Words that you rarely hear any more...

The Radiator

table

Izzy j

Vexed.

Archeron

Ragamuffin
Tinker
Whirligig

ruskey!

did anyone ever hear of a Honda 50 being described as a "japanese sewing machine!! Ha! Ha! I'm enjoying the memories:D

tfitzgerald

Phonebox is another word that's going out of fashion very quick . I like this thread it's bringing me back to my younger days:)

some random drunk

words my Mam uses that no one of my generation does:

jaded
pup - to describe someone bad eg, "That fella's a right little pup, he is"
"tins of 7up"
diamond - to mean something good
blackguard
gurrier
"out gallivanting"
"sally forth"
queer - to mean something strange
"golly!"

earpiece

"I Love You"....haven't heard that in a long time.




*Sob's uncontrollably*

mikemac1

supercan

Bring these back I say

hairyprincess

I must be living back in time, I would still use a lot of those words!

pipelaser

"Get outa that Garden!" if you're a Dub

Also Calling things Moon, if you're from Navan.

Seeing something great "Thats Moon!"
Describing someone Crazy "Hes Moon in the Head!"

DEFTLEFTHAND

The term 'sweet fellas' being used to describe homosexuals.

Ghandee

dodderangler wrote: »

Couldn't give a fiddlers fart
Never hear that anymore

Not true at all!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=76018433&postcount=24

Nippledragon

"Would ye look at the ceann on that áimhineach"

still alive and well in mayo.........

Truley

'minerals' to describe soft drinks
'messages' - shopping

When I was young we used the term 'milled' for beaten or destroyed for example 'I got milled in the football match' or 'I'll mill ya'

mikemac1

minerals has not died out, I use that all the time ^^^^^


Poitín

There was a time when you could find a local man who made this
We had one near us

I'd say this has died out in much of Ireland, wouldn't have a clue where to get it anymore

Nippledragon

"guttherschnipe" "bladdherschkite" (spelt to suit accent) "pup" "ape" "gawbie" "dhaw"

The Sparrow

dodderangler wrote: »

Couldn't give a fiddlers fart
Never hear that anymore

Was it not 'Couldn't give a fiddlers' f**k'?? It was where I grew up.

My Mum still uses it but she has shortened to just 'Couldn't give a fiddlers'...'

The rest is implied!

hardCopy

Sh1tbag

Rocket19

Ruralyoke wrote: »

Right that's it - for the first time in this thread I haven't a clue??

It's from "The Riordans" (Irish soap from the 60s/70s). And yeah, I'm 20...ha


I actually haven't heard of a LOT of these words though, which is weird.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Cornerboy

steamengine

A Dublin saying circa 60's - if something was a difficult to understand or just plain nonsense. Tá sé mahogany gas pipe

Sleepy

"Desh" as a positive adjective.

Crea

Poorly - as in a bit sick

mikemac1

Cuchulainn1. wrote: »

Cornerboy

What's this?

Newspaper seller?

sgb

Haven't heard this in a long time

"Darling do fancy a blow job"

Annabella1

I don't know what a tracker mortgage is :pac:

steamengine

Another Dublin word - Scuttin' - an unauthorised lift on the back of a bread van or other vehicle.

Rocky_Dennis

The "pictures" to describe the cinema.

r3nu4l

Rapscallion
Rascal
Blackguard (pronounced blaggard!)

That's Fabo - That's great
That's Ace - That's great

kevthegaff

britches:D

jpfahy

LP

steamengine

'Rubber - used to erase pencil marks on paper. Altogether a different meaning now.

Fromthetrees

Drain the spuds (go wee wee).
Blagard (if that's how you spell it) (a messer)
Queerhawk (dodgey person)
Gowl (idiot) (later in life went onto mean female genitalia )
Gant/flange (womans genitalia)

that's enough...

Judgement Day

Rocky_Dennis wrote: »

The "pictures" to describe the cinema.

The cinema was known as the "flicks" in Bray way back in the 60's. Homework was knows as "ecker" short for exercise presumably.

keano_afc

Decking.

