| Cork Slang |
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| Part 1: Expressions |
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| C'mere |
Excuse me |
| I will,yeah |
no |
| What's the story
fella? |
How are you? |
| how's the form? |
How are you? |
| how's it hanging? |
How are you? |
| You would yeah |
You wouldn't
dare |
| Here la
|
here you are |
| there la |
it's over there/look over
there |
| State a him la |
He looks bad |
| Ah/awe) now sham |
thats good |
| I claim ya |
I would really
like to engage in a fight with you. |
| Pure |
very |
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| Like |
this word is
used at least once in every Cork sentence. |
| Like
eh |
Used as a hesitation
at the start of a sentence. |
| Nawful |
terrible |
| Bate |
beat up |
| have a lash off |
have a go |
| Lash into hash |
Smoke cannibas |
| Be wide |
be careful |
| Be dog wide |
be extra careful |
| How bad bhoy |
good |
| Bhoy |
man/person. Not necesserily a Celt |
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| Part 2: Nouns
& verbs |
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| Brasser/stella/tramp/trollup |
prostitute |
| Jammy Rag |
tampon |
| Wan/bure |
female |
| Young wan |
female child |
| Fella/fein/ feeno/your man |
male |
| Small fella |
Male child |
| Mam, ole laid, ole wan |
mother |
| Ole fella |
joyrider |
| Apache |
a young person
up to no good |
| Salk |
stolen car |
| Sham-feen |
macho or hard-man |
| Snout/gonker/snoz |
nose |
| Gowl(Ghoul) |
Stupid person |
| Gimp |
idiot |
| Fifty |
Stood up |
| Poppies/tatties |
Potatoes |
| Shades/law/blue bottles/pigs/5-0 |
Garda |
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| Two-bulb/shade mobile |
squad car |
| Pig stie |
Garda station |
| Gatch |
walk |
| Gammy |
deformed |
| Jag/doing a line/jaggin/meetin a wan/with/ |
going out with |
| Gatt/gattin/on the tear/on the piss |
drink/drinking |
| Reef/reefin/mangle |
beat up/beating
up |
| Lamp/skanse/la |
look |
| Droppin/Waz |
need to go to the toilet/restroom |
| Wah /Whacker |
not a nice person |
| Norrie |
Person from Northside
of the Cork City. |
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| Part 3 :Place Names |
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| Grawn |
Gurranabraher |
| Knocka |
Knocknaheeney |
| Mahn |
Mahon |
| da Han |
Ballyphehane |
| Toker |
Togher |
| da Glen |
The Glen |
| Pana |
St. Patrick Street |
| Flying bottle |
The HolyHill
Inn |
| da Peace Park |
Bishop Lucey
Park |
| Clon |
Clonakilty |
| Crosser |
Crosshaven |
| da Cross |
Turners Cross
Football Ground |
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