English: He’s a gammy sham
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Gammy is slang for “flawed” or “useless.” Sham is slang for “mate.”
122018-027
English: You’d beat an ass out of a quarry.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: A descriptive term – it means you’ve got a big cock.
122018-026
English: Beauty’s only skin deep, but someone peeled him.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common banter between friends
122018-025
English: Everyone has a right to be ugly, but you abuse it.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common banter between friends
122018-024
English: He who goes to bed with an itchy bum, wakes up with smelly fingers.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Wise, old words from Killarney.
122018-023
English: The head on you and the price of turnips.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common Irish slagging used to call someone ugly. It means you’re ugly and turnips are expensive.
122018-022
English: He had a head on him like a bag of spanners.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common Irish slagging used to call someone ugly. A spanner is a wrench.
122018-021
English: If there was work in the bed, he’d sleep on the floor.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common Irish slagging.
122018-020
English: He’s as thick as flour dip.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common Irish slagging.
122018-019
English: He should be shot with a knob of his own shit.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: She heard it from her mother-in-law, discussing a lazy person.