Irish Dictionary
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| Irish Slang: | ¡@ | meaning in English: |
| Package of crips | n | a packet of potato crisps |
| Paddy wagon | n | police van |
| Paralytic | a | very drunk |
| Pave | n | to rob something |
| Pavey/ Pikey | n | gypsy (they were specifically travelling sellers of fabric) |
| Pedal and crank | n | wank |
| Pelting | v | throwing objects or pelting with rain |
| Perishing | a | very good |
| Petrified | a | drunk |
| Pictures | n | movies |
| Pint of plain | n | a pint of Guinness |
| Piped telly | n | Cable television |
| Piss in the Beds | n | dandelions |
| Pissed off | a | very angry |
| Pisser | n | going out for a night of big drinking. |
| Piss up | n | getting drunk. Let's all go on a big piss up |
| Plankin' it | phr | very nervous |
| Plastered | a | drunk |
| Plastic Paddy | n | someone of Irish descent who has all the accoutrements of Irishness - ends up being a cliché |
| Plonker | n | idiot |
| Polluted | a | drunk |
| Poof | n | homosexual |
| Poppies | n | potatoes |
| Posser | n | when you get a wet foot from walking in a puddle of water |
| Poteen | n | illegal spirits |
| Praities | n | potatoes |
| Press | n | cupboard |
| Provo | n | a member or supporter of the (Provisional) IRA |
| Puck | n | punch |
| Puke | n | get sick, vomit |
| Pulling me plumb | n | doing absolutely nothing |
| Pullin' me wire | v | having a wank |
| Pull your socks up | phr | get to work/get busy |
| Put a gap in the bush | phr | close the door |
| Put the heart crossways in someone | phr | you'll give me a heart attack i.e. "Jasus, don't do that. You'll put the heart crossways in me" |
| Puss | n | face, usually sulky |