Northern Irish Slang Dictionary

Wee

Meaning: Small, little.

Example: "Wanna go for a wee dander?"

Craic

Meaning: Fun, gossip, news.

Example: "What's the craic?"

Ballix

Meaning: Lies

Example: "You're full of ballix so ye are"

Eejit

Meaning: Idiot, fool.

Example: "no ye ejjit ye!"

Catch yerself on

Meaning: Stop Whining

Example: "Houl yer whisht, I'm trying to think."

Scundered

Meaning: Embarrassed, ashamed.

Example: "I was scundered when I tripped over."

Dead on

Meaning: Alright, okay, good.

Example: "He's dead on, that lad."

Beamer

Meaning: Someone who is embarrassed or something that is embarrassing.

Example: "I had a beamer when I fell in front of everyone."

eejit

Meaning: A complete idiot.

Example: "He's a buck eejit for sure."

Coul

Meaning: Cold.

Example: "It's pure coul out there."

Foundered

Meaning: Extremely cold, freezing.

Example: "I'm foundered, turn up the heat!"

Yer man/Yer woman

Meaning: That guy/That girl.

Example: "Yer man from down the road said it was fine."

Wind yer neck in

Meaning: Stop talking, calm down.

Example: "Wind yer neck in and listen for a minute."

Norn Iron

Meaning: Northern Ireland.

Example: "I love living in Norn Iron."

Poke

Meaning: Ice cream cone.

Example: "I'll have a poke with a flake, please."

Geg

Meaning: Joke, laugh.

Example: "ack yer a geg mate!"

Hiya

Meaning: Hello, hi.

Example: "Hiya, how's it going?"

Minging

Meaning: Disgusting, gross.

Example: "That food is minging."

Melter

Meaning: Someone who is annoying or frustrating.

Example: "Stop being a melter."

Wean

Meaning: Child, baby.

Example: "She's got a cute wee wean."

Bucklepper

Meaning: Something very funny, someone who laughs a lot.

Example: "That comedian is a bucklepper."

Froot/Fruit

Meaning: A term for homosexuals

Example: "He's a wee froot."

tenner

Meaning: A £10 Note

Example: "lend us a tenner I'll pay back on monday"

Snog

Meaning: Kiss passionately.

Example: "They had a snog at the party."

Peeler

Meaning: Police officer.

Example: "Them peelers were chasing me"

Steamin'

Meaning: Very drunk.

Example: "He was absolutely steamin' last night."

Wile

Meaning: Very, really.

Example: "It's a wile day for weather."

Ach

Meaning: Oh (expression of resignation or disbelief).

Example: "Ach, it doesn't matter."

Feg

Meaning: Cigarette.

Example: "Have you got a