Slang

Meaning Example
word(s)

Fooling and
Acting the Stop acting
messing
Maggot the maggot
around

You got a
Severe bad dose
Bad dose
illness of it, didn’t
you

Bags (To Make a mess He made a

make a bags of doing right bags
of something) something of that

Right,
You are
Bang on Accurate,
bang on
Correct

The chair
Banjaxed Broken
is banjaxed

A pint of
the black
Black Stuff Guinness
stuff
please

Male, Come on
Boyo
Juvenile you boyo!
Brutal to Culchie:

Slang word(s) Meaning Example

It was a
Awful,
Brutal brutal
Dreadful
tackle

It is
Bucketing
Raining hard bucketing
down
down

I know you
Skip (school,
Bunk Off bunked
work)
off today

Someone He is a
Chancer who takes a real
risk chancer

Young child He was a

Chiseler (Dublin chiseler at
slang) the time

I am a
Ciotóg Left-Handed Ciotog and
proud

To pull
Cod/Codding I am only
someone’s
ya codding ya!
leg
 What’s /
Fun, Gossip,
Craic Where’s
Going on’s
the craic?

I must
Continue on,
Crack on crack on,
Get going
lots to do

Person from
She is a
rural /
Culchie culchie
agricultural
originally
area

Cute hoor to Fair play!

Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)

Person who
quietly
He is a real
Cute hoor engineers
cute hoor
things to their
own advantage

Are you
Delighted and
Delira and delira and
Excited
Excira excira
(Dublin slang)
about it?

Deadly Brilliant,
That was a
Fantastic,
 Great deadly film

They have
Donkey’s For a very very lived there
years long time donkey’s
years

Someone not
They are a
working or is
Dosser couple of
messing about,
dosser’s
up to no good

Don’t eat
Eat the To give out to
the head
head off someone
off me

Complete fool, You are

Eejit doing such an
something silly eejit

Listening in on You were

Earwiging a private earwiging
conversation again, Yes?

He was
Effin’ and Swearing and effin’ and
Blindin’ Cursing blindin’ non
stop

Polite swear Ah just

Eff off word (for the eff off will
F word) ya
 Fair play
Fair play! Well done!
mate!

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Feck Off to Get Outta That Garden!!

Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)

Feck off . . .
Go away (polite version),
. don’t be
Feck Off used to show surprise or
bothering
shock
me

Used for your guy, as in Is your fella

Fella ‘Me Fella’ going to be
partner/husband/boyfriend there?

It was a
Very Good, Great,
Fierce fierce
Excellent
performance

Fine That guy is

Good looking man or woman
thing a fine thing

The place is
Woman of dubious moral
Floozie full of
attributes
floozie’s

Fluthered Very Drunk I was

absolutely
 fluthered
last night

I will pop
Home, to have a ‘ free gaff
Gaff over to your
‘ means you are home alone
gaff later

He had a
Gammy Crooked, or odd looking
gammy leg

Take a quick
Gander Quick glance gander in
here first

He is a gas
Gas Funny or Amusing
man

Stop
Gawk To stare rudely
gawking

Get
Fun phrase used in a wud ya get
Outta
conversation to get a laugh, outta that
That
reaction garden!!!
Garden

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Grand to Kip:

Slang word(s) Meaning Example

 Alot of
Uses, most
We will
popular
meet you
are: reply
there – ”
to How are
Grand “;
Grand you, How
Dinner will
are you
be 10
feeling,
minutes – ”
Being told
Grand “
of a
decision

I made a
Complete complete
Hames/Haymes
mess haymes of
that work

Self She is a bit

Holy Joe Righteous of a holy
person joe actually

She made a
disgraceful
Holy show holy show
scene
of herself

Hi,How are
How’s she you, How’s she
cuttin’? What’s cuttin’?
news?

Howya Hi, Hello Howya

 doin’?

A rural You are a

person’s jackeen . . .
Jackeen
name for a .my
Dubliner sympathies!

I’m off to
Jacks Toilet
the jacks

We can get
Jo Maxi Taxi, Cab a jo maxi in
later

I had a
quick kip
A dump of
before
a place and
Kip dinner; It
also a
was a real
sleep
kip of a
hotel

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Knackered to Mortified:

Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)

Knackered Exhausted, I was

 Tired completely
knackered

She was
totaly
Langers Drunk
langers last
Friday

It was
3 meanings – lashing out
To rain hard, of the
To make an heavens,
Lash attempt at Give it a
something or lash or
To go out Let’s go on
drinking the lash
Saturday

Come on,
Run away
Leg it we need to
quickly
leg it now!

