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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