Ahmenthi bassackwards means the same thing and I believe it's Irish as well. My Daddy used to say it from his childhood and learned it from his great Aunt Irene who was Irish.
Hey I'm from the US, Western MA. A couple commonalities I noticed: we say "plastered" for "drunk". While "wrecked", and "fucked-up" can be used for various sources of intoxication (though alcohol is the most legal of said sources). "Wrecked", and "fucked-up" can also mean "physically beaten", either in a physical contest - like American football, rugby, or MMA/boxing - or as the unfortunate result of being assaulted. Also, if someone is performing a task poorly, we will often say they are "doing it ass-backward" - so it seems an etymological cousin of "arseways" (though I am mostly of Irish descent, so perhaps that's part of it). Cool video :)
haha. Love it! and love your accent :) Slang words from Israel: a. ptazTZOt lagaBOT - a bit dated, it literally means "bombs to the eyebrows", we used to say it about something that's really cool. lol b. Red mehaEtz - literally get off the tree, when someone's acting high and mighty c. meaNYEN et habeTZA - "it's interesting to the ball (as in nutsack)", means no one cares d. MekaLEF Avocado baHOshekh - peeling avocado in the dark HoLEH aHOra besDE TIras - going backwards on a corn field BoHESH baSHOko - stirring the hot chocolate all of the above are metaphores for a gay man
Love it! I'm still trying to trace my Irish ancestors; it appears that they came to America around the time of The Great Famine. We had the pleasure of going to Ireland in 2016 with my son's high school. Thanks for sharing!
Arseways reminds me of the saying "ass backwards" where I live in the US. Same meaning pretty much 💜💜💜 Manky is also similar to the term "janky" here. As in something not right, cheaply made, gross, etc. 🍀
This video was class. You've got a new subscriber. Clicked because I'm part Irish on my mom's side and want to learn more about the culture, but also because as my OTHER ancestors in Scotland would say you're a bonnie lass.
“Arseways" is certainly going to work its way into my vocabulary. My favorite slang term is “hinky." It means not right/out of sorts/ not trustworthy. It's usually used for situations or objects, and not people.
@@EllieJaydenClass seems to have recently migrated to the US, I've been hearing it here in real life more often lately. Most of the others I'd either never heard before or only heard uttered by Irish/British characters in TV shows though.
Wrong : We're all alcoholics who love to fight, half the nation doesn't drink because of their believes(religious or health) and no hinncent boy or girl wants a ruined night because they're lightweights. Real : We hate fuckers who claim to be Irish, but can't for the life of them pronounce the names right, don't undershtand our lingo, or haven't gone through their life without having to worry about leaving the immersion on, also haven't been through 11 to 12 years of learning our great language. But one thing is for sure is that we want our 6 fucking counties back from those blue, white and red supporting cunts across the river.
+Yer Mano with the hair From down the Road hahaha.... I also get so annoyed when so many Americans claim that they are irish, like OK, a person from your family was born there, but if you asked them a question about Ireland they wouldn't be able to answer it. (no offence USA)
KateTheUniPug LikesCoppers I'm stuck in-between because I was born in Colorado, but lived in Ireland til I was 5...and my father was a 2nd Generation immigrant, his father, my grandfather, being fresh off the boat...so I do know a few things, but not as much as a full national...and I do have an intermittent Brogue because of my dad and grandfather, but was taught in schools to suppress it...I also got in shite all the time with my teachers because I would use the King's English instead of American English...
my dad used to use a LOT of these, and so did my uncle (he used it more being an Irish national, my dad wasn't, being born in Maine, but my granddad and his firstborn - my uncle Liam - was).
I’m from Scotland. Most of these are the same in and around Glasgow and less so in Embra. Mind, both places (especially galsgow) have high Irish’s populations.
Apparently "Donnybrook" is originally an Irish slang term, but in Canada we use it to refer to a bench clearing fight in a hockey game. In Canada, we do this weird thing where we refer to the task at hand or the general situation in the feminine. For example, "she's pissing like a race horse tonight" would mean that the weather is very rainy. The classic "pitter patter, let's get at 'er", is an exhortation to complete the task at hand.
