Deise Dictionary


Blaa
An often under-cooked bread roll that hails from waterford. There are two
distinct varieties, the floury which is very soft and has layers of flour
covering it and the crusty, they\\\'re lovely!

Bawel
Ball e.g. \\\"On de bawel boi!\\\"- Thank you, my friend.

Boi
Boy: Waterford word, normally put at the end of each sentence, said when
waterfordonian is speaking to a male.

Baytin\\\'
A good beating. See \\\"hiden\\\"

Baatel
A bottle of Guinness.

Ballacks
Boll*cks

Bibe
A cantankerous woman, normally middle-aged to old! It\\\'s really the Waterford
word for the banshee.

Crubeens
Boiled pigs feet, continuing Waterford\\\'s fascination with eating offal.

Cant
To throw; \\\"Cant the bawel up de field, boi!\\\"-throw the ball up the field,
sir!

Cat
Distasteful, unattractive, revolting. e.g. \\\"Dat yung wan is cat\\\";That girl
is rather unattractive.

Girdel
Girl. Waterford word, normally put at the end of each sentence,said when
waterfordonian is speaking to a female.

Glass, De
Waterford Crystal. Every man in Waterford over the age of 40, at one point
in their lives have worked in \\\"De Glass\\\". Used to be Waterford\\\'s biggest
source of income and employment. They now use auto-cutters, fuck*ng
robots! There\\\'s still a few lads working there, but very few
compared to years ago, most of it is now made abroad.

Gawkin\\\'
Looking intensely at; staring. \\\"Wat are you gawkin\\\' at, boi?\\\";What
are you looking at ,sir?

Go, Yer
To fight. \\\"Do ye want yer GO, boi, I\\\'ll puck de head off ya, boi!\\\",
Do you wish to fight over the matter?, I\\\'ll hit about the head, sir!\\\"

Horrars, De
The state of being drunk, NOT a local establishment in Waterford, a
common mistake by Cork people.

Hiden
A good beating, see \\\"Baytin\\\'\\\"

Happent
Haven\\\'t; \\\"I happent a clue, boi\\\";I haven\\\'t a clue,sir.

Haimes
To make a mess of something; \\\"You\\\'re making a haimes o\\\'dat boi!\\\"

Jonnies
1.Condoms
2. People from the vicinity of John\\\'s park.

Lack, De
My girl-friend.

Loo lah
To be slightly insane! \\\"Dat yung wan is loo lah!\\\" The girl is
slightly insane!\\\"

No boddar
No bother: \\\"Dat was no boddar, boi\\\" That was no problem,sir\\\"

Ossified
Pis*ed

Rats, In de
Pis*ed

Stawlen\\\'
Kissing, as in \\\"stawlen\\\' de head off a yung wan in the back of de
cearr\\\"= kissing a girl in the back of my car.\\\"

Shup
Shut up!

Spon\\\'s, spondoolocks
Used to mean pounds, now have to assume it means Euro\\\'s, \\\"Have ya
anee spondoolocks, boi?\\\": Have you any money, my friend?

Taw\\\'in
Talking \\\"I\\\'m taw\\\'in to you Boi, do you want yer go\\\". \\\"I\\\'m talking to you
sir, would you like to fight on the matter?\\\"

Willa
Will you? \\\"Get us a packet a Tayyyyyyto Boi WILLA\\\" , \\\"Can you please
purchase a packet of Tayto crisps for me my friend?\\\"

Yung wan
A girl