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English 16 Public

popular Irish Slang

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Donkey’s years

For a very, very long time

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Holy Joe

Self-righteous or religious person

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Holy show

Disgraceful scene

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Jacks

Toilet

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Kip

A dump of a place and also a sleep

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Knackered

Exhausted, tired

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Lash

3 meanings: to rain hard; to make an attempt at something; or to go out drinking

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Leg it

Run away quickly

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Manky

Dirty, filthy, Disgusting

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Not the full shilling

Not fully sane

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Oul fella

your father

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savage

great, brilliant

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scarlet

very embarrassed

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shattered

exhausted

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now you're sucking diesel

Now you’re talking, now you’re doing well

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thick

stupid

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