h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I can't believe this word never made it in.

I didn't think it would fit with the rules, but on second thoughts it is bandied about as a very minor curse...although it tends to be more common North of the river ....I'll pass it on to the entry's editor.

And after Fr. Ted it's been used for almost anything from slagging someone to a term of endearment.

There's another word I don't think made it in - slagging.

I'm not a Northsider very long and look what's happened

Tell me this - do they really eat their young? .

Actually the Northside is all to often tarred with the one brush - much of it is very nice...once your past the East Wall area, anyhow.

I think "slagging" is not specific to Dublin or even Ireland for that matter - I was certainly "slagged off" in school in Lincolnshire which is very similar (and not nearly as fun as it sounds )

When playing soccer/Gaelic you will often hear the word "House" shouted at the player in possesion. This is equivalent to the "Man on" call I'm more used to and the explanation (dubious though it is) is that the player "should watch over his house".

...there's a lot of these words when you start to look at it.