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Im not actually from cork, but i found dis wan funny
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03-08-2001 1:16pm
THE IMPROVED CORK SLANG (best 100)
This is your first lesson in de frases of de Cork biys. C'mere I realise some of the feenos and de wans have pure hassle with de Cork speak like. So have a lash of it and the'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 it hanging?
5) You would yeah! = you wouldn't dare!
6) Here la = here you are
7) There la = its over there / look over there
8) State a him la = He looks bad
9) (Ah / Awe) now sham = thats good
10) I claim ya = I would really like to engage in a fight with you.
11) Pure = very
12) Two ****s = care
13) Couldnt give two ****s = I don't care
14) Like = this word is used at least once in every Cork sentence. eg Ah know like you understand dont ya?
15) Like eh = Used as a hesitation at the start of a sentence.
16) Nawful (hes a nawful langer) = terrible
17) Bate = beat up, used with da ****. eg I'll bate da **** outa ya
18) have a lash off = have a go
19) lash into hash = Smoke cannabis
20) be wide = be careful
21) sketch = Theres 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 / whorebag = prostitute
27) Stella = girl who wears her hair up in bob, chews on gum, has earrings the size of hula hoops, and mostly norries (see no.73)
28) Jammy Rag = a tampon
29) Steamer / bender /queer /ass-bandit / **** /puff / gaylord = homosexual
30) Hairy = child molester / paedophile or old person /experienced
31) Blouse = Steamer (ya ****in blouse)
32) Wan / bure = female
33) Young wan = female child
34) fella / fein /feeno /your man = male
35) Small fella = Male child
36) Mam / Dad / Ole Man / Ole Laid / Oul fella / Oul wan = mother/father
37) Lulla / subla / din-din / a suck / cream crackers = knackers
38) Apache = joyrider
39) salk = stolen car
40) sham = young male / hard man or knacker
41) sham-feen = macho / hard man
42) Snout / gonker /snoz = nose
43) Gib / gap / gant / gearbox /pussy / bush / muff = vagina
44) Pussy = chicken **** or **** (see no.29)
45) Langer / langerdan = *****
46) Gowl (Ghoul) = stupid person
47) Gimp = ****in eejit
48) Gimpy walk = person with the mousy walk (wabbling from side to side)
49) Fifty = stood up
50) Poppies / tatties = potatoes
51) Yolkes = ecstasy
52) Duby / chatnospoof = hash
53) a nodge = a small bit of hash
54) a knock = a lump of hash of any size
55) a deal = 10 pounds worth of hash
56) a score = 20 pounds worth of hash
57) shades / law / blue bottles / pigs = Gardai
58) two-bulb / shad mo-beal (awe now feen pull a leggar) = squad car
59) pig stie = Garda station
60) speedy = garda motorbike
61) gatch = walk
62) snobby **** / **** = well-off person
63) gammy = deformed
64) jag / doing a line / jaggin / meetin a wan / with / scoring = going out with
65) gatt / lush / drink = alcoholic beverages
66) gattin / on the **** / gettin langers / pintin / on the tear = going drunkin (in a pub)
67) bushin = going drinking on the street
68) reff / reefin / mangle = beat up / beating up
69) lamp / skanse / la = look
70) droppin / wizz = need to ****
71) hangin = need a fag
72) wah / whacker = scumbag
73) norrie = person from the northside of the city
74) frame / kit = woman's body
75) flaa = good looking girl
76) feak = see no.75
77) Is she feakin = is she ****able
78) drain the weasel / go for a slash / take a **** = urinate somewhere
Part 3 : Place Names
79) Grawn : Gurranabraher
80) Knocka: Knocknaheeney
81) Mahn: Mahon
82) da Han: Ballyphehane
83) Tokor: Togher
82) da Glen: The Glen
83) Pana: St. Patricks Street
84) Flying bottle: The HolyHill Inn
85) da Peace Park: Bishop Lucey Park
86) Clon: Clonakilty
87) Crosser = Crosshaven
88) da Cross = Turners Cross
89) Golden Wheely bin land = Douglas
90) Fanny city = Grange (the women r unbalieverable up there)
91) The smell = the halting site
Part 4: House things
93) Gaff = House
94) Free gaff = house where the parents are absent (party at the gaff)
95) Scoot on = This is what you say to faggots who show up at your party uninvited
Part 5: Sayings
96) She got a slap of the ugly stick = Shes an ugly *****
97) Ya mog = you ugly person (no gender necessary)
98) Ya dirty rotten dying ******* = somebody who farted in the company of feaks
99) I'll drop ya = I will knock you out with one punch
100) Good ****in luccckkk = good bye, see ya soon
Good ****in luccckkk!
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Nice one sham. I didnt really think the ugly stick thing was cork tho. I mean I've heard "She fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down" and some variations but I didnt think de good ould biys from cark thought that one up. Fair doo's0
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