Wexford Sayings

There are some classic Wexford expressions out there..

'Smell of rage off ya' being one from my youth..

Anyone got any others?

Timans

We use "quare" the most down here.

Meaning very. pronounced "Qwear"

"That is quare bad"

weeder

quare is one we use too

kinkstr

"Howya hun" and "smooth a dog", its not smooth its i petted the dog but us Wexford folk cant grasp it.

arseagon

We have quare too. as for the others are we talking wexford town only or the different towns? There's some pretty weird ones from Enniscorthy anyway.

smodgley

one i remember from the days in CBS wexford in the 80's was ''desh or dealdly desh' dont hear it much thesedays

karenp

Like is another word we like to use a lot!

And theres the great Gorey saying "ain't it"

arseagon

And another "That some is" meaning "it really is"

xebec

'Taken', in Enniscorthy it means embarrased apparently.

hamsterboy

"Taken" can actually be used interchangeably with "Swept" meaning the same thing!

arseagon

"Bagle" is another one meaning idiot. "Yer a bagle"

It can also mean "taken" when used as "bagleised"

jebuz

oh lort i am naw hable today! heard that one a few times...

most of the other enniscorthy ones have been mentioned:

bagel (few meanings) :
*rotton bird (i was with some bagel/she is some bagel)
*crap at something (someone misses an easy goal..AW U BAGEL!!!)
*being wasted (you were some bagel last night)
*simple greeting (alight bagel)
quare: very (she's quar smelly)
taken/swept: embarrased (oh lort i'm taken, i was with some bagel last night)

:rolleyes:

FrCrilly

Other Enniscorthy ones include

“I’m buts on” meaning “I want the last bit of your food/drink item” (eg “I’m buts on your can of coke”)

“That’s cat” meaning “That’s undesirable” (don’t know if this is still used. Haven’t heard it in years.)

"On the Hop" which means "Mitching School"

Taken and Swept usually follow the word "Got". (eg "I got swept", "You got me taken")

FrCrilly

Here's more from Enniscorthy.

1. Bagel
Contrary to popular belief, this has nothing to do with the bread, but
is a
bastardised version of the dog name beagel. Will be heard in the phrase
"Go
away you, ya bagel"

2. In Da Horrors
Popular description of your bodily state after 12 pints of cider in
Benedicts. "Jaysus lads, i was in the horrors last night"

3. The Rasher Counter
The name of part of the bar in John Doyles pub. Serious drinkers will
be
proppin up the rasher counter on a Wednesday morning at 11am.

4. Anorexic Spunk bubble
Enniscorthy for "twat".

5. Pull the forehead
Pronounced "forrid", you will hear this outside Benedicts at 2.30am.
"Go
away you ya bagel, i'll pull the forrid off you.

6. Spuntino
An original dish created in Malocca's chipper, the spuntino consists of
bread, tomato sauce and cheese. Comes in a foil wrapper.

7. Floods
Shorthand for Murphy-Floods Hotel. For years this was the focal point
of
social life in Enniscorthy, till it burnt down in September 2005. Is
now
a
big eye sore.

8. The Castle
Original and ****tiest nightclub in town, now closed down. Was once at
the
bar there waiting for a drink when i saw a knacker urinate on a girl.
DJ
Jabbers was resident dj.

9. The Proddy Church
Conveniently located across from The Castle (see above), the proddy
church,
shorthand for the Protestant Church was the scene of many a romp
involving
a gob****e from Glenbrien and a 16 year old dirtbird from the Shannon.

10. The Shannon
Enniscorthy's answer to Darndale/Moyross/Ballybay/Coolock...you get the
picture.

11. The Strawberry Festival
This was once a two week festival called the Strawberry Fair, where big
names like Gay Byrne would come down to celebrate our local strawberry
industry by gettin "in the horrors". Is now a 3 day event, overrun by
tinkers and class acts such as Declan Nurney, Teresa and the Stars and
TR
Dallas.

12. Scaulders
Shorthand for Enniscorthy, if you are from town, you are a Scaulder.

13. Taken

An exclamation of extreme embaressment.
As in...I was totally taken!m

manbat

I used to go with girl from Wexford that 'Quare' one is a classic..
what about 'Full' as in had too much to drink.

'ah jaysus maggie was quare full last night i tell ya lads'

They love calling everyone lads as well, no matter what the sex ha.

scooochie4

How about 'hocker'!! As in snotty, phlegmy spit. Or 'greener'!

'That's some hocker.'
'Yeah a greener'

manbat

manbat wrote:

They love calling everyone lads as well, no matter what the sex ha.

