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The Complete Dictionary
of Cork-Speak
Part 1: Expressions
- C'mere: Excuse me
- I will,yeah: no
- What's the story fella? / hows the form? / hows 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: that's good
- I claim ya : I would really like to engage in a fight with you.
- Couldn't give two fucks: I don't care
- Like: this word is used at least once in every Cork sentence.
- Ah know like you understand don't ya? Like eh: Used as a hesitation at the
start of a sentence.
- Nawful: terrible
- Bate: beat up. used with da fuck: I'll bate da fuck outa ya
- have a lash off: have a go
- Lash into hash: Smoke cannibas
- Be wide: be careful
- Be doggy wide: be extra careful
Part 2: Nouns & verbs
- Brasser/stella/tramp/trollup: prostitute
- Wan/bure: female
- Young wan: female child
- Fella/fein/ feeno/your man: male
- Small fella: Male child
- Mam/dad/ole man/ole laid/oul fella/oul wan: mother/father
- Apache: joyrider
- Salk: stolen car
- Sham: young male, hard man
- Sham-feen: macho or hard-man
- Snout/gonker/snoz: nose
- Langer/langerdan: prick
- Gowl (Ghoul): Stupid person
- Shades/law/blue bottles/pigs/5-0: Garda
- Two-bulb/shade mobile (awe now feen pull a leggar): squad car
- Pig stie: Garda staton
- Speedy: Garda motorbike
- Gatch: walk
- Snobby cunt/faggot: well-off person from Ballinlough/Rochestown
- 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
- Whacker : scumbag
- Norrie:Person from Northside of the City.
Place Names:
- 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
