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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

I'm old enough to remember the 80's

..and a little of the 70's too

Anyway, there were a few slang words that were

bandied about that are probably not used today

so wondering what slang words or phrases

did you hear growing up

and what was the meaning behind the slang?

Just a bit of fun here guys

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A word I haven't heard I'm decades is "mot", wonder is it still in use?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It meant a female lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A word I haven't heard I'm decades is "mot", wonder is it still in use? "

It’s been changed to ‘bird’ haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A word I haven't heard I'm decades is "mot", wonder is it still in use?

It’s been changed to ‘bird’ haha"

That's what I thought lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A word I haven't heard I'm decades is "mot", wonder is it still in use?

It’s been changed to ‘bird’ haha

That's what I thought lol"

Yeah well In Dublin anyway that’s all I hear haha

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

"Gurrier"

"A young ruffian up to no good"

used back in the day by the older generation

...also known as a scrot or scumbag

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

A sentence I haven't heard used in ages is "Hows your gee"

When we were cool 12 and 13 yr olds we used to say it to every girl that walked past use

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

Yeah and we would call someone a spa, cant call someone that now, but can abort them if you detect them in the womb.

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"A sentence I haven't heard used in ages is "Hows your gee"

When we were cool 12 and 13 yr olds we used to say it to every girl that walked past use "

---------------

"...Or how's it growing?"

(teen alternative to "how's it going?")

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By *ofistimacatedMan
over a year ago

cavan town


"A sentence I haven't heard used in ages is "Hows your gee"

When we were cool 12 and 13 yr olds we used to say it to every girl that walked past use "
and fanny those two words actually make me cringe now. And to an ever so slightly less degree.... minge

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By *orguyMan
over a year ago

Tuam


"A sentence I haven't heard used in ages is "Hows your gee"

When we were cool 12 and 13 yr olds we used to say it to every girl that walked past use and fanny those two words actually make me cringe now. And to an ever so slightly less degree.... minge "

What about a moist fanny??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yeah and we would call someone a spa, cant call someone that now, but can abort them if you detect them in the womb."

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By *ofistimacatedMan
over a year ago

cavan town


"A sentence I haven't heard used in ages is "Hows your gee"

When we were cool 12 and 13 yr olds we used to say it to every girl that walked past use and fanny those two words actually make me cringe now. And to an ever so slightly less degree.... minge

What about a moist fanny?? "

That's a difficult one, because moist happens to be one of my favourite words

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yeah and we would call someone a spa, cant call someone that now, but can abort them if you detect them in the womb."

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

"Leg it lads, it's the fooking pi...!!!"

A phrase used around some parts of Dublin

when Gurriers (see above definition)

were up to devilment and a member of AGS

happened to be in the vicinity

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By *he MickMan
over a year ago

southside

Anyone remember " a were "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A bit more modern but "will you meet my friend"

Meet- kiss with tongue lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ah, who can remember getting a shift?

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

I still remember going with a girl from cork and getting a bus down from dublin to stay in her house.

Her ma asked me to help with the wear after the dinner and i didnt know what to do.

When i explained what it meant in Dublin...red faces all round

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Courting.

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

"wearin the face off her"

This was when a young gentleman decided to kiss

a young lady

Also known as "the shift"

(not to be confused with work)

...and best time to do that was during

"The slow set" !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Remember when "doing a line" didn't involve illegal substances?

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"

"wearin the face off her"

This was when a young gentleman decided to kiss

a young lady

Also known as "the shift"

(not to be confused with work)

...and best time to do that was during

"The slow set" !!"

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Known in some areas (outside Foxrock) as

"Lob the gob"

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey


"Remember when "doing a line" didn't involve illegal substances? "

Yer womans doing a line with yer man up the road

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

Take that puss off your face

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

"

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What does it mean???

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By *ofistimacatedMan
over a year ago

cavan town


"Remember when "doing a line" didn't involve illegal substances?

Yer womans doing a line with yer man up the road "

Were they shiftin'

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey


"Remember when "doing a line" didn't involve illegal substances?

Yer womans doing a line with yer man up the road

Were they shiftin' "

Aye and she's not his mot!

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By *100Man
over a year ago

Essex

In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

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What does it mean??? "

Tackies are runners/trainers and still used today. Think it's just a limerick thing but the rubber bandits spread it about a bit.

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

"Cog notes"

"Gobdaw/ Godsh1te"

Someone who does something stupid

and gets found out as in...

" Yer man was caught with "cog notes" (cheat notes)

in his exam. Gobsh1te!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

quare was one from home along with savage

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"

Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

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What does it mean???

Tackies are runners/trainers and still used today. Think it's just a limerick thing but the rubber bandits spread it about a bit. "

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We used to have "fleckies"

but those were lads who wore shiny tracksuits

and WHITE socks back in the 90's

...which was a no-no if you wanted to get into

certain nightclubs in Dublin...

Ahhh fun times!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

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What does it mean???

