IRISH SLANG | 12 COMMON PHRASES

[@roberthurley6860]

I'm from Queens, NY, I have Irish relatives....'plastered', 'bonkers' ....my uncles all used those words and I guess that's why I do too LOL

[@camandkadie]

Hahaha love it 😁 keep it alive 😉😂

[@austinpennington1842]

My great grandparents were Irish. We live on a family farm in the mountains of southwestern Virginia; and a lot of these phrases are used in my family and some even in our wee town. Never had a further thought about it. Cool video!

[@PURPLE_M00N_QU3EN]

Aye sure i live here in the countryside and literally everyone around me uses these phrases even me

[@sharifa7050]

That's GORGEOUS 🤣 simply referring to food😭😂

[@oldredeyes7816]

I’m from an Irish American family I’m da third generation born in America. My family is originally from Cork and I grew up hearing Mad, Gas, and quite a few others not mentioned here. Also I definitely know bonker, and plastered is a big southern slang word. A lot of Irish immigrants settled in the south east. Especially in the Carolina’s. If you heard some of my family’s slang now it’s crazy because it’s a mix of thick Irish accents and southern American. Proper video!

[@elioraimmanuel]

Born and raised in the U.S. and married to a Brit for 20 years. Many of these terms I had heard and/or used throughout my life (I am over 50) with my father who has always used them, maybe with a variation. Going like 60 (not 90) is something that is inter generational with me, plastered, bonkers, mad, banter are known even by my children, but gaf, cop on and give it sock are knew to me. Gas is a term dating back to the mid 20th century here. Proper is used differently in Britain, but Suss and Bird are common and used the same. As a lover of 60’s British music I have known Bird all my life. Being married to a Brit I have learned any number of new vocabulary words each year, including the numerous word for the bathroom/toilet. I am still learning new words all the time! Cockney slang is the most peculiar. I hope the learning never ends! Great video.

[@camandkadie]

Thank you so much for your comment! That's so cool, you're in a very similar situation to Kaetlyn and I!! 😁 Where are you from in the US and how did you meet your spouse? Going 60?? That's new for us too haha. That's pretty cool, what cockney slang have you learned that is your favourite? Cockney is quite unique too that's for sure!! Thanks so much for watching ☺️☺️

[@dgrjazz]

I’m 72 and I’m from several places in the US Suss = new to me Gaf = is like a mistake, in speaking Gas = new to me, but in the US it can mean a great time like a party. Proper - new to me. Going 90 = new to me Bird =I know it but prob BBC Bonkers = in my generation very common in the US Plastered = in my generation very common in the US Banter - I know the word, but is used here meaning back and forth clever conversations Socks = new to me Cop on =new to me Thanks for fun new stuff

[@camandkadie]

Thank you!! It's so cool to see the ones you know vs the ones that are new to you! Glad we could show you some new ones 😊

[@michaelo2l]

A great collection of slang word I've not heard in other slang related videos... My dad once sent my sister to the shop to buy a bottle of cop-on (and that was in the 60's)... Just to note, Banter is actually a real word meaning light hearted discussion or conversation...

[@Gancanna]

Plastered was one I heard often as a kid! I grew up in a Pennsylvania coal mining town that still has a lot of descendants of Irish and Welsh immigrants.

[@addictedtocraic]

Gaff is used in the north too. Its used all over England too. Going on a mad one is also going on a big time sesh! Lol The craic is 90 too!

[@janetcarey6954]

Third generation American Irish, grandfatherfrom County Cork. Know the following well: bonkers, cop on, bird. This is my first to your site. Makes me miss my Dad.

[@seanbyers6736]

My mom’s parents are from Ireland and England so growing up I heard a good many of these. Didn’t even know they weren’t common until I used them in certain situations and people looked at me weird. As for “give it socks”, I wonder if that’s derived from sports where you keep playing even if your shoe falls off.

[@camandkadie]

Haha yeah it was the same for me when I first lived in America, so many words I thought were the norm people didnt understand. Kadie reminds me all the time and I've come to realise there is so many words and phrases we use that are so unique to Ireland and UK 😂

[@tubaljohn1]

Nice couple. I'm a new subscriber. I was him 25 years ago.I was showing this to my wife. Muck Savage.