I'd be quite guilty of that as well.

Have managed to loose the accent, though it comes back quare strong soon as cross the Wicklow border!!

arseagon

FrCrilly wrote:

Here's more from Enniscorthy.

1. Bagel
Contrary to popular belief, this has nothing to do with the bread, but
is a
bastardised version of the dog name beagel. Will be heard in the phrase
"Go
away you, ya bagel"

2. In Da Horrors
Popular description of your bodily state after 12 pints of cider in
Benedicts. "Jaysus lads, i was in the horrors last night"

3. The Rasher Counter
The name of part of the bar in John Doyles pub. Serious drinkers will
be
proppin up the rasher counter on a Wednesday morning at 11am.

4. Anorexic Spunk bubble
Enniscorthy for "twat".

5. Pull the forehead
Pronounced "forrid", you will hear this outside Benedicts at 2.30am.
"Go
away you ya bagel, i'll pull the forrid off you.

6. Spuntino
An original dish created in Malocca's chipper, the spuntino consists of
bread, tomato sauce and cheese. Comes in a foil wrapper.

7. Floods
Shorthand for Murphy-Floods Hotel. For years this was the focal point
of
social life in Enniscorthy, till it burnt down in September 2005. Is
now
a
big eye sore.

8. The Castle
Original and ****tiest nightclub in town, now closed down. Was once at
the
bar there waiting for a drink when i saw a knacker urinate on a girl.
DJ
Jabbers was resident dj.

9. The Proddy Church
Conveniently located across from The Castle (see above), the proddy
church,
shorthand for the Protestant Church was the scene of many a romp
involving
a gob****e from Glenbrien and a 16 year old dirtbird from the Shannon.

10. The Shannon
Enniscorthy's answer to Darndale/Moyross/Ballybay/Coolock...you get the
picture.

11. The Strawberry Festival
This was once a two week festival called the Strawberry Fair, where big
names like Gay Byrne would come down to celebrate our local strawberry
industry by gettin "in the horrors". Is now a 3 day event, overrun by
tinkers and class acts such as Declan Nurney, Teresa and the Stars and
TR
Dallas.

12. Scaulders
Shorthand for Enniscorthy, if you are from town, you are a Scaulder.

13. Taken

An exclamation of extreme embaressment.
As in...I was totally taken!m

I think someone was looking at a mate of mines bebo page?

funky penguin

I hate it when I'm in a "foreign" county and I let the quare word slip. Then I have to explain, that I wasn't questioning a persons sexuality.

FrCrilly

Begorra Man Tonight

This is common among elderly people (in Enniscorthy). As far as I can tell, it has no meaning whatsoever and is used as a sentence filler.
Eg
“I went to the shop and, Begorra Man Tonight, the queue was terrible”

There is also

Begorra Man Eh [pronounced “A”]

This seems to be used (by elderly people) to express the fact that they’ve just learned something that they previously didn’t know.
Eg
Old Person 1: Seamus O’Toole grows the finest strawberries in the whole of Wexford.

Old Person 2: Begorra Man Eh!

lilmissprincess

In new Ross we have "krusties"..... these are the goths...hated by most...

Also "quare". When i stay in waterford I am banned from saying it...

"Hun".

lilmissprincess

lilmissprincess wrote:

"Hun".

A classic, always reminds of me the checkouts in Dunnes...

bazzer06

Hun obviously goes without saying!!

"Are ya wantin a dogger on this fag?" is a favourite of mine...

Arthurdaly

Classis stuff! Anyone ever been in the "premier chipper" down the bottom of the main street in wexford?

"You want Salt n Vinegar on that Hun?" Some quare bad accents on dem wans that work in here!

J.S. Pill

lilmissprincess wrote:

In new Ross we have "krusties"..... these are the goths...hated by most...

Anytime I've heard the word Krusty used it usually refers to scruffy, left wing student types. Though New Ross seems to be a bit behind the times in pretty much everything:p

RadioRetro

Crusties were the New Age hippies, exemplified by groups like The Levellers in the nineties.

Note: Dudes, do not GIS "crusty"!!! :eek:

funky penguin

In gorey, Krusties are anyone with long hair, and no tracksuits in their wardrobe.

passinginterest

Just made me remember why I moved away and don't go home very often. Thank God I never developed a strong accent. Everyone just assumes I'm a Dub. Some classic sayings though. 'Howya hun' still sends shudders down my spine

Dilbert75

How about "clen"? As in past tense of the verb to clean - "I clen down that machine before I started using it". I'm only from NR but never heard that one until I started working in Wexford town

lilmissprincess

I've heard that one aswell...