The most common Irish slang terms for boy are “fella” and “lad”. These can be used to describe a man or boy of any age and are by far the most commonly used. “Wain” is a term which can describe both boys and girls so … Read more
Police informants are often a key focus of local slang. Naturally, criminal elements of society are far more likely to use slang as almost a form of code. Even if you are not outright criminal, you may well still feel it a moral imperative not … Read more
Our mother is very commonly the first person we learn to recognize. Not only that, but they then often go on to play one of the most important roles throughout our whole lives. This is as true in Ireland as it is anywhere else, so … Read more
The most common Irish slang terms for beer include “gargle” and “juice”. These are both catch-all, universal terms for beer that can be used in any context. “Gat” is a specific slang term for Guiness, usually a “pint of gat”. Other more widely used slang … Read more
Sailors are perhaps not as big a part of people’s lives as they once were. There was a time when the only way you would get from one country to another was via the sea. Nowadays, that’s not the case, but nonetheless sailors still hold … Read more
The most common and uniquely Irish slang terms for vomit are “boke” or “gawk”. “Boke” is the more common and the one you’ll hear throughout Ireland. “Gawk” is a lot more regional and used primarily in County Cork, though it’s widely understood. Beyond that, the … Read more
There are some words in our languages that are so fundamental in everyday use that we don’t even really think about them. Answering in the affirmative with the word “yes” is something that most of us probably do at least once a day, if we … Read more
By far the most common British slang word for friend is “mate”. This is used by just about everyone in all parts of Britain. It’s so common that it is really the only primary slang term for friend used anywhere in Britain—though you do have … Read more
There are, in any given language, countless different ways you can say something is good using slang terms. This is just as true of British English as it is of any other language, indeed perhaps even more so than the average. For any intensity of … Read more
The most common Irish slang term for funny is “gas”. This is more or less universal across the country and is essentially a simple stand in for the word funny, though you might also say it means “very funny”. Other terms you might hear are … Read more