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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Irish Slang

American Term | Irish Term

Fries | Chips
Chips | Crisps
Kissing | Scoring, Snogging, Meeting
Fun | Craic (pronounced "crack")
What's going on? | What's the craic?, What's the beef?
Hurt, messed up | Banjaxed
Random object | Yolk
Awesome | Deadly, Sound
Hood of a car | Bonnet
Trunk of a car | Boot
Being foolish | Acting the maggot
Fun | Gas
Movies | Pictures
(I'll let you guess) | Feck off
Well done | Fair play
Stupid | Thick


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  1. Kaye FoleyFebruary 6, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    Hmm, kissing = meeting? That could be confusing in some contexts.

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