One slang term that I often use is the word, 'Grockle'. It's a somewhat unfavourable term for a holidaymaker and it's more commonly used in the South of England but it gets a good bit of use in the East where I live.
my friend often visited family in Ireland, so I wonder if she's heard of these lol. She only tells me about how her grandmother puts whiskey or beer in everything she cooks lol. It's kinda of hysterical to imagine
Really liked arseways haha. Banjaxed reminds me of caddywampus here in the southern USA. It means kind of the same thing. It's used more often when plans go wrong, but can describe things breaking. For instance, your car example would go something like, "driving down the road and my transmission went caddywampus on me." Another good southern word is fixin'. I get crap from my northern friends for using it haha. It basically means you're getting ready to do something. Like, "I'm fixin' to leave in the next few minutes." Idgit is probably the American pronunciation of Eegit.
I’m writing a book that takes place in Cork, Ireland. This is kind of confusing. I’m still not really sure when to use these terms, but I’ll get the hang of it. Hello from America.
We use some of these in Northern Ireland like culchie. But also have some of our own like Sundered which means embarrassed. We use a mix of Scotish and Irish slang
I've watched some videos of you and I made some guesses that you're irish because you had the same accent as jacksepticeye, turns out it was true!! love your videos by the way ;)
Jammy Bastard is great, never use it myself but sounds great. Hmm, I am in the North, not certain if it was just my friends/school, or if it was a popular term, but "O'Dowd" was used to mean the same as "Tout" which means to tell on someone. I drew a blank so looked up, "Northern Irish slang" and the first result is actually really good. I knew more than I thought, these would be some I would have used in the past or ones I just find mildly amusing. "Bout ye!" How are you? "To go for a Dander" To go for a walk. Dead-on: Good. "Does my head in." Annoying. Kex: Men's underwear. Melter: Annoying. Peelers: Police. Scundered: Embarrassed. Windee: Window.
When in Ireland, if you need someone to take you somewhere, ask the person if they’ll give you a lift. If you ask for a ride, you may get slapped, hit, or have the police (Garda) called on you. This is true in Britain as well, as far as I know.
Canadian slang FUBAR=fucked up beyond all recognition. Could be said in place of banjaxed Another word for fubar is "hooped" Dope=term used to describe something cool or your favourite thing. Could be said in place of class Fuddy duddy=party pooper. Could be said in place of dry shite A few of those Irish words for drunk also apply in the Canada, but Ill also add "tanked" "hammered" and "sloshed" Also, to describe being high on marijuana you can say "blazed" "baked" or "ripped" "Bang" can also mean the same as "Ride" you can say that a girl has a "bangin' body" or you can say that we "banged" last night Hack or Hackjob=do something totally wrong and incorrectly, often resulting in fubar'ing whatever you hacked. Could be said in place of arseways Dart=cigarette Coat=jacket Toque=winter poof-ball hat Mucklucks=winter shoes "Goon" is an ice hockey term used to describe someone who picks fights with people and who is a general troublemaker Out for a rip=to get in your car and drive around aimlessly because you have nothing better to do
I don't know if it was just a Kildare thing but there was a period where we used the phrase "meeting" instead of "shifting" so the sentence "Billy and Sarah were meeting in school." meant they were French kissing in school. Yeah it was really confusing
A lot of the terms for drunk are used in England to. And I never knew gobshite was Irish - my family have always used it! We also say eegit, manky and jammy bastard. I never knew so much of my everyday speech was Irish :)
Maybe the word "Gas" developed like this: Some people were watching a comedian and laughed so bad they even begin to fart. The gas came out and suddenly the comedian was gas 😁😅!!
albeit a little late (because I haven't been on YT for a couple of months)...I'd just like to say, Ellie...Top o' the morning to you, may the road rise to meet you and the wind always at your back. and I love your vids...keep up the good work, lass.
Arseways is an incredible term and I'm totally going to use it now. It perfectly describes the work ethic of some of my co-workers.
