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Irish Slang Words & Phrases

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    This St Patrick's Day you can speak just like an Irish person with these slang words and phrases
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  • What is 'acting the maggot'?
    Acting like an insect
    An Irish term for fooling and messing around
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  • What is to 'make a bags' of something?
    An Irish phrase meaning to make a mess of doing something
    An Irish phrase meaning to make a lot of money
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  • What does 'bang on' mean?
    Completely wrong
    Absolutely right
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  • If someone said 'come on, you boyo', who are they talking about?
    A young male
    The lead singer of U2
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  • What does bucketing down mean?
    It's raining a lot
    The prices of buckets have gone down in price
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  • Who is a Ciotóg?
    Someone right handed
    Someone left handed
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  • What is 'Craic'?
    Fun, gossip, goings-on
    A thin line or space in the surface of something
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  • What is to be a 'gas'?
    Funny or amusing
    Scary and dangerous
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  • What is to be 'grand'?
    to have 1000 euros
    A positive response when asked how you are
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  • What is a 'rugger bugger'?
    Someone who loves bugs
    Someone posh, loud and loves rugby
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  • What does it mean if something is banjaxed?
    It is broken
    It is old
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  • What does it mean to 'leg it'?
    Go somewhere very fast
    Go somewhere showing your legs
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  • What does 'donkeys years' mean?
    A long time
    How old a donkey is
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  • What is 'savage'
    Something very bad
    Something very good
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  • If something or someone is described as 'wee' how are they?
    Small
    Big
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  • If you tell someone to 'wind their neck in', what do you want them to do?
    Keep talking
    Be quiet
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