Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
publican:
pub manager
pull:
to attract romantic attention
punter:
partygoer, customer
put a sock in it:
shut up
quay
(pronounced “key”): waterside street, ship offloading area
queue:
line
queue up:
line up
quick smart:
immediately
quid:
pound (money in Northern Ireland, worth about $1.60)
ramps:
speed bumps
randy:
horny
rat run:
shortcut
redundant, made:
laid off
return ticket:
round-trip
ride:
have sex with
ring up:
call (telephone)
ROI:
Republic of Ireland
roundabout:
traffic circle
RTE:
Irish Republic's broadcast network
rubber:
eraser
runners:
tennis shoes
sanitary towel:
sanitary pad
sausage roll:
sausage wrapped in a flaky pastry (like a pig in a blanket)
scarlet:
embarrassed
Scotch egg:
hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat
self-catering:
apartment with kitchen
sellotape:
Scotch tape
serviette:
napkin
session:
musical evening
shag:
have sex with
shag all:
hardly any
shebeen:
illegal drinking hole
single ticket:
one-way ticket
skint:
broke, poor
skip:
Dumpster
slag:
to ridicule, tease
smalls:
underwear
snogging:
kissing, making out