[@jesseyork4024]

These videos are great craíc. As for bonkers, it's common enough in the US. I've heard it my whole life, though it's used now almost comically, therefore also sparingly, the way you'd use a word like bamboozled. In the 80s, Nabisco sold chewable candy called Bonkers. The commercials featured kids going crazy from the taste. Banter is also standard in the US. Cop on is another expression used in the US with the same meaning as wise up but wouldn't be used in either of these contexts. Someone who finally realizes what's going on would say, "It took me a minute to cop on to what was happening..."

[@camandkadie]

Glad you're enjoying them 😊 yeah we definitely are learning some of this slang has made its way across the world... Its not something we have heard ourselves in the States but there are a few words we seem to share both sides of the pond 😅

[@austinjamesfarrar4054]

Yes we are so use that kind of slang in Cork

[@brianmacgabhann5630]

I always thought gaf was spelt with two f's. That's gas.

[@camandkadie]

Now I'm doubting everything.... 🤔😂

[@austinjamesfarrar4054]

Having the banter and crack with friends means good humour between friends

[@seannolan8615]

Met an elderly man one morning in town,who said hello to me and I said well how are you and he replied, jaysus I'm nearly bollixed.

[@camandkadie]

Hahaha that's a pretty Irish response alright 😂

[@brianmacgabhann5630]

Just as the Eskimos are said to have many words for snow, we have many words for drunk. Plastered is just one, but you can have stocious, langered, jarred, shit-faced, arse-holed, elephant's trunk, sozzled, and many more.

[@camandkadie]

True, there are so many different words when it comes to slang. Too many 😂 we just focused on the most common, but thanks for sharing some more 🤗

[@musiker4193]

Hi I am from germany and I knew bonkers because there was a character from a Cartoon and his name was bonkers which he also was :)

[@jaythebluegamer5922]

Guuuuuuuuuurl! I'm American born and raised and I understood most of these! Plastered! How have you never before heard anyone use that for "drunk off his ass"? As for "Give it socks": ya heard of the phrase "sock it to 'em", right? It's something you'd hear in like a boxing context for example. Boxing=fighting. If someone is battling addiction, you tell 'em to "fight it" meaning to give resistance their all and overcome their addiction..... Y'get the idea, yeah? And "mad", y'all, in that context is used often were I'm from. So Ireland i'nt alone with that one. Anyway, sorry for acting the lune. 😔

[@camandkadie]

Awww! Where are you from in the US? Its crazy that you've heard all of those and I never have 🙈🙈🙈

[@jaythebluegamer5922]

@@camandkadie not all, but most. I'm from Kentucky.

[@camandkadie]

That's pretty neat. Well thanks so much for watching and for your comment 😊

[@deidrekoehler2882]

I understood all of the slang, but then again...my dad, grandfather and great-grandfather, all went to Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

[@camandkadie]

Ahh that's cool. What did they all study there? Where are you from yourself? 😊

[@djbillybopdjbillybop2817]

Good Video guys I was Plastered Christmas Day at my Gaf I drank so much I did Give it socks and my wife said cop on. I AM From Clonmel in County Tipperary Happy Christmas to you both.

[@camandkadie]

😅😅 Merry Christmas to you too 😁

[@BeavisFireFire]

I knew "mad', "bonkers' and "plastered" and I'm from 'Murica.

[@camandkadie]

That's cool, where in 'Murica are you from? Would you have used them in the same context? Thanks for watching 😊

[@pauldobson2529]

I’m from Australia and i was familiar with all of these...even though most of the slang terms have Aussie counterparts. Bird, for instance, was big 50 years ago, but we use sheila. We’d know plastered, but use pissed, maggoted or shitfaced.

[@camandkadie]

That's pretty cool. Yeah I've always said Aussies and Irish share a lot of slang. What's some Aussie slang that isn't used anywhere else?

[@tommcgrath2496]

Growing up with Irish parents, I was exposed to many expressions. For Example, there were 2 very rough & poor housing locations named Gow's Lane & Ushers Arch both mentioned in local Waterford newspapers around 1855. According to my mother, a Gowser was someone who was poorly mannered & dressed but sometimes she used to say Ushers Arch which meant the same thing. To this day, my immediate family refer to anyone bit rough looking as a Gowser.

[@camandkadie]

Wow that's so interesting. A gowser... It weirdly sounds familiar but I don't think I've ever actually heard it. For some reason even though I never knew this I feel like I naturally would have understood the meaning 😅 that's pretty cool. Thanks so much for sharing!! Where are you from yourself?

