The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164255   Message #3928832
Posted By: Jim Carroll
02-Jun-18 - 07:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Odd, rare words
Subject: RE: BS: Odd, rare words
"Glugger" - rurally an egg containing no feasible chick, but used widely in Ireland to describe an action that fails or a person who makes a mess of what he or she attepts

"a dote" ("you're a dote")
An expression of thanks or admiration for haveing done somebody a favour.

Similarly "Your blood's worth bottling" - very much Dublin, I think

"a gobshite (Liverpool and Ireland - opposite of above

Does anybody still use the word "Segs", describing hard sore skin under the feet
(My mother used to berate me for sprawling around the house, saying "if you don't shift yourself you'll end up with segs on your arse"

Am enjoying recalling these immensely - thanks Will
Jim Carroll