Words that you rarely hear any more...

Dr Turk Turkelton

Another rarely heard insult just came to me-sh1tehawk!

Used to love this one it really left the insultee in no doubt how you felt about them!

Truley

Truley wrote: »

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.

My grandmother used to let go with "Oh Heavenly King!" when things were really bad!

PaulieC

Cuchulainn1. wrote: »

Another rarely heard insult just came to me-sh1tehawk!

Used to love this one it really left the insultee in no doubt how you felt about them!

Still use it for that very reason

Whippersnapper

Whippersnapper wrote: »

Fixed for you.

You didn't fix my misspelling of "laugh" :mad:

cambo_gueno

cambo_gueno wrote: »

Blackguard...

Pronounced blaggard

I still use that one.... confuses the English guy.

steamengine

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 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.

Yes indeed it is 'mott' which is how a lot of Dubs would pronounce 'moth' anyway .

Rougebladez

"Bloody Balooba."
My father used to call me this when I was caught causing trouble....after the Balooba tribe in the Congo who were blamed for the Niemba ambush where Irish troops were slaughtered.

And "Sketch" when the teacher was coming.

"Are ya Wide to the cut of yer man?" meaning Do you see the way he is dressed.

"Sh1ts and giggles" meaning for a laugh.

"Knocka". A game played by adolescents where they knock on a door and run away.

Wibbs

"Bowler" for dog.

steamengine

Truley wrote: »

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.

A more embellished version - 'Holy Mother of Sweet Divine Jesus'

mikemac1

Don't make me get the wooden spoon :eek:

Vita nova

Gee, as in slang for vagina. I remember it caused a laugh in English class back in the 70s; one student was reading aloud and came across the American expression "gee" but not being used to US TV he only knew one way to pronounce it.
Nowadays it's almost been totally replaced by pussy, and the use of pussy to refer to a cat has almost disappeared.

Thoie

Haven't heard "gombeen" in ages. Or "brat" - now they all have ADHD.

Vita nova

Vita nova wrote: »

Gee, as in slang for vagina. I remember it caused a laugh in English class back in the 70s; one student was reading aloud and came across the American expression "gee" but not being used to US TV he only knew one way to pronounce it.
Nowadays it's almost been totally replaced by pussy, and the use of pussy to refer to a cat has almost disappeared.

Isn't geebag still used as a derogatory word for a woman now?

I still hear "gee" for vagina.... though in San Francisco last summer I met a woman who openly said "My name is Gee!"... assuming it's short for something... was just hoping she never visits Dublin uninformed.

Abi

mikemac1 wrote: »

Don't make me get the wooden spoon :eek:

Even the mere threat of it got "I'm calling childline!!" Cue the parents 'Im calling parentline'.. we knew we had them by the bollix :pac:

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Cool story bro
yore ma
blast them with piss
:mad:
*awaits infraction PM*

Blue850

Banjaxed
Miller (a fast car)

sparkle_23

My grandparents use the word "gossan" not sure how you spell it, when they talk about a boy! "He's a grand gossan"

About 2 years ago my Granny had to go see a consultant in Dublin and when she was after meeting him I asked her what was he like. She replied "A bit of a dandyboy"

Blue850

Blue850 wrote: »

Banjaxed
Miller (a fast car)

Banjaxed! I used that a few months ago and realised I was talking gibberish to my English fella! My parents say it all the time, in fact I was on the phone to my mother earlier when she started yelling for my da, the old dog had crapped herself again, and my mother said to me "Oh, sorry, I think Zara's banjaxed."

SafeSurfer

"Janey Mack".

I still use it unknownst to myself but it it comes totally naturally to me.


If something unexpected happens to me my usual automatic response is "holy f*ck" or "bast*rd".

Almaviva

Truley wrote: »

'minerals' to describe soft drinks

Sounds bang up to date.
'Soda Pop' seems to be the one in decline these days.

mikemac1

Did you hear Mary down the road died. She died of a Thursday
The funeral is of a Sunday

What did she die of?
I said it already, she died of a Thursday



I don't know where this one came from, maybe some carryover like the "do be" from Irish?

little swift

coolaboola.

gotchie.

Almaviva

'heavens to Betsy'.
Very useful phrase that just seems to have fallen out of use after years of fine service to the English language.

ciarang85

y2k

Vita nova

Deleted User wrote: »

.... though in San Francisco last summer I met a woman who openly said "My name is Gee!"... assuming it's short for something... was just hoping she never visits Dublin uninformed.

