Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
cos:
romaine lettuce
cotton buds:
cotton swabs
courgette:
zucchini
craic
(pronounced “crack”): fun, good conversation
crèche
(pronounced “creesh”): preschool
crisps:
potato chips
crusties:
New Age hippies
culchie:
hick, country yokel
cuppa:
cup of tea
Da:
father
deadly:
really good
dear:
expensive
digestives:
round graham crackers
dinner:
lunch or dinner
diversion:
detour
dodgy:
iffy, risky
dole:
welfare
done and dusted:
completed
donkey's years:
until the cows come home, forever
draughts
(pronounced “drafts”)
:
checkers
draw:
marijuana
dual carriageway:
divided highway (four lanes)
Dubs:
people from Dublin
eejit:
moron
Emergency, The:
World War II
en suite:
bathroom attached to room
face flannel:
washcloth
fair play (to you):
well done, good job
fanny:
vagina
fiddler's fart:
worthless thing
first floor:
second floor (one floor above ground)
fiver:
five-euro note
flat:
apartment
fluthered:
drunk
flutter:
a bet
football:
Gaelic football
fortnight:
two weeks
full monty:
the whole shebang, everything