Ahmenthi 😂 It's such a fun word!
Ahmenthi bassackwards means the same thing and I believe it's Irish as well. My Daddy used to say it from his childhood and learned it from his great Aunt Irene who was Irish.
Reminds me of "ass backwards"
chrissyzcreationz me Dad used to use this also.
Been learning Irish for around 10 years,
An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leitris...
Yeah that's all I got
That's wonderful I guess it helps if you had someone to speak to in Irish other wise id be learning alot faster. Good for you....
MM L at least u can beg to go toilet
Me too
MM L an wiil cad ugam dull amas sa chlos
Well is breá liom uachteir reocha
Finally, I can understand Jacksepticeye when he talks :D
Same
Same thanks katya
Agreed
You didn't? You might be illiterate. Maybe its because I'm a DATHI AND TERRORIZER FAN! Fook jack
LOL, I lost it at Dry Shite. I'm gonna find a way to use that.
MundaneMatt 😂 Do! It's so fun to say haha
Hey I'm from the US, Western MA. A couple commonalities I noticed: we say "plastered" for "drunk". While "wrecked", and "fucked-up" can be used for various sources of intoxication (though alcohol is the most legal of said sources). "Wrecked", and "fucked-up" can also mean "physically beaten", either in a physical contest - like American football, rugby, or MMA/boxing - or as the unfortunate result of being assaulted. Also, if someone is performing a task poorly, we will often say they are "doing it ass-backward" - so it seems an etymological cousin of "arseways" (though I am mostly of Irish descent, so perhaps that's part of it). Cool video :)
My mom say back-asswards. Seems to be a common enough way to say it that I've also seen a shirt with a bunch of fish on it that "Bass-ackwards".
Some of the drunk words are used in the U.S.A. as well. Wrecked sometimes. Plastered is pretty common. Dig the video!
CaptainDesiderio same in England
ELLIE I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE REAL IRELAND!🇮🇪
SENDING LOTS OF LOVE TO YOU AND YOURS!
Jammy Bastard was my favorite. (: As always I enjoy your content. Keep it up, and remember: "You're amazing."
Hannah Randall It's a great phrase! Haha. Awh thanks so much, Hannah!
haha. Love it! and love your accent :)
Slang words from Israel:
a. ptazTZOt lagaBOT - a bit dated, it literally means "bombs to the eyebrows", we used to say it about something that's really cool. lol
b. Red mehaEtz - literally get off the tree, when someone's acting high and mighty
c. meaNYEN et habeTZA - "it's interesting to the ball (as in nutsack)", means no one cares
d. MekaLEF Avocado baHOshekh - peeling avocado in the dark
HoLEH aHOra besDE TIras - going backwards on a corn field
BoHESH baSHOko - stirring the hot chocolate
all of the above are metaphores for a gay man
Irish-American here,
Watching this to learn about my people lol
Love it! I'm still trying to trace my Irish ancestors; it appears that they came to America around the time of The Great Famine. We had the pleasure of going to Ireland in 2016 with my son's high school. Thanks for sharing!
Same
Over 50% are used in Scotland too(lots of Irish ancestry here).
oddity3927 same in England
Arseways reminds me of the saying "ass backwards" where I live in the US. Same meaning pretty much 💜💜💜 Manky is also similar to the term "janky" here. As in something not right, cheaply made, gross, etc. 🍀
I think Gobshite is my favorite one. Imma start using that in regular conversation now and then enjoy the confusion on people's faces, LOL.
This video was class. You've got a new subscriber. Clicked because I'm part Irish on my mom's side and want to learn more about the culture, but also because as my OTHER ancestors in Scotland would say you're a bonnie lass.
“Arseways" is certainly going to work its way into my vocabulary. My favorite slang term is “hinky." It means not right/out of sorts/ not trustworthy. It's usually used for situations or objects, and not people.
I'm from Longford and live in NY, I've taught my friends the phrase what's the craic, they love using it, as well as any craic
New to your channel. :) love it! I like learning different cultures, especially with the use of English slang words and different meanings.
