Drunken Irish Slang

[ThePhoneGoddess]

If there are any Irish people on this board who could translate the parts of the following call that I didn't understand (?) for me, I would be much appreciative. The spelling and words of these phrases is a guess at best and she was slurring pretty badly so they may not make any sense at all.


Me: Thank you for calling Bugaboo cell pho---
SC: IT'S ABOUT BLOODY TIME! *hic* When are those minutes going to be put on my phone?!
Me: ---phones, my name is TPG, my rep id is---
SC: I don't care what yer bloody name is, just give me my minutes! I need to call Ireland!
Me: *sigh* can I have your cell number please.
SC: 123-456-7890!
Me: Thank you. One moment, please. Okay Ma'am, your order needs to be run through a security verification before it goes through.
SC: I'm not goin through no f$%^& security verification. I just want my minutes!
Me: I'm sorry, Ma'am, I am not able to process your order until I can complete this process.
SC: *hic* Well isn't that just bleedin deadly! (?)
Me: I'm sorry?
SC: Listen, you right old cow, I'll not put up with this! Give me my minutes!
Me: Ma'am please do not speak to me that way. I cannot process this order until---
SC: I'll speak to you any way I please, ya BINT! (?)
Me: ---Ma'am?
SC: WHAT?!!
Me: Do you want to finish this or---
SC: I want me bleedin minutes! What is the problem here? *and she starts yelling and carrying on*
Me: *I start talking over here at this point and raising my voice to be heard* I cannot give you your minutes until this is completed, Ma'am!

*Suddenly she begins yelling some phrase repeatedly. It sounded like "arra bee wist" (?). So I sit quietly until she finishes yelling.*

SC: HELLO!!!
Me: Yes, Ma'am?
SC: Well?!
Me: Well, what?
SC: Am I goin to get me minutes?
Me: Not until I can do security procedures, ma'am.
SC: Why do you have to be so bloody difficult? What, you havin the painters in or somethin? (?)
Me: Ma'am these security procedures are necessary to protect your credit card and I cannot finish your order until we can complete them.
SC: YOU WONT GIVE ME MY MINUTES! THE BLOODY WORTHLESS STORE WON'T FIX MY PHONE, IT'S BANJAXED (?) AND THEY DONT SEEM TO CARE! YOU AMERICANS ARE ALL SO BLOODY USELESS, I'VE GOT NO USE FOR ANY OF YE! UP YER SWISS! (?) *click*


Yeah, I scratched my head over that one.

Can anybody explain to me what all I was called?

[LibraryLady]

Don't know all of the terms but I'm almost positive "Bonchacks" is 'Banjaxed'. That means badly broken or completely useless.

[Jewels]

You have the painters in sounds like slang for PMS...but thats just a guess.

[Sir Humphrey]

Drunken Irish Slang

Allow me to be of assistance.

I am not Irish, I am English; however, I do recognise some of the words/phrases that are causing you confusion.

Namely:

bint derogatory slang meaning girl/woman

having the painters in euphemistic term referring to a woman's period, and the concomitant bad temper associated thereof; e.g. "you're in a foul mood, have you got the painters in or something?"

banjaxed (not "bonchaxed") broken beyond repair

I'm afraid I cannot assist you with "bleedin' deadly" (though the meaning seems clear enough as is), "arra bee wist" or "up yer swiss" (though again, one can infer the intent behind the words).

Your obedient servant,.

Sir H

[crazylegs]

1SC: *hic* Well isn't that just bleedin deadly! (?)SC: I'll speak to you 2any way I please, ya BINT! (?)

3*Suddenly she begins yelling some phrase repeatedly. It sounded like "arra bee wist" (?)
4SC: Why do you have to be so bloody difficult? What, you havin the painters in or somethin? (?)
5SC: YOU WONT GIVE ME MY MINUTES! THE BLOODY WORTHLESS STORE WON'T FIX MY PHONE, IT'S BONCHAXED (?) AND THEY DONT SEEM TO CARE! YOU AMERICANS ARE ALL SO BLOODY USELESS, I'VE GOT NO USE FOR ANY OF YE! 6UP YER SWISS! (?)

Right, here goes, the number is my own addition to make this a little easier

1 It's an expression of sarcasm, much along the lines of Oh, lovely. deliverd in a dead pan manner

2 Bint is a derogatory manner to describe a woman, insinuating that you have loose morals

3On this one I have no idea.

4Having the painters in, describes a delay or wait that would occur if you ave workmen present as they get in the way

5Bollocksed, perhaps?

6Again, no idea, but probably inviting you to insert the phone and/or minutes into your anus.

Hope that helps.

[Supernautus]

The "having the painters in" OR "Having the decorators in" line is, without trying to be crude, a term for being on your period

[Supernautus]

Yeah, I'm from scotland and live there too, so it's at least used in scotland, most likely england too

[elysia]

Lol that was fun to read. amerikan inglush sucks, and is boring.

[HawaiianShirts]

I can't claim to know what any one of those things might mean, but I think I just found my new favorite insult: "Up yer Swiss!" It sounds funny, it doesn't really make any sense, but it still expresses anger. It's perfect.

[Gurndigarn]

I can't claim to know what any one of those things might mean, but I think I just found my new favorite insult: "Up yer Swiss!" It sounds funny, it doesn't really make any sense, but it still expresses anger. It's perfect.

Until someone from Switzerland decides that you're being racist...

[Chromatix]

I'm guessing that "Up your Swiss!" refers to "Swiss roll" as a form of rhyming slang (which is not confined to Cockneys). So it would then be "*ss*ole".

[raudf]

Sorry, first post: But from that one dictionary, the "arr be wist" is probably "Ara be whist" or shut up in our lingo.

[jerkface11]

Maybe we should change our national pastime from baseball to drinking and swearing. Seems more entertaining.

[LibraryLady]

I can't claim to know what any one of those things might mean, but I think I just found my new favorite insult: "Up yer Swiss!" It sounds funny, it doesn't really make any sense, but it still expresses anger. It's perfect.

Actually, "Up your Swiss" can make sense if you think of it as rhyming slang. Consider the implications if "Swiss" is "Swiss Roll".

[Pagan]

ya BINT! (?)

Monty Python is fond of that one.

*Suddenly she begins yelling some phrase repeatedly. It sounded like "arra bee wist" (?). So I sit quietly until she finishes yelling.*

I'm wondering if, in her drunken state, she was trying to call you a "wee beastie". But that seems to be more Scottish than Irish. Of course, this broad was all over the British Isles with her insults! What an eedjit!