He was
totally
Locked Very drunk
locked at
closing time

My hair
Dirty, Flithy, feels
Manky
Disgusting manky, it
needs a
 wash

He looks a
Moran Fool
right moran

I was
mortified
Highly
Mortified when i
Embarrassed
realised my
mistake

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Mot to Rugger Bugger:

Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)

Where’s
Girlfriend
Mot your mot
(Dublin slang)
tonight?

Finding a
Very Difficult taxi was
or to really murder, I
Murder
want to do could
something murder a
Guinness

Nixer Job done for He can do it

 cash to avoid as a nixer
tax for you

I don’t
Not the full think he is
Not fully sane
shilling the full
shilling

We were on
On the tear Going drinking the tear
last night

W got
Ossified Drunk
ossified

Your Father, My oul fella

Oul Fella Dad (Dublin is out at
slang) the moment

My oul dear
Oul Dear / Your Mother,
is out
Oul Wan Mom
shopping

We went to
the
Pictures Movies, Film
pictures a
week ago

Puss (To Take that

have a puss Sulky face puss off
on you) your face

Rugger Someone He is a
Bugger posh, loud and rugger
loves Rugby bugger for
sure

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Savage to Trinners:

Slang
Meaning Example
word(s)

It was a
Great, savage
Savage
Brilliant contest till
the end

Very I was
Scarlet
embarrassed scarlet

After
driving, I
Shattered Exhausted
was
shattered

nb: Use a verb He was

to mean make only
Slag fun of slagging
someone in a you, don’t
nice way oe worry
else it has the
 same meaning
as elsewhere
ie – common
prostitute

Means Sorry Sorry, can

and also I get in
Sorry
Excuse me, there
Pardon me please

Story? What’s the

Hi, What’s
(What’s story
happening
the) Rory?

Now you
Suckin’ Now your
are suckin
diesel (Now talking, Now
diesel my
you’re) your doing well
friend!

I am living
Anywhere in
just
The Pale the region of
outside
Dublin
The Pale

He is as
Extremely
Thick thick as a
stupid
plank

Show off, They were

Throw all
sometimes
shapes throwing
agressively
shapes in
 the pub

Did you go
Trinity College to Trinners
Trinners
Dublin to do your
degree?
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master American Conversational English!

Chick- (noun) Another word meaning young female,

generally referring to females the ages of 12-40 years
old. ‘Chick’ is most often used between people who know
each other. However, it can also be used to imply a
female you have no connection with.

BAE – (noun) BAE is an acronym that stands for

“before anyone else”. It could refer to your significant
other or best friend. Example is Jenna is my BAE.

Boo – (noun) Boo is very similar to Bae. It usually refers

to boyfriend or girlfriend (or wife/husband). Example
is Love you Boo!

Poppin’- (adj) This word is used to describe a social

event that is doing very well. Often used in terms of
parties, gatherings, or clubs.

Lit – (adj) Lit has a very similar meaning to poppin. You

can say “the club was lit” – meaning the club was fun!
Ride or Die (adj) – Originally a term that bikers used,
ride or die is used in American Spoken English to refer
to best friend, lover or partner. For example, you can
say, “Lori and I have gone through some stuff but she
is my ride or die”

Dope- (adj) A general word that describe anything or

anyone as being very fun, exciting, or cool. For example,
you can say “Kevin is fun to hangout with. He is dope”.

sick – (adj) You would think this word has a negative

connotation, however, ‘sick’ is similar in meaning to,
“very exciting!”, “amazing!”, etc.

While it can be used to describe a person, it is most

often used in American slang English to describe
experiences or things that someone thinks is amazing.

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Awesome- (adj) The use of the word ‘awesome’ in

American language has received a lot of attention
lately. While the word actually means ‘exciting’ or ‘awe
inspiring’, it is very frequently used as a sarcastic
phrase to sum up just about any emotion- negative or
positive.

Nada- (pronoun) Used instead of the word, “nothing”.

However, it is generally used as the answer to a
question rather than in the middle of a sentence.

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Brah – (pronoun) Brah is another way of saying “are you

serious” in Conversational American speaking.

On point – (adj) On point is a colloquial way of saying

that something or someone is attractive or
fashionable. For example, you can say, “Her makeup was
on point”

On fleek – (adj) On fleek is another way of saying

something or someone is attractive or fashionable. If
you are hanging out with someone who uses a lot of
slang, you might hear them so “Yo brows are on fleek” –
which means your eye brows look great!

