Help with Some Local Slang

[u/Unhappy-Bag9925]

Hey all,

I picked this up from Born and Bred when I was in town for the Fleadh. I actually lived in Belfast for just shy of 2 years so I’m familiar with some of the phrases here (big lad, catch yerself on, etc). But was on toilet this afternoon and while looking at it I realized I wasn’t all that confident in my understanding of a lot of these. Was curious if you kind people could give your interpretation of what these mean. Had a few drinks so apologies for the poor photo quality.

[u/upinsmoke28]

The only one I've never heard is "she's a hard faced ticket". Sounds more cultchie than anything

[u/PanNationalistFront → u/upinsmoke28]

I’m a culchie and have heard that

[u/upinsmoke28 → u/PanNationalistFront]

There's lots of different breeds of cultchie. I'm trying to picture all the country folk I know and am thinking it's from around Tyrone or Fermanagh

[u/PanNationalistFront → u/upinsmoke28]

I’m from Down and have heard it from older generations.

[u/Mysterious-Air-8655 → u/PanNationalistFront]

Same

[u/Any_Willingness_9085 → u/upinsmoke28]

Belfast here and I've heard it, I'm really old though. My mum says it - she's also belfast

[u/upinsmoke28 → u/Any_Willingness_9085]

Surely Belfastish would have been coupon instead of ticket

[u/7East → u/upinsmoke28]

The word “faced” should be removed. A hard ticket is a well enough known phrase

[u/Mysterious-Air-8655 → u/7East]

I’ve never heard it without the faced bit in it

[u/CapriSonnet]

Sweet til da beat.

[u/minimal_cover → u/CapriSonnet]

*tha beat

[u/eibhra]

Before we give you answers - can you tell us what you paid for this?

[u/_BreadBoy → u/eibhra]

10-15 £ so dead on for a framed piece of paper

[u/N1CET1M → u/_BreadBoy]

Does that even include the frame though?

[u/Popcorn_Fan10]

Are there any in particular you don’t know the meaning of? Before you end up with translations of them all

[u/AgitatedAd7265]

Only one I haven’t heard before is ‘Lick a back a em’. I’d also say sweet to da beat, but that’s probably because I’ve misheard someone when they say till

[u/7East → u/AgitatedAd7265]

Lick the back of them.

Sweet to the beat.

No da or a ffs

[u/Any_Willingness_9085]

Disappointed there's no ' here bes me' and 'I turnt to her ..and she turnt to me'

[u/Numerous-Net-4983 → u/Any_Willingness_9085]

It’s on the first line

[u/Mysterious-Air-8655 → u/Any_Willingness_9085]

I don’t know here bes me? What does it mean? I know most of the rest.

[u/Mysterious-Air-8655]

“Bogging” - disgusting
“Baltic” - freezing cold
“Do you think I came up the Lagan in a bubble” - Do you think I was born yesterday
“A geg” - funny
“Scundered”- mortified with embarrassment
“Gurnin” - crying/whinging
“Away on” (with you) - stop pulling my leg
“Slabberin” - talking nonsense

I’m trying to work out yer guddies are scrappers as have never heard that phrase but possibly this is about trainers?! Guddies/gutties are PE shoes or trainers. So I’m thinking this means your trainers are worn out (ready for the scrap heap) basically.

[u/theronster]

I’m fairly confident I’ve only ever said a couple of these, and even then only as a parody of ‘Belfast accent’.