What is a docket Ireland?

1. noun sales note2. noun LAW list of cases3. noun public agenda4.
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What is the wee docket?

Everything being described as “wee”

In the scene where Gerry unsuccessfully tries to collect Mary's birthday photos, he's prompted to produce his “wee docket”, which is a “wee red slip of paper” and when he can't find it, he's told to go home to have a “wee look for the wee docket”.
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Why do Northern Irish say wee?

A word that you can expect to hear in most sentences over here is 'wee'. The term is a longstanding Irish (and Scottish) way of saying 'little'. However, in Northern Ireland, it is often used to describe things that aren't little at all.
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What does cracker mean in Northern Ireland?

In Northern Ireland, when you say something is 'cracker', you mean it is really good.
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What is a wain in Ireland?

Wain: A child or young person. Watch yourself: Take care. Wile: Very or terrible. Informal Northern Irish adjective of late 19th century origin, meaning very or wild.
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Why do Irish say Feck?

Feck as a verb once meant “keep a look out”, maybe from Irish feic. And then there is the Irish slang feck “steal, take”, which the Chambers Dictionary of Slang says may originate in Old English feccan “to fetch, gain, take”, or German fegen “to plunder”.
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What do the Irish call a girl?

“Cailín” means “girl” in the Irish language. A lot of Irish people still use this word even when speaking in English. The plural, “Cailíní,” is also commonly used, for example, “I'm meeting up with the cailíní later on.”
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What does Wick mean in Northern Ireland?

Wick - stupid, rubbish. "
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What does sing up the RA mean?

It is a slogan of Irish Republicanism. "Our day" is the date hoped for by Irish nationalists on which a united Ireland is achieved. The slogan was coined in the 1970s during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and variously credited to Bobby Sands or Gerry Adams.
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What is a ride Derry girls?

When a Derry Girl calls someone a “ride”, it means that they find the person good-looking. Weird flex, but okay. However, there is also another meaning to the word “ride”. The action of “ride” is way different and it refers to the act of having or talking about sex.
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What does feckin eejit mean?

Product Description. Irish slang definition of the word "eejit". One of the most common Irishisms. Like an idiot or a fool but much nicer and friendlier. Even smart and intelligent people can act the feckin eejit.
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Do they say bloody in Ireland?

Bloody: Bloody is a mild profanity in British and Irish English. Avoid saying it in polite society.
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What do Irish call their friends?

Mucker. Mate, pal, friend.
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What is a shift kiss?

Share112 Tweet Email. WE ALL KNOW 'the shift' means kissing someone, here in Ireland. Source: http://wordbird.ie. But the wonderful Twitter account, The Irish For, opened a can of worms over the weekend.
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What is curry butty?

At this particular small town chip shop the girls order a '"large cowboy" which is a meal of sausages, baked beans, and chips or mashed potatoes, and a "curry butty" which is just like a chip butty but it uses buns instead of bread slices, and a "gravy curry sauce" is poured over the chips.
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What does Duff mean in up the duff?

'Up the duff' is a euphemism for pregnant. It is used most commonly, although not exclusively, to describe unplanned pregnancy.
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Is the IRA still active?

These resulted in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, and in 2005 the IRA formally ended its armed campaign and decommissioned its weapons under the supervision of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning.
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Is Chucky Irish?

From Irish tiocfaidh, from the Republican slogan tiocfaidh ár lá (“our day will come”), perhaps punning on etymologies 1 and/or 2.
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What is the most Irish thing to say?

Here are 15 Irish expressions to break out on St. Paddy's Day:
  1. May the road rise up to meet you. ...
  2. Sláinte! ...
  3. What's the craic? ...
  4. May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat. ...
  5. Two people shorten the road. ...
  6. Story horse? ...
  7. On me tod. ...
  8. Acting the maggot.
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What does slap in the bake mean?

1.1A person's face. 'my oul bake is in every major newspaper' 'She's tried to force his hand and ended up with a metaphorical slap in the bake. '
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What is a Blarge in Irish?

Blarge: Go into things clumsily, unheedingly.
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How do you say drunk in Ireland?

Hammered. This is one of the most common and universally used words in the dictionary of drunk synonyms. Like a block under a gavel, the Irish are known to get hammered.
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