Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
knock up:
wake up or visit
ladybird:
ladybug
lash:
a try (“give it a lash”)
left luggage:
baggage check
let:
rent
lift:
elevator
listed:
protected historic building
lorry:
truck
Ma, Mam, Mammy:
mother
mac:
mackintosh (trench) coat
mangetout:
snow peas
mate:
buddy (boy or girl)
mean:
stingy
mental:
crazy
minced meat:
hamburger
minerals:
soft drinks
mobile
(MOH-bile): cellphone
mod cons:
modern conveniences (not convicts in bell-bottoms)
naff:
dorky, tacky
nappy:
diaper
natter:
talk and talk
“Norn Iron”
(pronounced): Northern Ireland
nought:
zero
noughties:
the decade from 2000-2009
noughts & crosses:
tic-tac-toe
OAP:
old-age pensioner (qualified for senior discounts)
off-license:
liquor store
Oirish:
exaggerated Irish accent
on offer:
for sale
paddywhackery:
exaggerated Irish accent
paralytic:
passed-out drunk
pasty:
(PASS-tee) crusted savory (usually meat) pie
pavement:
sidewalk
pear-shaped:
messed up, gone wrong
petrol:
gas
pissed (rude), paralytic, bevvied, wellied, popped up, ratted, pissed as a newt:
drunk
pitch:
playing field
plaster:
Band-Aid