Tackies are runners/trainers and still used today. Think it's just a limerick thing but the rubber bandits spread it about a bit.

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We used to have "fleckies"

but those were lads who wore shiny tracksuits

and WHITE socks back in the 90's

...which was a no-no if you wanted to get into

certain nightclubs in Dublin...

Ahhh fun times!!!! "

Ah yes the Fleckies!

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"

Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

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What does it mean???

Tackies are runners/trainers and still used today. Think it's just a limerick thing but the rubber bandits spread it about a bit.

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We used to have "fleckies"

but those were lads who wore shiny tracksuits

and WHITE socks back in the 90's

...which was a no-no if you wanted to get into

certain nightclubs in Dublin...

Ahhh fun times!!!!

Ah yes the Fleckies! "

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Then again,

We went to school around the same area!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

---------------

What does it mean???

Tackies are runners/trainers and still used today. Think it's just a limerick thing but the rubber bandits spread it about a bit. "

Tackies is a word I've used since I was a kid..

Long before the rubber bandits

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By *ofistimacatedMan
over a year ago

cavan town


""Cog notes"

"Gobdaw/ Godsh1te"

Someone who does something stupid

and gets found out as in...

" Yer man was caught with "cog notes" (cheat notes)

in his exam. Gobsh1te!" "

There was a quare gobshite beside me at school, he cogged an exam off me, so much word for word, that he put my name on the top of his paper an ojis gombeen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Feek

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


""Cog notes"

"Gobdaw/ Godsh1te"

Someone who does something stupid

and gets found out as in...

" Yer man was caught with "cog notes" (cheat notes)

in his exam. Gobsh1te!"

There was a quare gobshite beside me at school, he cogged an exam off me, so much word for word, that he put my name on the top of his paper an ojis gombeen "

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Or lad in my class who "handed up his cog notes"

inside the english exam he'd written

..."Fooking morto for you, you tool ya!"

We're were such empathetic kids back then

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By *uckoldDesiresMan
over a year ago

Dublin

What about calling someone a Gickna (think its a baby pigeon)

Havent heard that said in 20yrs or more.

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By *-4pleasureCouple
over a year ago

Belfast


"In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years"

We did that but said “ smell yer ma”.....

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years

We did that but said “ smell yer ma”.....

"

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Or "Here, smell your sister"

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

Thought it was "Sketch" when you seen the cops.

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city


"In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years

We did that but said “ smell yer ma”.....

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Or "Here, smell your sister" "

She told me you couldnt find her pussy and fingered her asshole, ya fuckin shitty finger wanker.

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years

We did that but said “ smell yer ma”.....

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Or "Here, smell your sister"

She told me you couldnt find her pussy and fingered her asshole, ya fuckin shitty finger wanker."

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Bit long winded mate, prefer my version

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city


"In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years

We did that but said “ smell yer ma”.....

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Or "Here, smell your sister"

She told me you couldnt find her pussy and fingered her asshole, ya fuckin shitty finger wanker.

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Bit long winded mate, prefer my version "

Thats cause you like the smell of your shitty finger.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Skanger

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By *oserMan
over a year ago

where the wild roses grow

On the hop - unofficial time off school

Leggit - run away

Keep sketch - keep look out while someone did something emm dodgy.

Ya fat cunt - alternative to a term of endearment for just about everyone at some stage

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years

We did that but said “ smell yer ma”.....

--------------

Or "Here, smell your sister"

She told me you couldnt find her pussy and fingered her asshole, ya fuckin shitty finger wanker.

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Bit long winded mate, prefer my version

Thats cause you like the smell of your shitty finger."

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Nice try at pulling me into a beef...

but unfortunately not good enough

You're a class act all the way

Anyway, enjoy your evening with your own

thumb and middle finger

Tim

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By *P_80Man
over a year ago

Waterford

Back in the day old people used to refer to scumbags as "A dirty rotten article", or a "Tipper". Tipper could also mean a misbehaving child.

In school we used the word 'dude'. We'd ask someone were they a dude? If they said yes we would inform them that a dude is an ingrown wart on a camels bollocks.

Don't ask me how that came about.

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By *oserMan
over a year ago

where the wild roses grow


"On the hop - unofficial time off school

Leggit - run away

Keep sketch - keep look out while someone did something emm dodgy.

Ya fat cunt - alternative to a term of endearment for just about everyone at some stage "

Getting a skut - the crazy game of hanging onto the back of a bus or truck at a traffic light and holding on for your life as it drove up the road

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By *anysicoMan
over a year ago

cork

Septic , a name used for someone who ws good looking & looked after their appearance

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By *cottybear74Man
over a year ago

kilkenny


"Remember when "doing a line" didn't involve illegal substances? "

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By *weetcplCouple
over a year ago

Central

In the 70s and 80s in Scotland playing truant of school was called dogging it, don't think they call it that now lol

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"In the 70s and 80s in Scotland playing truant of school was called dogging it, don't think they call it that now lol"

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We used to call that "mitching" or "on the hop"

...but could you imagine if they revived "dogging it"

Oh Lordy!!!!!