I've known a few French girls called Fanny, who say that they get smiles when they introduce themselves over here. I suppose at one stage Fanny was also a common short name in Ireland.

mikemac1

Sure it was in Enid Blython

Aunty Fanny and lashing and lashings of ginger ale


We all read those books
They are deemed racist nowadays :rolleyes:

fussyonion

jos28 wrote: »

Remember the song - gic, gic, la, la, it's all down your leg gic gic,la la.......

HAHA My Dad sings that now and again

fussyonion

Don't really hear "hoor" anymore or "slapper".
Another one was "arsewipe" that we used as kids

HavingCrack

"Parched" as in being thirsty.

thrilledskinny

tantidery ? My spelling of it might be wrong...

but basically it means junk/rubbish all over the place.

Shryke

Flip. I met a lad I knew from a few years ago and he still says flip. It's so innocent, I love the man for it. I hadn't heard someone say flip in years. He says feck rather than fcuk and all. A flippin' hero.

I hear a lot of things that have been said in this thread all the time. A few stand out but most are very much in use so don't be disheartened.

little swift

another was gollywog it was also the name for an icepop.

Stinicker

*Sparkle* wrote: »

My grandparents use the word "gossan" not sure how you spell it, when they talk about a boy! "He's a grand gossan"

About 2 years ago my Granny had to go see a consultant in Dublin and when she was after meeting him I asked her what was he like. She replied "A bit of a dandyboy"

Garsun? Pronouced Gor-soon

Owldshtok

Musha - musha god help her

Gonads - testicles

Dat's Raaahit - was it Pat Short or John Kenny?

Retarded - politicaly incorrect at this stage

Owldshtok

Stinicker wrote: »

Garsun? Pronouced Gor-soon

taken from the French word for boy I think and somehow used around Ireland

Idle Passerby

'it looks like a mad man's arse' - its ugly

'thrumpery' - useless stuff

'that aul gazebo' (pronounced gazaybo) - that foolish man

...maybe this is all just my mum and no one else ever uses these phrases?

The Sparrow

Very few ppl threaten to Burst their enemies these days.

Vita nova

Vita nova wrote: »

I've known a few French girls called Fanny, who say that they get smiles when they introduce themselves over here. I suppose at one stage Fanny was also a common short name in Ireland.

I had a friend in school who's gran was "Fanny". She got some slagging when we were teenagers!

humbert

Rambunctious.

I'll be using rambunctious this weekend I think.

Juxtaposition was put to good use last week.

cartell_best

supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus

The Sparrow

The Sparrow wrote: »

Very few ppl threaten to Burst their enemies these days.

My fella was told he'd be "burst with a box" a few months ago, down the local in Balbriggan.

I rarely hear "That's cat!" anymore too, but that might be cause I haven't lived in a rural area in some time.

humbert

cartell_best wrote: »

supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus

Sure wasn't it only used earlier in this thread. Which IMO makes it overused.

cartell_best

humbert wrote: »

Sure wasn't it only used earlier in this thread. Which IMO makes it overused.

My apologies...i didn't read the thread properly (my fault)....thank you for pointing out a stoopid irish man's mistakes

Owldshtok

Deleted User wrote: »

I had a friend in school who's gran was "Fanny". She got some slagging when we were teenagers!

Huh huh.. hey Beavis they said Fanny! Hey Fanny where's Dick? Huh huh

Almaviva

Deleted User wrote: »

I rarely hear "That's cat!" anymore too

Nor its even more charming superlative, 'cat out'.

humbert

cartell_best wrote: »

My apologies...i didn't read the thread properly (my fault)....thank you for pointing out a stoopid irish man's mistakes

Was just teasing. Also, I really hate that word and the movie it hails from.

Almaviva

humbert wrote: »

Was just teasing. Also, I really hate that word and the movie it hails from.

'Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay, um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay'

Not a phrase you hear to often either. Tricky to fit into a regular conversation.

uch

ScutterPullit, a favourite word of me Da's when he had a few pints on him to describe anyone under 10

Svetti Arss

Stop the lights Bunny.
We'll keep your CV on file.

ukonline

Flibbertigibbet. Restless, talkative person.