![]() If you’ve read our detailed guide to Irish insults, you’ll have an idea of the types of slags that Irish people throw at each other.įor example, ‘He was slagging me, so I gave him a kick in the bollox’. Banjaxedīanjaxed is another lovely Irish expression. It’s used to describe something (or someone) that’s not working/broken.įor example, ‘Did you get it printed?’ ‘No, the thing’s banjaxed sure’ or ‘The f*cking car won’t start again – the engine’s banjaxed’. If you hear someone saying that they’re ‘Going to the jacks’ or maybe someday someone will ask you ‘Where are the jacks’ in an Irish bar somewhere in the world, they’re referring to the toilet. For example, ‘Sorry pal – can you tell me where the jacks is?!’ 8. You can leg it to the shops, or you can leg it around the corner to meet one of the lads.įor example, ‘Shite man I’m running late. Giving out (I didn’t realise this was an Irish expression until recently) Hang on there for a second and I’ll leg it over to you now!’ 9. So, I thought ‘giving out’ was something used globally… genuinely. It wasn’t until a friend from the UK said he didn’t know what I was on about the first time we met and I used it in a sentence. ‘Giving out’ literally means to complain. For example, ‘She’s up there giving out to Tony about something’. This is hands-down one of my most-used Irish sayings. It describes a situation or a person that’s no fun.įor example, ‘I called over yesterday and he was going on about his new tractor for an hour. Photo by Gardiner Mitchell via Tourism Ireland 12 – 22: Funny Irish phrases and slang that confused my non-Irish friends when we first met For example, ‘Feck this, I’m not listening to him shiting on for any longer’, or ‘That fecker was in here mooching about the place again this morning.’ I don’t use the word ‘feck’ personally, but it’s a word that I associate with the magnificent Father Ted series, which is why it’s part of my favourites.įeck is a polite way of saying ‘f*ck’. In my last job, I worked in a building with around 250 people from 34 different countries. Over the course of my time there, I received my fair share of strange looks when I said certain things. This next section dives into Irish phrases and Irish slang words that I’ve said in the past and that have gone completely over peoples heads. If a person is ‘Acting the maggot’ they’re messing around / dossing… i.e. they’re not doing what they’re supposed to be doing. ‘That young lad was in here last night acting the maggot’. ![]() ![]() I thought this Irish saying made perfect sense, but apparently not. ![]()
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