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10 exceptionally questionable bits of 'Irish slang' found online
THERE ARE MANY, many websites dedicated to the cataloguing of Ireland’s weird and wonderful slang terms.
One of these is IrishSlang.info, which anyone can contribute to – and what they have contributed is very strange indeed. So strange, in fact, that many are questioning whether they even exist.
Here are a few of the weirdest examples of typical ‘Irish insults’ from the website.
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Oh, yeah, this is definitely a thing. Definitely.
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Or we could not…
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Riiiight.
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This is in fact Scottish slang, meaning ‘very angry’. So nope, not Irish.
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Again, ‘crabbit’ is Scottish slang. C’mon now.
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We Irish have quite a few slang terms for sexual intercourse, but we’re pretty sure this isn’t one of them.
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You could call an ugly person a ‘goat’ if you wanted, but it’s probably not Irish slang. Just saying.
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Er… Would anyone from Sion Mills care to back this up (and tell us who Nancy Withers is while you’re at it)?
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There is no evidence of this being used anywhere else. At all. What is a Batsies skip?!
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Now you’re having us on.
H/T Reddit Ireland
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