O'Byrne Files © - Dublin Slang Dictionary and Phrase-book©
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Word / Phrase |
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Meaning |
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Paper, the |
n. |
Newspaper |
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Paralitic |
adj |
Seriously drunk |
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Park, the |
n. |
Phoenix Park, or Áras an Uachtaráin, the President's residence |
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Parlatic / palatic |
adj |
Seriously drunk |
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Parlimentary side |
n. phr. |
Decorous or respectable aspect |
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Pass |
n. vb |
Interest |
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Passremarkable |
adj. |
Worthy of comment |
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Pay on the nail |
phr. vb |
Pay when due |
| Peelo | adv. | Shaved head with fringe in front |
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Peg |
n. & vb. |
[1] Step, [2] Move to vigorously or hastily |
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Pelt, in one's |
adj. phr. |
Naked |
| Pelting | vb. | Throwing objects or raining heavily |
| Perishing | adj. | Very cold |
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Pet |
adj. & n. |
[1] Fine day in period of bad weather, [2] Crust (on bread) |
| Picasso Arse: | n | A woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she looks like she's got 4 buttocks |
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Pick, not a |
n. phr. |
Reference to thinness |
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Picky |
adj |
Fussy about food |
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Pictures |
n. |
Cinema, movies |
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Pig-ignorant |
adj. |
Very stupid, very boorish |
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Pig's back, on the |
n. phr. |
Enjoying good fortune |
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Pin |
n. |
Pioneer, abstention from drink |
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Pinkeen |
n. |
Minnow (small fish) |
| Pint | 568ml alcohol based beverage (also 'Jar', 'Scoop') "I'd murder a pint." | |
| Piped telly | (n) | Cable television |
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Piseog |
n. |
Spell or charm |
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Piss |
n. & vb. |
[1] Urinate, [2] Heavy rainfall, |
| Piss artist | n. & vb. | Jiker, trouble maker |
| Piss in the beds | n | Dandelions |
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Piss off |
excm. |
Invitation to depart rapidly |
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Pissed off |
adj |
Fed-up, exasperated |
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Piss up |
n. |
Drinking session |
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Plámás |
n. & vb. |
Flattery, soft talk |
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Plant |
vb. |
Deliver a blow or kiss |
| Plastic Paddy | n | Someone of Irish decent who considers themselves to be fully Irish |
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Plastered |
adj. |
Drunk, intoxicated |
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Plenish |
vb. |
Furnish a house |
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Póg mo thón |
catchphrase |
Kiss my arse. Póg means kiss; mo means my; thón means ass |
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Poless |
n. |
Police |
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Polluted |
adj. |
Very drunk, intoxicated |
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Pookey / pookie |
n. |
Malignant spirit |
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Pooley / poolie |
vb. |
Urinate |
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Poor mouth |
n. phr. |
Persistent complaint of poverty |
| Poppies | n | Potatoes |
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Poteen / potín |
n. |
Illicit whiskey |
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Pot-walloper |
n. adj |
Derogatory term inferring female domestic servant |
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Powerful |
adj. |
Excellent, good |
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Poxy |
phr. |
Awful, bad, hardly worth mentioning. "Went to Mick's bar last night and the poxy band drove us out the door". |
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Praties |
n. |
Potatoes |
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Press |
n. |
Cupboard |
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Proper order |
phr. |
Just right, 'I should think so' |
| Provo | n | A member or supporter of the (Provisional) IRA |
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Pubickers |
n. |
Pubic hair |
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Puck |
n. & vb. |
Sudden blow, hit |
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Puke |
vb. |
Retch, vomit |
| Pull | v | Vague verb popular in Dublin that means, generally, to have some manner of success with a woman. "I pulled last night" or 'do you think he'll pull?' can refer to anything from a snog to the mountainty woman.. |
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Pull a fast one |
phr. |
Get the upper hand by devious means |
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Pulling the devil by the tail |
phr. |
Living by one's wits, getting by |
| Pull up yer socks | phr. | Get busy, get on with it |
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Puss |
n. |
Self-pitying facial expression |
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Puss |
n. |
Mouth, face |
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Put manners on s.o. |
phr |
Discipline, induce to behave |
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Put on airs |
phr. |
Assume attitude of superiority |
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Put the heart across |
phr. |
Serious alarm or surprise |
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Put the tin hat on |
phr. |
Finish for good. |
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Put to the pin of one's collar |
phr |
Be stretched to the limit |
Most recent version
December, 2006
To be updated from time to time
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