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F

Word / Phrase

use

Meaning

Face like the back of a bus phr Ugly

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

Faggot

n.

Term of abuse applied to a woman, generally elderly

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"

Fangled

adj

Complicated

Fanner

n.

Work-shy individual

Farl / farre/ fardel

n.

Quarter portion of griddle scone

Farthing face

n. phr.

Pinched, wan look; usually applied to a child

Faze / faize / fiz

vb.

Disturb or put to inconvenience

Feck

vb.

[1] Fetch, gain, seek or take. [2] A euphem for 'fuck', similarly 'fecker', 'feck off', 'feck-all'

Feck around

phr.

Do nothing constructive

Feckless

adj.

Weak-minded, idle

Fegary / figgairy

n.

Departure from normal conduct, notion

Féile

n.

Festival (pronounced Fay-la)

Fellah / fella

n.

Male individual

Fib

n. & vb.

Lie

Fierce

adj.

Generally as an intensification to modify 'bad', 'serious', 'expensive' etc.

Fifty p (50p) lifesaver n Condom

Fine thing

n. phr.

Sexually attractive woman

F-in' and blindin'  adj Cursing

Fire

vb.

Throw

Fire away

phr.

Continue, go ahead

Fit to be tied

phr.

Very angry

Fiver n. Five pound note
Fizzy Gravy n. Diarrhoea

Flah

n.

Sexually attractive woman

Flahool / flahoolach

adj.

Lavish, generous

Flahoola

n.

Large loud woman of stupendous vulgarity

Flakes

n.

Breakfast cereal, corn flakes

Flea rake n Comb

Fleece

vb.

Steal or swindle

Flicks

n.

Cinema, movies, pictures

Flip

vb.

Go insane

Flog vb Sell

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.

Fluthered

adj.

Drunk, intoxicated

Fly Cemetery n Currant bun / Fruit cake

Follow copy out window

phr.

Keeping to plan even when mistakes are blatant

Follower-upper

n. phr.

Second film of a double bill, or sequel

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"

Frolic

vb.

Hang about aimlessly

Fry

n.

Fried food, usually sausages, bacon, pudding, eggs, bread

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

Fuck the begrudgers

phr.

Expression of virulent scorn of critics by those determined to continue regardless of anything

Full of oneself

phr

Displaying exaggerated self-esteem

Full of wind and piss adj All talk and no action

Full-shilling, not the

n. phr.

Mentally handicapped

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