[@tommcgrath2496]

@@camandkadie Hi ,Both my parents were originally from Waterford City. i was born in Birmingham in 1953 then we moved to London. I currently live in Dover. Even my Grandson is familiar with the expression Gowser, he knows it means unkemptly dressed or mannered. Regards to you both, Tom

[@camandkadie]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing Tom and thanks for watching and commenting ☺️☺️

[@kathybarthen6515]

I have used bonkers all my life and I’m from Texas

[@kiri101]

So much of this is common to working class English. Also I'd love to hear you speak about 'Dublinese' more. Shout out to all my London Irish! edit: hearing 'cop on' brought back memories of angry aunts and getting verbally clipped on the ear :s

[@camandkadie]

Hahaha sorry to spark a memory of being clipped on the ear 😉 I have them too 😉😂 yes we will have to do another video all about Dublinese! Stick around to see 🤗🤗🤗

[@lisaquigley-moon9583]

Alot of these slangs are actually here in the states too. Maybe southern because I am. I'm wondering where Katie is from

[@ericseventeen17]

Gaf is pretty common in Munster too, in Cork anyway. Proper and Bird are very Dublinese though

[@camandkadie]

Ahh good to know 😁 Good ol' Dublinese... A language in itself 😉😂

[@davefuller84]

Aye, in America and Canada bonkers is a humorous or ridiculous crazy. We use plastered for piss drunk too

[@angelariley.9963]

I'm from Liverpool and we say about 90% of that.

[@camandkadie]

Yeah UK and Irish slang can be quite similar! What's some scouser slang that's unique?? 🤗

[@angelariley.9963]

@@camandkadie Let me know if we share any. They do say that Liverpool is the capital of Ireland as my surname will testify. I, myself am second generation Irish. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpXKZGljm9F-hdE

[@backwoodspiper3033]

Im American and I've heard bonkers and plastered both used the same way all my life

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

I'm french canadian and I knew or guessed half of them lol: Suss (although in english you would say Fuss and not Suss right?), mad, bonkers, plastered, banter, going 90. Probably from watching Buffy, some being the same as british.

[@luddite2702]

I'm Irish. But I never heard of many of these. Gaff is not exclusively Irish. Its very common in the UK.

[@woahjosiii12]

06:25 I'm living in Germany and I know "bonkers" due to the animated tv series "Bonkers" that aired from 1994 (And from 1993 in the USA - according to Wikipedia - so Kadie could have heard it, too, if she used to watch Disney cartoons......)

[@camandkadie]

What part of Germany do you live in? Is that where you're originally from? That's so interesting, believe it or not but neither of us have ever heard of it! We will have to check it out. Thank you for your comment 😊😊

[@grahamjonesfamily1634]

Used a lot in many countries

[@mollzballz1442]

Im from the states, New York....and "Bonkers" is a very commonly used word and means the same, Crazy..... surprised Kadie has never heard the word used...

[@camandkadie]

Hahahaha I know 🤦‍♀️ so embarrassing! Never heard it in my life 🤣🤣🤣

[@mollzballz1442]

@@camandkadie hahaha....you two are great...thanks for this post !!!

[@camandkadie]

Thank you James!!! Very kind of you!! You should let us know what words you guys use in NY that aren't common to other countries or states as we know NY has its own slang in itself 😁

[@mollzballz1442]

@@camandkadie Ahhh....let me give some thought to that ..... you are so correct. I now live in Kansas City and they remind me of some of the slang I have brought with me to the midwest .... lol

[@WildBoreWoodWind]

I'm Irish but at least half, if not more, of these slang words, are 'English', quite London centric. But I still enjoyed it. Go raibh mile maith agat. Slan.

[@sharifa7050]

Bonkers means crazy..wild

[@MichaelGovers]

Ah Cam, for Jeasus sake, how could you have left out "what's the craic?" "cool the jets" "culchie" "thats class" Be Goodish :)

[@billtozier9081]

"Is it cotton me, you are? Used by Frank McCourt I've never heard before. Being from Maine we use most of the others.

[@camandkadie]

Interesting... Never heard it before either 🤔 thanks for your comment though 😊

[@mortysfsx2646]

@@camandkadie Its "coddin",that is "codding",I'm messing with you,I'm having a laugh at your expense.ie."What do ya mean I'm wrong"REPLY-"Ah here,I'm only coddin ya".