Both connotations, knocking someone out and the oft purchased wooden boards that covered ones back garden.

Didn't read the thread so don't know if it's been mentioned... growing up in Wexford in the 80s and early 90s we used to say things were "monya" - brilliant. Haven't heard that since I was a kid!

Edited to add: I remember a phase that my younger bro says was unique to me, but it wasn't, all my friends in school were at it too, we said "Bockin" instead of "f**kin"... "I'll bockin kill ya!" being the one my brother quotes. Seems he, nor my older brother, ever went through this phase, and there's only three years either way between us!

HavingCrack

Weird

I know it sounds odd but only people in my age group (twenties to early thirties) seem to use this. Older people don't and younger generations don't either, was there some TV show around at the time that would account for this?

mikemac1 wrote: »

Poitín

There was a time when you could find a local man who made this
We had one near us

I'd say this has died out in much of Ireland, wouldn't have a clue where to get it anymore

I have a friend who still makes her own down in Kilkenny and she's only in her twenties (only female I ever heard of making it). I know someone else up around Slane who does it and they'd be a similar age. There's still a few going. It never really seemed to take off in Dublin though.

Abi

lorebringer wrote: »

"pinny" for an apron - heard someone say it the other day that was not over the age of 80!

I use this word. I've been looking for one all over, but all I can find are aprons. I don't want the full thing, just the bit around the waist would suffice. But yes, it's still in my vocab.

Kurz wrote: »

Scutter

This one is still used by the town nearby me.

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

What the Dickens

Yoink! :pac:

Ruralyoke wrote: »

Not exactly archaic but "shall" has never really been popular in this country but these days it's almost extinct except in comedic poncy type proclamations.

I use it, and not in the sense you mean, the proper sense -

Expressing a strong assertion or intention

It works perfectly, why not use it.

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

"Gurrier" describing a little scumbag

It's been a while admittedly, but a company I used to work for used to 'call a gurrier' when they needed a courier..

wellboytoo

Ghouler,as in he's some Ghouler,=messer

steamengine

Another Dublin one - 'Moth' - girlfriend, forerunner of 'bird'

HavingCrack

steamengine wrote: »

Another Dublin one - 'Moth' - girlfriend, forerunner of 'bird'

Still used around my old secondary school, maybe sign of the people who go there

steamengine

steamengine wrote: »

Another Dublin one - 'Moth' - girlfriend, forerunner of 'bird'

Isn't that "mott" but with a Dublin accent? I heard that from my uncle years ago, then about three years ago outside the cinema in Dun Laoghaire! My English boyfriend gave this junkie a smoke, he nodded at me and said "Dat yer moth?"; repeated it a few times to the fella's blank look, till I said "girlfriend" and he said yeah! Got quite a luagh out of it.

Whippersnapper

Love all these words and I still say many of them. "Shall" is one I use the most. I've never thought of it as being odd.

Whippersnapper

Deleted User wrote: »

Isn't that "mott" but with a Dublin accent? I heard that from my uncle years ago, then about three years ago outside the cinema in Dun Laoghaire! My English boyfriend gave this junkie a smoke, he nodded at me and said "Dat yer moh?"; repeated it a few times to the fella's blank look, till I said "girlfriend" and he said yeah! Got quite a luagh out of it.

Fixed for you.

BornToKill

Orthodontist.

Truley

Phrases like 'Mother O' God' 'Jesus Mary and Joseph' 'Please God' 'God Almighty' etc will probably die out from my mother's generation downwards. Younger people don't talk like that.

Dr Turk Turkelton

mikemac1 wrote: »

Cuchulainn1. wrote: »

Cornerboy

What's this?

Newspaper seller?

No he would be a less than salubrious character.

A person that would hang around at street corners all day up to no good!

Abi

steamengine wrote: »

Another Dublin one - 'Moth' - girlfriend, forerunner of 'bird'

Pronounced 'me mott' or 'me moh'.

johnayo

dodderangler wrote: »

Never hear kids sayin let's play kick the can

You hear the politicians using that one now. As in kicking the can down road.

PaulieC

Blackguard...

Pronounced blaggard