We all know taht us Irish are mad about our national sport whic is, Gaelic Football. Heres a few terms you may have heard from Irish people and their meanings! Báite - eg "I gave it báite" - I put a fair bit of effort into it Stomached - surprised eg. "Jays, when he came up behind me I was awful stomached" Mighty - very good Hames - a right mess - eg. "he made a hames of that clearance" Timber - intimidation of a hurling opponent Welt - swing at Lamp - a good thump A Crowd – e.g. "that crowd from Ardrahan are a right shower of ****'*" Schkelp - a good thump Bullin' - angry. eg. "the centre half back was bullin' after I lamped him" Bull thick - very angry Joult - a push Joshel - a shoulder push The Comm-it-eeee - Local GAA fools in general Bushted - eg. "Jayz me arm is bushted" Bomber - a very popular nickname for a GAA player A hang sangwidge - consumed with tay on the sides of roads after matches in Croker or Thurles. Citeog - he hit it with his citeog. ie. left handed/footed Warp - hit something hard as in "I'll ******' warp you" Blast - A great amount of anything. Rake - Also a great amount of anything, usually pints of Guinness A Shamozzle - a group of players shkelpin' one another but not exactly hittin' anyone at the same time! Flakin' - usually goes on for a whole game..... eg. "Jayz Mike Murphy gave Tony Delaney an awful flakin' below in training on Sunday". To "flake" a lad for a whole game usually starts off with a bit of the aforementioned "joshellin'" and "joultin'" and develops into a bit of "weltin'" and may even result in a good "lampin'" for the victim especially if he gets "bull thick". Namajaysus - What was that for, referee? Leh-it-in-ta-****-would-ya - Full forward's appeal to a midfielder for a more timely delivery of the pass Mullocker - untidy or awkward players Horsed - bout of rough play or intimidatory tactics as in “we horsed them out of it Horse - untidy or rough player. There's one in every club ( The Legendary “Horse†Delaney) Row - Fight involving four or more players swinging hurleys like lunatics Massive Row - Row involving both team,substitutes and supporters jumping fences Running Row - A massive row that continues out in the parking area and/or dressing room areas Come up ta **** - A corner back back trying to rise the ball . a hape - A big quantity (Heap) in the paw - To catch the ball. a Brawl - A collection of bodies in disagreement with each other. a Dinger - Usually a fast wing forward who can leave his opponent "for Dust". a right **** - The Ref was a bit biased towards the other team.