[@martindaly8683]

Gaf is used in Cork

[@camandkadie]

Good to know 😁 do you know of any slang you use in Cork that isn't used anywhere else in ireland?

[@austinjamesfarrar4054]

Yes bunkers does mean mad and plastered means very very drunk

[@ethanfoyle946]

im from mayo and we say gaff

[@camandkadie]

Good to know! What slang do you guys have in Mayo that you think is different from Dublin?

[@kdmmorrison]

As an American I recognized some of those words.

[@camandkadie]

Nice! Which ones have you heard most common and is there any you've heard but only now learned what it means?? 😊

[@kdmmorrison]

@@camandkadie An example is the word 'mad'. It means either angry or crazy over here. A mad scientist is crazy. Saying 'I'm mad at Mr. X means I'm angry. A gaff is making a mistake.

[@camandkadie]

Yeah we have heard those comparisons before. It's funny how gaf is a mistake but to us it's a house 😂😂

[@rachelwhite6459]

We use Gaf in Belfast too 😎

[@camandkadie]

The accent makes all the difference 😉😂

[@Coleipo]

Come to Florida and visit me Gaf! Haha miss you man!

[@camandkadie]

I'd proper love that bro!! Miss you too my man 😊

[@deborahcravens2924]

Arizonan American... Knew Bonkers, plastered, & banter

[@christinejablonski3659]

So in Ireland "bird" is like how Americans say "chick"?

[@camandkadie]

Yeah that's actually a really good way to explain it 💯💯😁😁

[@grahamjonesfamily1634]

Bonkers is used many places in America

[@censoredagain]

Bonkers, plastered and banter are wildly used in parts of the U.S.

[@camandkadie]

Interesting... Is it in the same context or do you think they are used differently? Thank you for watching and commenting 🤗

[@censoredagain]

@@camandkadie used in the same context. I wonder if they are actually americanism that became transatlantic due to the vastness of the american entertainment industry.

[@camandkadie]

Very possible, or visa versa was brought transatlantic with all the Irish immigrants who moved to America particularly in the 1400s. Thanks for your comments 😊

[@PURPLE_M00N_QU3EN]

Omg i thought that everyone round the world uses these worlds..this is bonkers like

[@evedonovan9609]

In nz we know bonkers

[@camandkadie]

That's right I have heard that 😁 in my opinion I think NZ and Australia share a lot of slang with Ireland because there were so many Irish sent there and who have migrated there over the last few hundred years... Who knows... Maybe we are cousins 😂😂

[@laurathurlow3634]

I'm Canadian, and I know bonkers. Also plastered.

[@camandkadie]

Glad to hear we share some slang with Canada 😂😁 Whats some Canadian slang that is unique to you guys?

[@sharifa7050]

💯💯💯👌

[@MistressCrescent]

Old American knew most of these

[@bobbiejovavra6148]

Why do Irish say "right!" as a statement?

[@angelsmithson6965]

I know bonkers and plastered! Lol

[@camandkadie]

Hahaha my dad quickly corrected me and enlightened me that we say that in America. I had never heard those words in my life 🤣🤣😅

[@SilverMinx11]

I'm from the UK, Yorkshire. I know and use them all. We are not Irish. Isn't that cool.

[@camandkadie]

That is very cool. I find Ireland and the UK have a lot of the same slang, but then there are also plenty of words which we differ in. One of my best friends is from Huddersfield! Where abouts in Yorkshire are you from? I know I picked up on using the word "mint" from my friend. Is that one you are familiar with?

[@SilverMinx11]

Yes I am familiar with this. Something that is fabulous. I live in Barnsley. Not too far away from Huddersfield.

[@camandkadie]

Mint!!! 😉🤗 Thanks for commenting 😊😊

[@damonyates0508]

I’m from America. Specifically from South Georgia. The term “Plastered” is a term that I have heard my whole life. And in the South it has the exact same meaning that is does in Ireland. Extremely Drunk. It’s a common phrase to describe the condition of being Drunk past the point of remembering.

[@camandkadie]

Very interesting.. You're right it's the exact same. I wonder if the Irish brought it over with them back during the mass immigrations during the potato famine 🤔 thanks for your comment 😊😊

[@paulireland9899]

Langerd for pissed in munster, plastered very English as is gaff for your place

[@dmarie6630]

Dublinese 🤣

[@camandkadie]

Catchy right?? 😉😂