Heres a crash course in Corkonian. I'm still baffled by some of the things they come out with!...although, I spose every area in Ireland has its own slang words
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
I claim ya = I would really like to engage in a fight with you.
Pure = very
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 boy = good
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
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(police)
Two-bulb/shade = mobile squad car
Pig stie = Garda(police) 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
Norrie = Person from Northside of the Cork City.
Oh, btw langer = gowl/gimp etc!!
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