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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 lot of money
An Irish phrase meaning to make a mess of doing something
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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?
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 right handed
Someone left 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'?
A positive response when asked how you are
to have 1000 euros
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What is a 'rugger bugger'?
Someone posh, loud and loves rugby
Someone who loves bugs
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What does it mean if something is banjaxed?
It is old
It is broken
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What does it mean to 'leg it'?
Go somewhere showing your legs
Go somewhere very fast
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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 good
Something very bad
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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?
Be quiet
Keep talking
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