free gaff n.— «What happened in the “session house” in Waterford—an open house party known in Dublin as a “free gaff”—can happen anywhere around the country.» —“Sick reality of what has happened that cocaine...
financial ostrich n.— «The survey highlights another breed of personal banker, the “financial ostrich,” a term used to describe a small proportion of U.S. consumers (3 percent) who are completely ignorant about how much money...
monging n.— «Gary Duggan’s first stage play, Monged, is about three Dublin fellas on a three-day “monging” binge.» —“Don’t miss this almost perfect Doll” by Emer O’Kelly Sunday...
Billy n.— «“So I said to him, “Fine, but just before you’re going into one of them can you give me the Billy?” That’s Dublin slang for give me the nod. “So he says, ‘Yeah great no problem.’ So the song is coming to an...
segotia n.— «Me segotia, or me oul’ segotia are phrases as Dublin as they come.…Mr. Paddy O’Neill…was right when he glossed it as a Dublin Fusilier’s word. Me segotia, Mr. O’Neill claimed, was originally said to children...
GUBU adj.— «It has been an annus horribilis for the Prime Minister. The combination of an unpopular war in Iraq, which split his cabinet and his party, and the GUBU nature of the David Kelly affair, not to mention the Hutton Inquiry...