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Sunday 22 December, 2024
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17 words that have a completely different meaning if you grew up in Ireland
1. Stall
What it usually means: A pesky problem with a car engine.
What it means in Ireland: To go somewhere.
“Stall it down for a pint later”.
2. Crips
What is usually means: A US street gang with a famed rivalry with the Bloods.
What it means in Ireland: A delicious potato snack.
“A package of crips”.
3. Spanner
What it usually means: A tool for use with nuts and bolts.
What it means in Ireland: A human tool. An idiot.
“State of your man. He’s some spanner”.
4. Dose
What it usually means: A quantity of medicine.
What it means in Ireland: A person who’s a pain.
“I’m avoiding Linda. She’s some dose”.
5. Puss
What it usually means: An affectionate term for a cat
What it means in Ireland: Face. Specifically a displeased face.
“Get that puss off you before I leather you”.
6. Leather
What it usually means: A product made from cow skin.
What it means in Ireland: A beating.
“I’ll leather him with a hurl if he looks at me sideways”.
7. Hurl
What it usually means: To throw something forcefully.
What it means in Ireland: A abbreviation of ‘hurley’, the stick used to play the sport of hurling.
“Ah F**K IT. I forgot my hurl for training tonight!”.
8. Hole
What it usually means: Er, a hole.
What it means in Ireland: A hole in, your, er, body. A lower down hole.
“Ask me hole”, “Did you get your hole” etc.
9. Pox
What it usually means: A disease characterised by pockmarks.
What it means in Ireland: A pain of a person.
“Ah don’t invite him, he’s a pox”
10. Mickey
What it usually means: A man’s name. A beloved cartoon mouse.
What it means in Ireland: A penis.
“He did the splits and I saw his mickey”
11. Lad
What it usually means: A young man or boy.
What it means in Ireland: A penis.
“He did a volley and I saw his lad”.
12. Yoke
What it usually means: A wooden beam used between oxen or other animals, to help them pull heavy loads.
What it means in Ireland: A thing. Or an ecstasy tablet.
“Move them yokes till I share out these yokes”
13. Sketch
What it usually means: A rough drawing, or short performance.
What it means in Ireland: To keep look out.
“Keep sketch will yeh? I’m opening the Christmas biscuits”.
14. Bang
What it usually means: A loud noise.
What it means in Ireland: A smell. Usually an unpleasant smell.
“The bang of onions off your one on the bus”.
15. Massive
What it usually means: Huge.
What it means in Ireland: Brilliant, or looking well.
“Ah are you going out? You look massive”.
16. Hoop
What it usually means: A circular shape.
What it means in Ireland: Same thing as your ‘hole’.
“I’ve a pain in me hoop”.
17. Bulb
What it usually means: A light source.
What it means in Ireland: A person’s head/face/likeness.
“Sure she’s the bulb off her ma”.
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