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Limerick Slang

Arab's tackie, refers to a condition of dry mouth, usually the morning after a night of drinking, actual phrase refers to a shoe
example: "My mouth is as dry as an Arab's tackie!"

Bullin', very angry
example: "I was bullin' about my stolen car!"

Batter, a word used to describe the state of a person after consuming large amounts of alcohol
example: "Will we go on the batter?"

Chip, refers to a bag of potato chips, the word is singular but refers to the plural meaning
example: "Can I have a garlic and cheese chip?"

Ghoul, idiot
example: "Yer old man is a complete ghoul."

Go go, a hair tie or elastic hair band
example: "Do you have a go go for my hair?"

Kicked, ugly, usually refers to a person
example: "Yer bird is kicked!"

Latchees, travelers or people living a modern-day gypsy-like lifestye
example: "A new family of Latchees has just parked their caravan in our locality!"

Pimousin, teasing
example: "He was just pimousin me."

Puck, to hit someone or something, usually refers to a person
example: "He looked as if he could puck someone in the face!"

Rads, radiator
example: "I'll hang my wet trousers over the rads to dry."

Rake, a lot of people
example: "There was a rake of people out shopping today."

Readin', to gossip
example: "She overheard me readin' her fellow last night."

Scittin’, laughing uncontrollably
example: “I was scittin’ myself.”

Scobe [also known as knacker], A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides or a person who buys discarded structures and dismantles them to sell the materials.
example: “Look at those scobes!”

Sham, man
example: “How’s it going sham?”

Snake, to do something or go somewhere on the sly
example: “He was snakin’ around the place so I called me old man.”

So, alright
example: “That’ll be 25p so…”

Tackies, runners [sneakers]
example: “I need some new tackies.”

Taytos, crisps
example: “Will you get me a bag of taytos”

Phrases:

Are you gonna away? means, Are you leaving now?

Eat a scabby baby! means, very hungry, starved

Sick as a small hospital! means, very sick

Leave me in. means, wouldn’t let me in

Gonna up home. means, I’m going home now.