Irish. We hate the English.
definitely make a part 2!! I'm gonna show some of my English mates this video!
Yay :D I think I will. People seem to enjoy the strange sounding words we use haha
lauxrenv lots of them are used in England too, there were a few i didn’t know though :)
@@EllieJaydenClass seems to have recently migrated to the US, I've been hearing it here in real life more often lately. Most of the others I'd either never heard before or only heard uttered by Irish/British characters in TV shows though.
I wonder how many irish stereotypes are real and how many are totally wrong.
Mr T maybe I'll do a video about that!
Mr T I second the notion.
Wrong : We're all alcoholics who love to fight, half the nation doesn't drink because of their believes(religious or health) and no hinncent boy or girl wants a ruined night because they're lightweights.
Real : We hate fuckers who claim to be Irish, but can't for the life of them pronounce the names right, don't undershtand our lingo, or haven't gone through their life without having to worry about leaving the immersion on, also haven't been through 11 to 12 years of learning our great language.
But one thing is for sure is that we want our 6 fucking counties back from those blue, white and red supporting cunts across the river.
+Yer Mano with the hair From down the Road hahaha.... I also get so annoyed when so many Americans claim that they are irish, like OK, a person from your family was born there, but if you asked them a question about Ireland they wouldn't be able to answer it. (no offence USA)
KateTheUniPug LikesCoppers I'm stuck in-between because I was born in Colorado, but lived in Ireland til I was 5...and my father was a 2nd Generation immigrant, his father, my grandfather, being fresh off the boat...so I do know a few things, but not as much as a full national...and I do have an intermittent Brogue because of my dad and grandfather, but was taught in schools to suppress it...I also got in shite all the time with my teachers because I would use the King's English instead of American English...
That was great! I love learning stuff about other cultures. You, my dear are ...class! Thankyou Love and Peace
Oh dang, I wish I'd known these last October when I actually was in Ireland. Please do a part 2 :)
Well this was sorta enlightening I'm from New York and my mother always calls me a Gobshite and I never knew what it meant until now.
Rob Bayern you. Gobshite
Lmfao
My mum says it all the time and she’s English
my dad used to use a LOT of these, and so did my uncle (he used it more being an Irish national, my dad wasn't, being born in Maine, but my granddad and his firstborn - my uncle Liam - was).
I love how many of these we have here in the states too. Want part 2.
I’m from Scotland. Most of these are the same in and around Glasgow and less so in Embra. Mind, both places (especially galsgow) have high Irish’s populations.
Apparently "Donnybrook" is originally an Irish slang term, but in Canada we use it to refer to a bench clearing fight in a hockey game. In Canada, we do this weird thing where we refer to the task at hand or the general situation in the feminine. For example, "she's pissing like a race horse tonight" would mean that the weather is very rainy. The classic "pitter patter, let's get at 'er", is an exhortation to complete the task at hand.
We use a lot of these in the UK too- especially the ones for getting drunk ;)
This couldn't have come at a better time given I'm moving to Ireland in less than 2 weeks.
Is 'scuttered' a culchie thing? I'm from Dublin and I've never heard it. Although I have heard diarrhea being called the 'scutters'....
McGovP It could be! Scuttered also means to shot yourself 😂 so it basically means getting reaaallly drunk. Messy drunk!
Arseways is pretty common where I'm from too. I love the word Gobshite I might start using that one. maybe it'll catch on
Love it! Watched it to help me write my novel. It's research!
my family are Cockney Londoners and we all use jammy bastard all the time, I love it, such a great phrase
Another one of these would be awesome. I love cultural slang.
teslafreak Part 2!
this is so helpful ! I'm writing a book featuring an Irish girl and i am an American
My Dad is from Liverpool and uses most of these. It must have been brought over by past generations as my Liverpudlian family originate from Ireland
This was so fun! Quite a few similar to words used in my homeland Northumberland! xo
One slang term that I often use is the word, 'Grockle'. It's a somewhat unfavourable term for a holidaymaker and it's more commonly used in the South of England but it gets a good bit of use in the East where I live.
