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Dictionary of Northern Ireland

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A
Ah - I or me. "Ah don't feel well"
Ahm - I'm
Aminal - Mispronounciation of animal.
Ampinat? - "Aren't I not?" in context of asking for support from a peer of a claim etc.
Aye - Yes.

B
Ballix - Bollocks, thats bollocks (in centext of disagreement).
Bake - Face
Bate - Beat. "I'll bate u about"
Beef - Penis. "I slipped her tha beef."
Beezer - Good/great.
Beg - Bag.
Bout ye? - Hello. How are you?
Banjaxed - Broken/drunk.
Blacks - Police.
Blackneck - Member of paramilitary organisation.
Buck - Sexual intercourse.

C
Cheeser - See "beezer". Also slang for the drug ecstacy.
Chinky - Chinese food/take away.
Childern - Mispronounciation of "children".
Cracker - See "beezer".
Creamed - Quite tired.
Cyar - Car.
Cyat - Cat.
Carry out - Substantial amount of alcohol purchased from an "Offie" or off-licence.
Crack/craic - Atmosphere. "Whats the crack like?" meaning "what's up?"
Cheerio - Goodbye.

D
Dander - A walk. "Im away fer a dander."
Do'er - Door.
Doughbag - A silly person.
lamara - tomorrow

E
Eejit - Derived from the term Idiot with same meaning.
Eaf aff - Fuck off
Frig - Polite word for "fuck".
Flour - Floor.

G
Get - Insult. "You're a wee fuckin' get"
Geg - Fun.
Gedawaydafuck - Please leave now.
Gis a - Give me a
Gis a feg - May I have a cigarette?
Goes - Often used in place of "said". "I goes 'FUCKIN' HIPPIE BALLICKS!!11' an he goes 'BOUT YER MA?'"
Gutties - Trainers/training shoes.
Gonch - One who talks a lot of shit.
Gizaweehandwillye? - I need some help.

H
Harly - Hardly.
Heel - End of a loaf of bread.
Houl on - Please wait.
Heure - Prostitute.
Here's me - So, I said.

I
Ignernt - Ignorant, annoying.

J
Jawbax - Mouth.
Job - Errand.
Joken - Joking.

K
Kudint - Couldn't.

L
Leenantarsapees - Leaning tower of Piza.
Lingo - Language.
Leek - Like.
Lawd - Lad, fellow.
La - The.

M
Magic - Great/good.
Mawn - Man.
Meat wagon - PSNI land rover.
melt - Head. "I'll knock your melt in"
Milly - Female teenager of ill repute.
Mucker - Friend or mate.
Muller - Mother.
Ma - Mother.

N
Nice one - Well done.
Norman - Bullying term used against loners.
Now yer suken deezl - Now it's working.
Naaaah - No.
Norn Iron - Northern Ireland.

O
Offies - Off-licence.
Oi - Call for attention.
Oxters - Armpits.

P
Prabbly - Probably.
Peeler - Police officer.
Piece - Sandwich.
Pssketty - Mispronounciation of spaghetti.
Purdie - Potato.
Pish - To urinate.
Pished - Drunk.
Piznee - Police Service for Northern Ireland.
Provo - Member of a paramilitary organisation.
Para - See above.

R
Ragin' - Angry.
rurr - Crap. "Don't talk rurr"

S
Samitch - Mispronounciation of sandwich.
Sebm - The number seven.
Shap - Shop.
Shar - Shower.
Slabber - A gossip or used as an insult. "You slabberin?" means "are you tainting my reputation with your lies?"
Spoon - Stupid person.
Spide - Male with bad hair/dress/music sense. Scum.
Sanger - Sausage.
Shirtlifter - Homosexual.
Spide cyar - Car, often vauxhall corsa, with tinted windows and/or alloy wheels.
Spaced - Day dreaming.
Stotious - Very drunk.

T
Ta - Thank you.
Till - Used in place of "to". "I'm away till la shap"
Theee - The number three.
Tube - Stupid person.
Tip - Mess, this place is a tip.


U
Undurstawnd - Understand.

V
Vaka - Vodka.

W
Wee - Put in front of nearly any person/place/think/task. eg. wee drink, wee dander, wee shite.
Wick - Rubbish, crap.
Windie - Window
Windie sill - Window sill
Windielickerz - Term for the mentally disadvantaged.
Wiped out - Under the influence of drugs.
Wazacrack? - How are things?/what's up?
Wee lawd - Young man.
Wee mawn - Penis.
Whaddareyeeleek? - You're acting rather silly.
Weller - Weather.
Whodafuck? - Who do you think you are?

X
X-aklee - Xxactly.

Y
Yu startin? - Are you provoking me intentionally?

Yermaa - Insult which counters all insults. The American equivalent would be "whatever".
Yip - Yes.

Z
Zabrah - Zebra.
pretty self explanatory, i'm annoyed at having to explain myself when i say something in "norn irish"
Update 5 mins later, added a few things i forgot, cheerio.
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What about "Sex" tea time in Ballymena, or something you put spuds into ? :-)