by Moni Boyce
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Spotify Playlist
I like to create soundtracks for my books. Here’s the soundtrack for
Love Delayed In Dublin.
Listen to the playlist on my website, in the Extras section.
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Shine - Laura Izibor
This Town – Niall Horan
Everybody Wants – Half Moon Run
She Will Have Her Way – Neil Finn
Kiss Me Again (Stuttering) – Ben’s Brother
Like A Star – Corinne Bailey Rae
Drowsy Maggie – The Irish Folk
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Someone Like You – Van Morrison
Try A Little Tenderness - The Commitments
Easy – Gavin James
The Passenger – Siouxsie & the Banshees
Fields of Gold – Sting
I’ll Be Your Lover Too – Van Morrison
Why Woman - Glen Hansard
All I Ask – Adele
All I Want Is You – U2
Fields of Gold – Eva Cassidy
Lately - Samantha Mumba
Cannonball - Damien Rice
Love You ‘Till The End - The Pogues
The Bones – Hozier & Maren Morris
Irish Slang Glossary
The boot – trunk of the car
Crisps – chips
Chips – French fries
Pint of Gat – another name for Guinness
Mineral – soft drink
Diesel or petrol – gas
Take the piss – joking
Runners – sneakers
Cup of cha – cup of tea
Afters – dessert
Tool – someone you’re less than fond of
Hammered – drunk
The messages – get groceries
Leg it – moving fast
Feck – more polite way of saying fuck
Mor ya – Yeah right
Snog – kiss
Howaya – greeting day or night, how are you?
Wanker – fool, idiot
Aye and Naw – yes and no
Jumper – sweater or pullover
Ossified – very drunk
Lashing – raining heavily
Telly – television
Banjaxed – broken
Wean – child
Quare – very
Donkey’s Years – While nobody actually knows just how long a donkey’s year is, it is apparently believed to be a very long time by the Irish! If you haven’t seen someone in ‘donkey’s years’, you haven’t seen them in several years, even decades.
Acting the maggot – If you’re acting the maggot, you’re messing around, being mischievous, and generally causing mayhem or irritating people.
Dosser – lazy person, maybe sleeps all day
Gaffer – old man, boss or sometimes some Irish men refer to their father’s this way
Eejit – a nice way to call someone fool or idiot
Deadly or savage – means something is class, amazing, really great.
Gob – mouth
The jacks – means toilet or bathroom (fir jacks – men’s & ban jacks - ladies)
Muppet – fool
Guards – police
Gas – means someone is funny. He’s a gas.
Dote – If someone calls you a ‘dote’ or if something is ‘dotey’, it means you’re cute, adorable, etc. If you’re described as ‘doting’ on someone, it means you’re smitten.
Stunner – sexy, beautiful
Manky – disgusting, dirty, horrible, often used to refer to bad food or dirty clothes
Wrecked – very tired
Hape – loads
Bog off – go away
Flute – penis
Jackeen – people from Dublin
Jo maxi – taxi
Culchies or bogger – people who live outside Dublin
Give her the business – have sex, “He wants to give her the business.”
Nappy – diaper
Knickers - panties
Black stuff - refers to Guinness
Knackered – exhausted
I will yeah – I definitely won’t
Nob – penis
Craic – This does not in any way refer to illegal drugs! ‘Craic’ is a catch all term that usually means ‘fun’. If something was ‘good craic’ or you did something ‘for the craic’, you did it just for kicks. It can also be used as a question such as ‘what’s the craic?’ which basically means ‘how’s it going?’ or ‘what’s up?’, or ‘any craic with…’ which means ‘what happened with…’
Sure look it – an acceptable response to any question, statement, or comment.
Do the washing - laundry
Slainte – Irish toast “Cheers”
Mo Ghrá (pronounced ‘graw’) – Means ‘my love’, for relationships that are that little bit more serious
Mo anam cara – “My Soul Mate”
Bean álainn – beautiful woman
About the Author
Moni Boyce is a writer, filmmaker, poet and author of contemporary and paranormal romance. She spent the last fifteen years working in the film industry and now creates characters of her own and brings them to life on the page. She considers herself a bookworm, film buff, foodie, music lover and an avid world traveler having visited 33 countries and counting. She lives a bit of a nomadic life, but considers Los Angeles her hometown. She now resides in Virginia. Learn more about her at moniboyce.com
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Also by Moni Boyce
The Oracle Chronicles
Awakened
Enlightened
Empowered
Divined
The Oracle Chronicles Boxed Set
Ticket To True Love Series
Love Delayed In Dublin (Coming Soon)
Standalone
Redemption of the Heart
Watch for more at Moni Boyce’s site.