I'm an Aussie with a few Scottish friends, so our conversations get a great mix of slang. Fucking bonza video mate, a bloody rippa!
Even though I was born in England all my family are Irish and it amassed me how many of these I use daily
Wow, I'm totally gonna start using arseways even if no1 where I live knows what I'm talking about.
my friend often visited family in Ireland, so I wonder if she's heard of these lol. She only tells me about how her grandmother puts whiskey or beer in everything she cooks lol. It's kinda of hysterical to imagine
Loved this!
Really liked arseways haha. Banjaxed reminds me of caddywampus here in the southern USA. It means kind of the same thing. It's used more often when plans go wrong, but can describe things breaking. For instance, your car example would go something like, "driving down the road and my transmission went caddywampus on me." Another good southern word is fixin'. I get crap from my northern friends for using it haha. It basically means you're getting ready to do something. Like, "I'm fixin' to leave in the next few minutes." Idgit is probably the American pronunciation of Eegit.
Omg I need more of this!
thank you for helping me understand the text from jumpin jack flash...... i love the stones
My favorites are probably knackered, geebag, racked and gobshite. 😂
As someone who lives in England, about half of this stuff are stuff I have heard during my high school days.
I’m writing a book that takes place in Cork, Ireland. This is kind of confusing. I’m still not really sure when to use these terms, but I’ll get the hang of it. Hello from America.
Girl of Many Vloggities did ya finish your book?
We use some of the same words for drunk in the states. And Jacks means cigarettes here.
yung plum we use them for drunk in England too. Not for cigs though.
Around Mayo a lot of people say "your w'on" which is used to refer to a woman e.g: "I see you and your w'on make a fine couple".
We use some of these in Northern Ireland like culchie. But also have some of our own like Sundered which means embarrassed. We use a mix of Scotish and Irish slang
Ellie you're a ride
Do a part 2 THAT WAS AWESOME
I will :) Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I've watched some videos of you and I made some guesses that you're irish because you had the same accent as jacksepticeye, turns out it was true!! love your videos by the way ;)
Thank you :D
I love etymology and slang origins... more, please!
Jammy Bastard is great, never use it myself but sounds great.
Hmm, I am in the North, not certain if it was just my friends/school, or if it was a popular term, but "O'Dowd" was used to mean the same as "Tout" which means to tell on someone.
I drew a blank so looked up, "Northern Irish slang" and the first result is actually really good. I knew more than I thought, these would be some I would have used in the past or ones I just find mildly amusing.
"Bout ye!" How are you?
"To go for a Dander" To go for a walk.
Dead-on: Good.
"Does my head in." Annoying.
Kex: Men's underwear.
Melter: Annoying.
Peelers: Police.
Scundered: Embarrassed.
Windee: Window.
yes more please i love this type of thing
I've been friends online with a girl from Ireland for almost five years and I barely knew any of these which surprised me 😅
Sarah Now you can surprise her by slipping some words in to conversation haha 😂😝
EllieJayden Haha yeah true, I'll try that 😁
When in Ireland, if you need someone to take you somewhere, ask the person if they’ll give you a lift. If you ask for a ride, you may get slapped, hit, or have the police (Garda) called on you.
This is true in Britain as well, as far as I know.
Ahahahaha! Excellent video!
Drunken Uncle xxx
I've been waiting for this video my entire life
JazCapri 😂❤️
Thanks for the laugh Ellie, I had no idea the Irish language was so arse-backwards.
Canadian slang
FUBAR=fucked up beyond all recognition. Could be said in place of banjaxed
Another word for fubar is "hooped"
Dope=term used to describe something cool or your favourite thing. Could be said in place of class
Fuddy duddy=party pooper. Could be said in place of dry shite
A few of those Irish words for drunk also apply in the Canada, but Ill also add "tanked" "hammered" and "sloshed"
Also, to describe being high on marijuana you can say "blazed" "baked" or "ripped"
"Bang" can also mean the same as "Ride" you can say that a girl has a "bangin' body" or you can say that we "banged" last night
Hack or Hackjob=do something totally wrong and incorrectly, often resulting in fubar'ing whatever you hacked. Could be said in place of arseways
Dart=cigarette
Coat=jacket
Toque=winter poof-ball hat
Mucklucks=winter shoes
"Goon" is an ice hockey term used to describe someone who picks fights with people and who is a general troublemaker
Out for a rip=to get in your car and drive around aimlessly because you have nothing better to do
You definitely have to make a second part :D
That Cookie I think I will :))
Banjaxed Mankey and aresways will become part of my vernacular as of right now. Thank you.
