NORN IRN DIALECT DEFINITIONS . . . Norn Irn = Northern Ireland. ahm = I am. aye = yes. nah = no. kay = acceptable. givusshare = permit me to partake of your refreshments, give me share. dead on = perfect, exact, totally acceptable, precise. doesnt have a titter of wit = is devoid of the most basic of common sense, is a bit thick. heres me / heres hurr / hers hum = I said / she said / he said. cracker = beezer, champion, super-dooper, good. fegg = cigarette. firnenst = beside, near, or next to. faffin around = being idle or lazy or irritatingly-in-the-way, expending a lot of energy and motion but doing nothing, fiddling, footering. footering = pottering, doing lots of little unnecessary chores. ahll knack yir melt in = I shall punish you severely. a dig in the bake - a fist in the face. blacks = police. cyar = family motor vehicle, car. seeyiz = goodbye (to a group of people). creamed = knackered, chinned, bate (beaten), exhausted, wasted (not in the junky sense), done. eejit = foolish person, dunderhead, idiot. buck eejit = very foolish person, total dunderhead, blithering idiot. dunderhead = emptyhead, dunce, poorly educated person. boggin = dirty, filthy, messy, ignurnt = uneducated, uninformed, unaware, ignorant. ignurnt = cheeky, rude, disrespectful. lamarra = tomorrow. sboutye? = hows about you or how are you? sometimes followed with Sidney, no matter what your name is, i.e. Spoutye Sidney. mingin or mankin = untouchable, defiled with dirt, festering. minger = dirty, filthy, or ugly person the sticks = the countryside flooer = floor dooer = door the bogg = toilet, latrine, loo, rest room, comfort station. jawbox = incessant speaker, or a Belfast sink, or mouth. lumber = snogging session you are stayngken = your personal hygiene leaves a lot to be desired. a quare gegg = outrageously funny slapper = person who overdoes it with the make-up / loose woman slabber = tell-tale, or someone who suffers from verbal diahorrea. happed up = as snug as a bug in a rug, warm and cosy gurney-gub = cry-baby, or someone with a bake on him like a bulldog chewing a wasp. bake = beak, mouth, gob, face, dial, bucket or facial expression. shutyirbake = please stop talking. stickin out = outstanding, super, excellent, stupendous. magic = stickin out, good. maw-wer = mother fah-err = father mawn = man mawn = come on mawn mawn = come on man. wean = wee one, baby, infant. awayeratwiyee = yer pullin ma leg, are you kiddin me?, please remove yourself from my presence, fay cough (lol). fluer = floor, ground, deck. deck = thump, lamp, hit so hard you land on your hoop. lamped = hit, thumped, smacked, slapped, struck, (usu. with a fist). mucker = friend, pal, mate. chum, bosom buddy. hoop = bum, ring, hole, arse, ass. shrapnel = loose change, coins. thingy = any person whos name momentarily escapes you. e.g. ask thingy. like = you know what I mean, e.g. I have no readies, like. readies = money, currency, spending power. ragin = very cross, angry. fit to be tied = extremely agitated way on = you are kidding, you are bluffing me. watsa craic? = what is happening?, whats the script? whats the plan? wet the tae = make a cuppa tea / pot of tea. pour the boiling water on the tea-leaves/tea-bag. wick = pathetic, no good, useless, unacceptable. wind yer neck in = get off your soapbox, keep your opinion to yourself. windies = windows, e.g. youll get yir windies putt in if ye talk like that. putt = place, positioned, put. e.g putt that sofa over here.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:54:38 +0000