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

Anybody know what a "hot cherry" was??

Term was used back in the 80's...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

Is "tackies" only a limerick word?

---------------

What does it mean???

Tackies are runners/trainers and still used today. Think it's just a limerick thing but the rubber bandits spread it about a bit.

Tackies is a word I've used since I was a kid..

Long before the rubber bandits "

I always did love swinging the tackie at the discos.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Skaming ..as in " skaming school " ..you were ment to go to school but " skamed it "...

" Yonks "..a time discription,as in "l haven't heard that in yonks "

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city


"In the early eighties we used to say ,do you want to smell my girlfriend, while holding up our middle finger not heard that for years

We did that but said “ smell yer ma”.....

--------------

Or "Here, smell your sister"

She told me you couldnt find her pussy and fingered her asshole, ya fuckin shitty finger wanker.

---------------

Bit long winded mate, prefer my version

Thats cause you like the smell of your shitty finger.

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Nice try at pulling me into a beef...

but unfortunately not good enough

You're a class act all the way

Anyway, enjoy your evening with your own

thumb and middle finger

Tim"

Pull you into a beef?

I don't know if that's old sang or you're actually being serious now. Never heard a home in Dublin ask me to pull them into a beef.

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city


"Skaming ..as in " skaming school " ..you were ment to go to school but " skamed it "...

" Yonks "..a time discription,as in "l haven't heard that in yonks "

"

On the doss.

On the suss, was walking around looking for stuff to do. In the city would usually end up being illegal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I was a child and my mum found out I’d misbehaved she’d say..... “you’ll be laughing on the other side of your face if you don’t stop that!”....... still to this day I’ve never worked that one out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Or another my mum used to say to me which would probably Male her end up in court nowadays.... “I’ll give you something to cry about!”.....

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

Oh I only found out the other year that "Give out" is an irish thing, do people still say it?

like "Me ma was giving out to me for hitting my brother"

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By *igBlondeDommeWoman
over a year ago

middle of nowhere


"Oh I only found out the other year that "Give out" is an irish thing, do people still say it?

like "Me ma was giving out to me for hitting my brother""

Yeah still used. I'm always givin out.

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By *appytoadsCouple
over a year ago

West Dublin

Growler = pussy

Show us your growler

On your todd, on your own

Or on your Sweeney

Minty, she was minty (not good)

All Dublin sayings in the rare old times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh I only found out the other year that "Give out" is an irish thing, do people still say it?

like "Me ma was giving out to me for hitting my brother"

Yeah still used. I'm always givin out. "

Or the " ball of jaw "..." I got a ball of Jaw ..got a lecture or a dressing down ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A word I haven't heard I'm decades is "mot", wonder is it still in use? "

It was actually “moth” A derogatory male term for your Missus. As in “the moth that eats the holes in your pockets”

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"A word I haven't heard I'm decades is "mot", wonder is it still in use?

It was actually “moth” A derogatory male term for your Missus. As in “the moth that eats the holes in your pockets”"

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...used to get asked

"Are you mothing?"

(i.e "Do you have a special lady in your life?")

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By *andsome HandMan
over a year ago

roundabout

On the beek - playing truant

Are beezer or weeker still used?

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By *hechapMan
over a year ago

Derry

A bit of

"hows your father"

meaning having sex.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brazen Hussy - cheeky pup , guess something’s never change

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are you paying your multi......listening to the conversation next to you and another one was when someone in cork said 'yeh' it was how it was said had a lot of meanings

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By *he James gangCouple
over a year ago

NEWTOWNABBEY

Wick- as in , this film is shit

Diddies- tits

Foundered- as in cold enough for nose jewelry (snats freezing as they drip)

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"Wick- as in , this film is shit

Diddies- tits

Foundered- as in cold enough for nose jewelry (snats freezing as they drip)"

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Old joke where two Dublin prostitues are chatting...

"Natasha, have you ever been caught by the fuzz (A.G.S)?"

"No Natalie, but I've been swung around by the diddies!!"

...Grooming standards were different then!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I will yeah , means you most certainly won't

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By *hris toperMan
over a year ago

roscommon sligo mayo

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By *he James gangCouple
over a year ago

NEWTOWNABBEY


"Growler = pussy

Show us your growler

"

Mr’s favourite saying...’give us a gawk at your growler’. I’d never heard it before!

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By *usyatminMan
over a year ago

Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin and Carlow

Whist......

Will all of you just whist.

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"Whist......

Will all of you just whist. "

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Or...

"A-ra whist, will ya??"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The white knee high school socks were steamers..hated them

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By *easingTim OP   Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown


"The white knee high school socks were steamers..hated them"

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A "steamer" meant a gay guy

when I was in secondary school...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

The white knee high school socks were steamers..hated them

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A "steamer" meant a gay guy

when I was in secondary school..."

different ends of the country I guess..chaws were first year boys

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