Sounds like the Irish use a lot of words we do in England. We use 'jammy bastard' (we have variations, though), 'manky', 'class', and 'pissed'.
Banjaxed is a personal favorite of mine
Was "dry shite" purposely designed to be dangerously close to "dry shit"?
yes
Alejandro Borrego Yeah that's basically what it means 😂
And shite rhymes with kite.
no, shite is just a different word for shit. its not meant to be like shit. it is shit
shite is a word we (sometimes/usually) use for shit.
Do a part 2. Even though I'm Irish and know all these terms, I think you're gorgeous and love seeing your face.
She has an amazing voice, too. I could listen to her read the phone book.
I don't know if it was just a Kildare thing but there was a period where we used the phrase "meeting" instead of "shifting" so the sentence "Billy and Sarah were meeting in school." meant they were French kissing in school. Yeah it was really confusing
in america when something doesn't have enough alcohol, we say " can you IRISH this up for me".
a few of them are used here in Australia a fair bit
A lot of the terms for drunk are used in England to. And I never knew gobshite was Irish - my family have always used it!
We also say eegit, manky and jammy bastard. I never knew so much of my everyday speech was Irish :)
in Canada we use some of those but we got some of our own. like hoser is the same as eegit.
This video is fucking class! I gotta say, your fucking gas!
Andrew Teeters She's also ride
The Autobot Patriot/Brony a ride*
Is locked a drunk word
not really
Yes!!
"Story" lol I love it, definitely gonna have to start using this one
omygwadd can you just make more videos , i need to learn an Irish accent or even vocabulary cause I am planning to work at sligo , Ireland soon.
my head's melted, i should really go to bed or i'll be ballixed in the morning
I just love irish people saying Irish slang, it's so funny
Maybe the word "Gas" developed like this: Some people were watching a comedian and laughed so bad they even begin to fart.
The gas came out and suddenly the comedian was gas 😁😅!!
I'm going to try to use all of these as daily as I can.
yes i want to see a part two or even a part three
Banjaxed can also be used for someone blackout drunk and causing mayhem. As in "Fuck me, that blokes totally banjaxed."
We use "class", "pissed", "plastered", and "manky" in northern england too :p
and scallons for spring oinins my irish dad called them
I would love to hear common Irish phrases.
Last time I was this early, it was because I got so plastered that the ride got banjaxed.
I am now ready to infiltrate your people now.
Maddock Emerson lol no ur not bai
'' You people''. Nah get ur arse back ta my gaff cus ima knock ye out
Hahaha I like the attempt but that makes no sense.
Gobshite is pretty common in the UK as well
do a part 2! Ive never heard dry shite in my area (limerick)
Awesome!! Thank you!
Banjaxed sounds more like in Southern Americans call it Cattywampus all uneven and crooked
I use Manky, Gobshite and Jammy Bastard alllll the time haha :P Arseways is my fave.. Part 2 pls ;)
Omg thank god someone knows what what we are bloody saying lol XD
My fav is brave. Like ‘You’re so brave for wearing that outfit.’ Meaning you look ridiculous or are very daring for wearing crazy something in public
I love your videos even though I don't speak spanish. Maybe add subtitles for us, english speakers?
albeit a little late (because I haven't been on YT for a couple of months)...I'd just like to say, Ellie...Top o' the morning to you, may the road rise to meet you and the wind always at your back.
and I love your vids...keep up the good work, lass.
Just what I needed, I'm going over there in May and I want to know what the hell's being said haha
I saw a park and ride in NJ and couldn't stop laughing because it has a different meaning in Ireland XD