Glossary
Bluey: Porno movie.
Jammy: lucky.
Jammiest: luckiest.
Corker: beautiful woman.
St. Stephen’sBoxing Day/December 26th.
Day:
Bonnet: hood of the car.
Boot: trunk of the car.
Pound Shop: dollar store.
Burdizzo: castration device.
Messages: groceries.
Mickey/Willy: penis.
Spanner: idiot.
Feis: a traditional Gaelic arts and culture festival/event.
Hole: often said instead of ass/bottom.
Solicitor: lawyer.
Daft: silly.
Daft as a brush: very silly.
Poitín: Irish version of moonshine/illegal, home-brewed
alcohol.
Wheelie Bin: trash can.
Jumper: sweater.
Cracking on: hooking up.
Runners: trainers/sneakers.
Wellies: rubber boots worn in the rain.
Fair City: popular Irish television soap.
On the hop: skipping school.
Cooker: oven/stove/hob.
Rolos: popular brand of chocolate.
Eejit: fool/idiot.
Gobshite: fool/idiot.
Lifted: arrested.
Sap: sad/pathetic.
Rebel County: nickname for County Cork.
Primary School: elementary school – junior infants to sixth class.
Secondaryhigh school – first year to sixth year.
School: 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.
GardaíIrish police force.
Síochána:
Garda: policeman.
Shades: police.
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, Gibsie, Feely, Hughie, and Kevin’s all-boys primary school.
Sacred Heart: the name of Shannon, Joey, Darren, Claire, Caoimhe, Lizzie, Tadhg, Ollie, Podge, and Alec’s mixed primary school.
St. Bernadette’s: the name of Aoife, Casey, and Katie’s all-girls
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’s silence for prayer on the television.
The craic washaving a lot of fun and banter.
ninety:
On the lash: going out drinking.
On the piss: going out drinking.
Swot: nerd/academically gifted.
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 to be 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,the three days of a Catholic funeral in Ireland.
Removal, Burial: Spuds: potatoes.
A slab of beer: a box of 24 bottles of beer.
Get your hole: have sex.
Ridey: a good-looking person.
Strop: mood-swing/pouting/sulking.