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Hitched- (verb, adj) In slang, ‘hitched’ means two
people have married.

Goals – (verb, adj) If you see someone commenting

#goals on a Facebook photo, it is a subtle way of saying
they are jealous and want a similar experience.

Squad – (adj) Squad refers to your group of friends in

slang English. When someone says “this is my squad”
they are referring to a group of friends.

GOAT – (adj) GOAT is an acronym that stands for

greatest of all time. In conversational English or in the
world of social media, this is a very commonly used
expression. For example, you can say “these sneakers
are GOAT”
Low Key – (adj) If you see someone says “let’s keep it
low-key” for now, it means they don’t want to tell
everyone about it.

Another example is: “It is a low key event attended by

only a few of my best friends” – means it is an event
that was exclusive to a small group.

Nerd out – (verb) To ‘nerd out’ means to get so

enthralled and engaged in a seemingly nerdy or geeky
activity or topic.

Mood – (verb) Mood refers something that is relevant.

For example, in informal English someone could say “My
2018 mood is all about self improvement and growth”

Chill- (adj, verb) Another common colloquial word in

American informal vocabulary. ‘Chill’ can describe
something that is relaxed, easy, and fun. It can also be
used as a verb meaning you are relaxing, and being easy
going.

Bombed- (verb) Usually used in an academic setting,

‘bombed’ means to completely fail something. It is also
used as a verb to say you are getting very drunk.

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Fire- (adj) Saying something is ‘fire’ means it is

outstanding. You can use this slang word to describe
everything from food to music.

retweet (verb)- Originating from the online news and

networking service Twitter, the linguistic expression,
“Retweet”, in conversation means the person agrees
with you.
Saying this in informal conversation is a form of
validating what someone is saying.

Dime- (adj) While not as common in modern spoken

English, the word ‘dime’ is sometimes used to describe
a female who is sweet, good looking, and kind.

It stems from the expression, “She’s a ten!” Meaning

she is given a ‘score’ of 10/10. In American money a
dime is worth $0.10, hence, the word ‘dime’.

Swing- (verb) The term ‘swing’ has multiple informal

meanings in the English language. One meaning is used
when telling someone you will come by their house or
workplace for a short period of time by saying, “I’ll
swing by”.
Another informal meaning of the word ‘swing’ is to
explain your sexual orientation. If someone asks if you
are a homosexual, you may respond by saying, “I don’t
swing that way”.

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Fly- (adj) A description word meaning, “really young and

hip”. Often used while describing someone’s clothing
attire.

Drop- (verb) A word used when enlightening someone

with information. Often heard in the expression, “let
me drop some knowledge on you”.

Also used in reference to releasing music in the

expression, “I’m gonna drop this mixtape”.
Slide- (verb) This word is used for it’s literal meaning
‘glide’, but used in terms of a person becoming apart of
another person’s life. Ex: “I’m going to slide into her
life.”

Bestie- (noun) Meaning best friends. Ex: “She’s my

bestie”.

Hot- (adj) Not to be confused with the temperature,

‘hot’ is a common word in American English to describe
something as extremely beautiful or sexy.

Jacked- (adj) A word describing someone who

exercises a lot or who has large muscles. For example
“Tom spends a lot of time in the gym – explains why he
is so jacked up now”

gotcha – (exclamation) You would you this word on it’s

own to acknowledge that you understand something
someone is saying.
Swag- (noun) ‘Swag’ has two informal meanings in
English. One meaning refers to the free objects you
receive at promotional events.

Another is in reference to the manner in which

someone carries themselves.

Slaying it – (noun) ‘Slay” or “slaying it” means doing

really well. In American colloquial English, you may hear
someone say ” Mark is slaying it as a

turn up- (verb) To “turn up” means to party very hard,

usually with the implication of drinking alcohol.

Yolo- (phrase and expression) ‘Yolo’ is short for the

phrase, “You Only Live Once”. This phrase is popular
with teenagers and young adults.
It’s meaning is implying that you should live your life
how you want because you only get one of them. The
phrase is shortened to ‘yolo’ in verbal conversation.

Asap – This is an acronym for, “As soon as possible”. It

is often just expressed verbally as ‘asap’. Ex: “How
soon do you need the car?” “Asap!”.

These 40 American English slang words should help you

acclimate to the changing and fluid nature of American
Conversational English!