Cork Slang

Learn Cork Slang In 10Mins

This is your first lesson in de frases of de Cork biys. C'mere I realize

some of the feenos and de wans have pure hassle with de Cork speak like.

So have a lash of it and there'll be less gowls around.

How bad!

PART 1: EXPRESSIONS

1) C'mere = Excuse me

2) I will yeah! = no!

3) What's the story fella? = how are you?

4) hows the form? = hows it hanging?:

5) You would yeah! = You wouldn't dare!

6) Here la = here you are

7) There la = it's over there / look over there

State a him la = He looks bad

9) (Ah / Awe) now sham = that's good

10) I claim ya = I would really like to engage in a fight with you.

11) Pure = very

12) Two fucks = care

13) Couldn't give two fucks = I don't care

14) Like = this word is used at least once in every Cork sentence. E.g.

Ah know like you understand don't ya?

15) Like eh = Used as a hesitation at the start of a sentence.

16) Nawful (he's a nawful langer) = terrible

17) Bate = beat up, used with da fuck. E.g. I'll bate da fuck outa ya

1 Have a lash off = have a go

19) Lash into hash = Smoke cannabis

20) Be wide = be careful

21) Scetch = There's someone coming (be wide)

22) Be doggy wide = be extra careful

23) How bad bhoy = good

24) Bhoy (pronounced-by biya) = man / person. Not necessarily a Celt.

25) A trip in the white van = A trip in an ambulance

PART 2: NOUNS & VERBS

26) Brasser / stella / tramp / trollup / whore bag prostitute

27) Stella = Girl who wears her hair up in bob, chews on gum, has

earings the size of hulla hoops, and are mostly norries (see no.71)

2 Jammy Rag = a tampon

29) Steamer / bender / queer / ass-bandit / faggot / puff / gaylord =

homosexual 29 b) Hairy = Child molester / peodaphile or old person /

experienced person

30) Blouse = Steamer ( ya fuckin' blouse)

31) Wan / bure = female

32) Young wan = female child

33) Fella / fein / feeno / your man = male

34) Small fella = Male child

35) Mam / dad / ole man / ole laid / oul fella / oul wan = mother/father

36) Lulla / subla / din-din / a suck / cream crackers

= knackers

37) Apache = joyrider

3 Salk = stolen car

39) Sham = young male / hard man or knacker

40) Sham-feen = macho / hard-man

41) Snout / gonker / snoz = nose

42) Gib / gap / gant / gearbox / pussy / bush / muff vagina

43) Pussy = chicken shit or faggot (see no.29)

44) Langer / langerdan: prick

45) Gowl (Ghoul) = Stupid person

46) Gimp = Feckin eejit

47) Gimpy walk = person with the mousy walk (wabbling from side to side)

4 Fifty = Stood up

49) Poppies / tatties = Potatoes

50) Yolkes = ecstasy

51) Duby / chatnospoof = hash

52) a nodge = small bit of hash

53) a knock = a lump of hash of any size

54) A deal = 10 pounds worth of hash

55) A score = 20 pounds worth of hash

56) Shades / law / blue bottles / pigs / = Gardai

57) Two-bulb / shade mo-beal (awe now feen pull a leggar) = squad car

5 Pig stie = Garda station

59) Speedy = Garda motorbike

60) Gatch = walk

61) Snobby cunt / faggot = well-off person

62) Gammy = deformed

63) Jag / doing a line / jaggin / meetin a wan /with / scoring = going

out with

64) Gatt / lush / drink = alcholic beverages

65) Gattin / on the piss / gettin langers / pintin / on the ear = going

drinkin(in a pub)

66) Bushin = going drinkin on the street

67) Reef / reefin / mangle = beat up / beating up

6 Lamp / skanse / la = look

69) Droppin / Wizz = need to piss

70) Hangin = Need a fag

71) Wah / Whacker: scumbag

72) Norrie = Person from Northside of the City.

73) Frame / kit = woman's body

74) Flaa = good lookin' girl

75) Feak = see no.73

76) Is she feakin' = is she fuckable

77) Drain the weasel / go for a slash / take a piss urinate somewhere

PART 3 : PLACE NAMES

7 Grawn: Gurranabraher

79) Knocka: Knocknaheeney

80) Mahn:

Learn Chinese in 5 minutes...(read them out loud)

1) That's not right ................................ Sum Ting Wong
2) Are you harbouring a fugitive?............Hu Yu Hai Ding
3) See me ASAP..............................
..... Kum Hia Nao
4) Stupid Man ..................................
...... Dum Fuk
5) Small Horse ..................................
.... Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? ..................Wai Yu So Tan
7) I bumped into a coffee table .............Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
I think you need a face lift ................Chin Tu Fat
9) It's very dark in here .........................Wao So Dim
10) I thought you were on a diet ...........Wai Yu Mun Ching?
11) This is a tow away zone ..... ............No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week .... Wai Yu Kum Nao?
13) Staying out of sight ..........................Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile ..........Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odor is offensive .............Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great ..................................
......Fa Kin Su Pa

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