GLOSSARY
Bluey: Porno movie.
Jammiest: luckiest Corker: beautiful woman. thSt. Stephen's Day: Boxing Day/ December 26.
Bonnet: hood of the car.
Boot: trunk of the car.
Pound Shop: Dollar store.
Messages: groceries.
Mickey/Willy: penis.
Spanner: idiot.
Hole: often said instead of ass/bottom.
Solicitor: lawyer.
Daft: silly.
Daft as a brush: very silly.
Wheelie Bin: Trash can.
Jumper: sweater.
Cracking on: hooking up.
Runners: trainers/sneakers.
Wellies: rubber boots worn in the rain.
On the hop: skipping school.
Cooker: Oven/Stove/Hob.
Eejit: fool/idiot.
Gobshite: fool/idiot.
Lifted: arrested.
Rebel County: nickname for County Cork.
Primary School: elementary school – junior infants to sixth class.
Secondary School: high school – first year to sixth year.
Leaving Cert: the compulsory state exam you take in your final year of secondary school.
Junior Cert: the compulsory state exam you take in third year – midway through your six-year cycle of secondary school.
Playschool: pre-school/nursery.
Junior Infants: equivalent to kindergarten.
Senior Infants: equivalent to second year of kindergarten.
First Class: equivalent to first grade.
Second Class: equivalent to second grade.
Third Class: equivalent to third grade.
Fourth Class: equivalent to fourth grade.
Fifth Class: equivalent to fifth grade.
Sixth Class: equivalent to sixth grade.
First Year: equivalent to seventh grade.
Second Year: equivalent to eighth grade.
Third Year: equivalent to ninth grade.
Fourth Year: Transition Year: equivalent to tenth grade.
Fifth Year: equivalent to eleventh grade.
Sixth Year: equivalent to twelfth grade.
GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association Culchie: a person from the countryside or a county outside of Dublin. Usually used as a friendly insult.
Jackeen: a person from Dublin. A term sometimes used by people from other counties in Ireland to refer to a person from Dublin.
Dub: a person from Dublin.
Frigit: someone who has never been kissed.
Gardaí Síochána: Irish police force.
Garda: policeman.
Hurling: a hugely popular, amateur Irish sport played with wooden hurleys
and sliotars.
Camogie: the female version of Hurling.
Scoil Eoin: the name of Johnny's primary school.
Grinds: Tutoring.
Fortnight: two weeks.
Chipper: a restaurant that sells fast food.
Craic: fun.
Gas: funny.
Mope: idiot.
The Angelus: Every evening at 6pm in Ireland, there is a minute silence for
prayer on the television.
On the lash: going out drinking.
On the piss: going out drinking.
Swat: nerd.
Spanner: idiot.
Yolk: nickname for an illegal drug.
Hatchet craic: Great fun.
Langer: idiot.
Fanny: Vagina.
Scoring: Kissing.
Shifting: Kissing.
Shifting Jackets: Lucky piece of clothing, usually a jacket, when trying to pick up a girl.
Langers: group of idiots and/or extremely drunk.
Tog off: change into or out of training clothes.
Child of Prague: a religious statue farmers place out in a field to encourage good weather. (An old Irish superstition) Rosary, Removal, Burial: the three days of a Catholic funeral in Ireland.
Spuds: potatoes.
A slab of beer: a box of 24 bottles of beer.
Get your hole: have sex.
Strop: mood-swing/pouting/sulking. je veux lécher la chatte de ma copine: I want to lick my girlfriend's pussy. je veux être à l'intérieur de toi: I want to be inside you.
