Ennis / Clare slang

bowsie casey

What words / phrases can be considered as Ennis or Clare slang, i.e. wouldn't be used much outside of Clare ?

A few Ennis phrases off the top of my head:

"solking" - stealing
"chalk it down (on de Club Bridge)" - that's right, I agree
"goodfool" - eejit

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Just thought of another:
"ya lurk" - you eejit

Stuxnet

lol i remember years ago, ppl used to say...
"sah what....tell the welfare.." haha

dh0661

bowsie

midgetflynn

I've often been told that a Clare habit of speaking is dropping the 'g' at the end of words ending in -ing.
Only place I've really heard runners/trainers called 'tackies' is in Shannon.can't really think of anything else off the top of my head

bowsie casey

BOBBY wrote: »

lol i remember years ago, ppl used to say...
"sah what....tell the welfare.." haha

LOL, i forgot about that....

BLITZ_Molloy

Robbed from the Ennis Townie Fiends Bebo page.

SAVAGE: That is good. Usually shouted.

SLUR: That is not good. Is an abbreviation of "slurry".

LURK: A person with below average intelligence and social skills.

FIEND: A person of questionable character and morals.

SHAPEY FIEND: A young man wearing a celtic jersey and driving a honda civic.

SCOBE: A young man wearing a celtic jersey who is keying a honda civic.

SCUMMER: A young man wearing a celtic jersey who is stealing a honda civic.

TACK: 1. Stuff, usually food. eg. "That's good tack" means "This food is delicious".
2. Marijuana.

BATTERED: 1. Beaten up. eg. "I got battered in the Queens last night".
2. Extremely drunk. eg. " I got battered in the Queens last night".

JUNIOR BOX: This phrase is used when you see an attractive young lady in a pub but she may be underage. eg. "Your one's awful hot, but I think she's junior-box". Can be shortened to "J.B."

B'YOUR: An attractive member of the opposite sex. No one is sure how it's spelt.

GACK: Disgusting eg. "That taco chip I had last night was gack".

WRETCH: Somebody who is physically and socially lacking.

FACT OF GOD: Something that might not necessarily be true. Often used when conversing while under the influence of alcohol.

KID: 1.An affectionate term for a friend eg. "How's the kid?"
2. A baby goat.

MUCK SAVAGE: 1. A person from out the country. Similar to BAGLE.
2. An extremely large gentleman who's pint you wouldn't even dream of spilling.

FEEK: See B'JOUR.

DECENT: Pronounced DAAAAAAAY-SENT! That is good.

LETHAL: That is very, very good!

SHADES: The Gardai Siochana.

SCATTER: Usually shouted. Means to run away in different directions. Very quickly! eg. **** man, it's the shades! Everyboby scatter!!!!

FREAKED: Extremely displeased with a situation or series of events eg. "Some scobe keyed my Civic! I'm Freaked!!!!!"

FRIED: Similar to FREAKED but more "professional". If you were under alot of stress due to work/school/college you would describe yourself as "FRIED".

SERIOUS: Pronounced SEEEEEEERYUUUUSSSS! Anything that's physically draining eg. "I'd a serious feed of pints last night!"

SWAMP DONKEY: An unattractive person, usually female.

MOG: See above.

KICKED: Very ugly, eg. That fella's kicked.

LAMPIN': Drinking. eg. "I was lampin pints last night" means " i consumed a vast quantity of alcohol last night".

STEAMER: Somebody who is over-reacting to something, Hysterical.

GOWLIN': Hanging around, up to no good.

BAGLE: Somebody from the country.

SLURK: Combination of SLUR AND LURK.

WAH!: An expression to indicate that you are laughing at somebody's expense. For example, if someone was to say "I fell down the stairs in Knox's last night and broke my leg" your response would be "WAH!"

GEE-BAG: A fool, an idiot. Is more severe than "lurk". Please note that adding bag to the end of many body parts is the basis for an insult in Ennis eg. TIT-BAG, ARSE-BAG.

THE FOLLOWING WORDS MEAN "DRUNK":
Arseholed, Gee-Eyed, Scalded, Blocked, Circling over Shannon (In honour of Boris Yeltsin's "visit" to Shannon in 1994), ****-Faced, Paralytic, Bollocksed etc.

DISCLAIMER:
WE DON'T CLAIM THAT ALL THESE WORDS ORIGIONATED IN ENNIS. HOWEVER THEY ALL ARE IN COMMON USAGE IN THE TOWN.

bowsie casey

HAHAHA brilliant Blitzer!

Stuxnet

^ haha class, and so true

"wit yer mad head....."

midgetflynn

ha ha,now that they are posted,I know a lot of people who use some of those words.hell,even I do!

Stuxnet

"shut ur baake" is a common one these day use it myself lol

m83

Naawwble! as in, that was a rather splendid (noble) thing you just did there

Vegeta

midgetflynn wrote: »

I've often been told that a Clare habit of speaking is dropping the 'g' at the end of words ending in -ing.

isn't that just an irish thing though, a lot of people I went to college with speak like that and they were from all across the country

Only place I've really heard runners/trainers called 'tackies' is in Shannon

Yup I still use this. Get a few funny looks about it though

Also when younger I used 'jamp' for the past tense of jump. I jamp off the wall.

BLITZ_Molloy

Tackies is used in South Africa as well. It's gas how these words get around.

LadyMayBelle

Better start learning these, i'll be heading Ennis-ward after the christmas!

Jay P

"You sly dog!"

REPSOC1916

I've started to hear the word "screef" recently. It means a tight bastard or someone who steals.

Example: Batt O'Keefe is a screef

Terrykid

i cant believe you forgot the word blazing:eek:,,commonly pronounced Blaazin,,thats what you are after about 10 pints anywhere in east clare:D