AS WELL AS being awash with interesting words that have no equivalent in English, the Irish language has a heap of very specific ways to insult someone.
With the help of The Irish For, we’ve found a few for you to enjoy.
1. Maolán
A dull-witted, stupid person – can also mean ‘bald’.
2. Smuigín
A snot-nosed brat or impertinent fellow.
3. Scrathachán/scrathánach
A big, lazy, slow-moving person (usually found walking ahead of you on the footpath. RAGE).
4. Cléir cháinte
An evil-tongued person or persons. *eyes emoji*
5. Plucsheadáinín
A greedy freeloader. The literal translation is ‘swollen-cheeked little parasite’. Burn.
6. Bogán
A slithery, spineless individual. ‘Bógan’ is also the word for an egg without its shell.
7. Abhlóir
A fool who complains constantly, and pretends to be intelligent. Wonderfully specific.
8. Brogús
A person with no sense of humour, of which there are plenty.
9. Briogaid
A touchy, irritable person who is easily offended.
10. Duarcán
Someone who’s no fun, a wet blanket… A dryshite, essentially.
11. Bod
The Irish word for penis… but it can also mean ‘tramp’ or ‘rude man’. Some things stay the same even in different languages.
12. Sacshrathair
A stuffed sack, or a person with very little get up and go.
13. Trumpadóir
A tiresome loudmouth. Hmm. Don’t know any of those.
Thanks again to Darach of @TheIrishFor for all his help! If you’re interested in more like this, go follow him.
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