Fifteen of the best Irish insults and putdowns you'll ever hear
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Fifteen of the best Irish insults and putdowns you'll ever hear

Short and not sweet 

1. Weapon – someone with a sharp tongue and a bad attitude, NOT to be trifled with

2. Jade – basically a saucy cow. If you don't know what that means I can't help you

3. Dose – pain in the behind. Can be a person or thing (work's a dose/he's a dose)

4. Eejit – twit, messer. Being called an eejit is bad, but nothing to cry over ya big eejit

5. Langer – idiot, tosser. Unlike eejit, being called a langer is cause for concern

6. Wagon – usually a grumpy, moody, cantankerous person.  Steer clear

7. Ghoul – moron. Can be souped up to ghoul-bag if you really want to insult

Take you down a peg or two 

8. Septic – someone affected, insincere who loves themselves (the worst offense)

9. Notions – see above. Someone who has grand ideas about themselves

10. He could peel an orange in his pocket – for your friend who never buys a round

'A face like a...' insults 

11. A face like a bag full of mickeys – rude but funny

12. A face like a slapped arse – referring to a person with a sour expression

13. A face only his mother could love – so ugly only mammy can see the attraction

Acting the...

14. Acting the bollix – being a belligerent, difficult, badly-behaved person

15. Acting the maggot – being naughty or troublesome

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