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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'?
An Irish term for fooling and messing around
Acting like an insect
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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?
Absolutely right
Completely wrong
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If someone said 'come on, you boyo', who are they talking about?
The lead singer of U2
A young male
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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 left handed
Someone right handed
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What is 'Craic'?
A thin line or space in the surface of something
Fun, gossip, goings-on
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What is to be a 'gas'?
Scary and dangerous
Funny or amusing
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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?
Big
Small
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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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