International weird word/phrase thread

gv1.3

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We have members from anywhere and everywhere some shy some not so shy.
How about sharing with the forum some interesting, weird and wonderful words or phrases that exist in your country/city/county which are unique to that location.

The Malta boys for example, is there a phrase you use often that when translated directly in to English makes no sense or sounds odd?

those of you who traveled to Japan or are in Japan, anything we should or should not say if we find ourselves on the streets of Tokyo?

I know Dublin has lots of slang and odd sayings so I am sure we will hear some from the Dublin members, as for the Irish folk from outside Dublin hahaha I have heard some of the funniest sayings and phrases in Ireland that just make me burst out laughing when I think of them.

So what have you got to say?
 
starletgtturbo1

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well i live in scotland, but i have been working in shetland and i cant understand a word any of them say.
muckle=big
peerie=small
yonder= over there
that is just a few of words that come to my head, but these hillybillys speak weird and far to fast, it is so bad that ive had to get a apprentice from the island to translate and speak slower for me :p
 
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Lol theres alot of those litteral translations from maltese to english that make fuck all sense lol.. actually most litteral translations will get you scratching ur head.. right now im too fucked to think so ill post again tomorrow with something more useful :haha:

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gv1.3

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^^ lol when you get a good rough Scottish accent its pretty tough to decipher!

I only really started thinking about this since I lived outside of Ireland and people have to keep asking me to repeat myself.

I say "yonder" all the time :p

Some other phrases that I never really realised I use but apparently do, a lot
-get up ta fuck
-sure jaysis
-thats a load of me bollix
-dyin for a roaster (a beer)
-poxy thing e.g. "I hate chevys they are poxy oul things"
-haype e.g. "thats a haype of shite"
-Locked = very drunk
-buckled = very drunk
-balloons = very drunk
-balubas = very drunk
-skuttered = very drunk

A good country one they used to use when I was in school in county Offaly back in the day was
-Make bits of him. You would often hear a football manager shout at one of his team "go on make bits of him" thus encouraging his player to hack the shit out of one of the opposition.
 
JohnOBrien8

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gv1.3 said:
^^ lol when you get a good rough Scottish accent its pretty tough to decipher!

I only really started thinking about this since I lived outside of Ireland and people have to keep asking me to repeat myself.

I say "yonder" all the time :p

Some other phrases that I never really realised I use but apparently do, a lot
-get up ta fuck
-sure jaysis
-thats a load of me bollix
-dyin for a roaster (a beer)
-poxy thing e.g. "I hate chevys they are poxy oul things"
-haype e.g. "thats a haype of shite"
-Locked = very drunk
-buckled = very drunk
-balloons = very drunk
-balubas = very drunk
-skuttered = very drunk

A good country one they used to use when I was in school in county Offaly back in the day was
-Make bits of him. You would often hear a football manager shout at one of his team "go on make bits of him" thus encouraging his player to hack the shit out of one of the opposition.
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hahaha i looked at this thread and thought there isnt really anything that i could write that hasnt to to with fighting or drinking!look at most of yours!
stereotype irish!!:haha::haha:
 
gv1.3

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JohnOBrien8 said:
hahaha i looked at this thread and thought there isnt really anything that i could write that hasnt to to with fighting or drinking!look at most of yours!
stereotype irish!!:haha::haha:
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its true man, aint stereotyping a bitch haha.

Im sure you can come up with a load more, give it a blast, I bet there is stuff you say everyday that would leave people from outside Ireland scratching their head.
 
gv1.3

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dac69er said:
i speak the queens english so i dont know what you are all talking about ;)
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hey now, you might, but I have come across a few who are harder to understand than the Scottish people mentioned above! *cough*Kelly*cough*
 
JohnOBrien8

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i dont say all of these but ive heard these and more being said!

skyboy-greatman/legend!
ara christ-oh my god
he drink it out of your wellys-hes always drinkin alcohol/mad to drink
huar for beer-same as above
some bus-great machine not only bus!
unreal hi-unbelieveble
slippery knickers-a slut/whore!!!
Amadon-eijit/fool
like a pig in muck-having a great time
on the pigs back-same as above
well horsebox-people say when greetin ya instead of hello!
alright boss-same as above
slan-irish for goodbye!
any banter?-any news/gossip
story horse?same as above
aon sceal?irish for any news

just a few off the top of me head!! :haha:
 
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Most common one used a lot here is 'whitey' comes from when someone smokes to much weed and gets sick aka pulling a whitey. But now the word is being used when something bad happens like say if the car breaks down 'such a fucken whitey' or when someone tells you something bad the response is usually 'whitey'!

Hows your cat.com -hello
gook -muppet
gobshite - well we all know
shitehawak - messer
off the bin - intoxicated
outta the noodle - intoxicated
whacked - intoxicated
upcasten - making a scene
boot the clutch outta her - give it to her as in a bird
Head like on him like a melted wellie
Head like on him like a chewed toffee
Beautiful like the back of a jcb
So much more cant think right now lol

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If you kicked her in the cat a box full of cocks would fall out
The smell of your mothers erection
Smell of balls of your chin
 
SupaStu

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Lmao, the Scottish ones are great, funny to hear when I go home:

bawbag - ballbag, used like "what a fuckin bawbag"
jakey - scumbag/tramp etc, used effectively as "fuckin jakey bastard"
glaekit -stupid person, used like "useless glaekit cunt"

Some local NI words

Clean rotten (NI) - manky (SCO) - dirty (ENG)

Ahh can't think of any more at the moment
 
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Guye

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Some local terms/words,

crappo smoke ya pipe = you're in big trouble
buller = homosexual
lickmout lou = person who loves/spreads gossip
duppy = ghost/spirit/poltergeist
paro = druggie vagrant
hobby class = it's free/no payment required
skinning ya teeth = laughing
mekking mock sport = not taking something seriously

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'm sure many more will come.
 
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JohnOBrien8

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a head on ya like a burst sausage!-?ugly!
a face like a builders elbow!same as above
drive her like your late for mass!-drive fast
drive her like you stole her-same as above
no smoke no poke-chavs say this as in when they screw out the pump giving there deisel cars more power and black smoke comes out the exhaust.
drop a cog and give her the vtec!explains itself
hoop that coupe-do donuts in your AE86
sweating like a dyslexic on countdown!
off your tits-very drunk
out of it-same as above
knockers-boobs
as tight as a nuns knickers-a scab/cheap ass!
poo pusher-homosexual
up the mucker-up the bum!!!

so many more :haha:
 
riko666

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one that stumped me with you lot is "Craic" and when I heard it in person, I was seriously astounded by the seemingly profuse crack cocaine addiction spreading.

Only to be disappointed to learn it meant "banter". Infact, when I first came to the UK in 2001 I felt like I spelt another language (some still tell me that), and I still struggle to understand some terms.

There's far too many literal translations in Italian that simply don't work, its amusing to see what movie titles are renamed to in Italian cinemas - one that comes to mind is Agent Smart, in Italy they called it "Agente Smart: Casino Totale" (Casino in Italy means a Casino, or a mess). I also like "Vaffanculo", which means "Go fluff yourself", but would literally translate to "Go do a butt"
 
davehart

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A few X-rated ones.............

Balls Deep
= To penitrate a nice lady deep and hard / wanting to shag a bird

Knock her back doors in
= Similar to Balls Deep but to give a lass a right good seeing to.
 
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