Dublin Slang

Welcome to Camden Street! 🎉

You’ve checked into the heart of Dublin’s liveliest strip where music drifts from the pubs, the pints don’t stop, and the craic is constant. To help you keep up with the locals, we’ve put together a quick guide to Dublin slang. Have a read, and you’ll be chatting like a Dub in no time.

• • Give it a lash – give it a try.

  • Fair play – well done / good on you.

  • Gaff – house (e.g. “heading back to my gaff”)

• • Absolute creamer – a great pint of Guinness.

• • The head on the Guinness – a way to describe a good pint of Guinness.

• • Look at yer man / yer wan – look at that man or that woman.

• • We’re sucking diesel – now we’re moving / things are finally taking shape.
  • Ride – someone very attractive.

• • She/he is sound out – someone who’s very nice or easy to chat to.

• • Knackered – really tired.

  • On the lash – out drinking.

  • Gobshite – idiot, fool.

  • Legend – someone impressive or reliable.

  • Chancer – someone pushing their luck or trying to get away with something.

• • The neckkk – someone being cheeky or rude: “The neck of her to do that to me!”

• • Are you well? – are you stupid / what’s wrong with you?

• • Lashing rain – raining very heavily.

• • You’re a messer – someone who’s not serious or always messing about.

• • Deadly – something you like, unreal.

• • Culchie – a person from the countryside.

• • Poxy – something unpleasant: “This poxy weather is wreckin’ my head.”