |
| Fair Play | phr. | Used to complimenting someone's behaviour "He got a job? Fair play to the cunt!" |
| Fairly lively | adj. | With great haste. "Run up to the bar and get me a pint fairly lively" |
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Fangled |
adj |
Complicated |
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Fanner |
n. |
Work-shy individual |
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Farl / farre/ fardel |
n. |
Quarter portion of griddle scone |
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Farthing face |
n. phr. |
Pinched, wan look; usually applied to a child |
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Faze / faize / fiz |
vb. |
Disturb or put to inconvenience |
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Feck |
vb. |
[1] Fetch, gain, seek or take. [2] A euphem for 'fuck', similarly 'fecker', 'feck off', 'feck-all' |
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Feck around |
phr. |
Do nothing constructive |
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Feckless |
adj. |
Weak-minded, idle |
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Fegary / figgairy |
n. |
Departure from normal conduct, notion |
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Féile |
n. |
Festival (pronounced Fay-la) |
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Fellah / fella |
n. |
Male individual |
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Fib |
n. & vb. |
Lie |
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Fierce |
adj. |
Generally as an intensification to modify 'bad', 'serious', 'expensive' etc. |
| Fifty p (50p) lifesaver | n | Condom |
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Fine thing |
n. phr. |
Sexually attractive woman |
| F-in' and blindin' | adj | Cursing |
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Fire |
vb. |
Throw |
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Fire away |
phr. |
Continue, go ahead |
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Fit to be tied |
phr. |
Very angry |
| Fiver | n. | Five pound note |
| Fizzy Gravy | n. | Diarrhoea |
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Flah |
n. |
Sexually attractive woman |
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Flahool / flahoolach |
adj. |
Lavish, generous |
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Flahoola |
n. |
Large loud woman of stupendous vulgarity |
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Flakes |
n. |
Breakfast cereal, corn flakes |
| Flea rake | n | Comb |
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Fleece |
vb. |
Steal or swindle |
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Flicks |
n. |
Cinema, movies, pictures |
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Flip |
vb. |
Go insane |
| Flog | vb | Sell |
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Floosie / floozie |
n. |
Woman of questionable or low moral standards |
| Flummoxed | adj | Confused, puzzled |
| Fluzie in the jakuzie | n. | A statue that used to be in the middle of O'Connell Street, Dublin until the city authorities got fed-up with it. |
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Fluthered |
adj. |
Drunk, intoxicated |
| Fly Cemetery | n | Currant bun / Fruit cake |
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Follow copy out window |
phr. |
Keeping to plan even when mistakes are blatant |
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Follower-upper |
n. phr. |
Second film of a double bill, or sequel |
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Fooster |
n. vb |
Confuse, Dither or fuss |
| For real | phr. | To be serious |
| Freaker | vb | To be very upset e.g. "I was havin' a freaker about my stolen car" |
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Frolic |
vb. |
Hang about aimlessly |
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Fry |
n. |
Fried food, usually sausages, bacon, pudding, eggs, bread |
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Fuck / fucking |
adv. |
Used for [1] emphasis, eg. 'fucking awful', [2] exclamation eg 'for fuck's sake', [3] imperative 'fuck-off', an invitation to depart hastily |
| Fuck all | phr. adj | Nothing much, nothing |
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Fuck the begrudgers |
phr. |
Expression of virulent scorn of critics by those determined to continue regardless of anything |
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Full of oneself |
phr |
Displaying exaggerated self-esteem |
| Full of wind and piss | adj | All talk and no action |
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Full-shilling, not the |
n. phr. |
Mentally handicapped |
Most recent version
December, 2006
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