GAA Talk and How To Speak It!

Ever been in a crowd at a GAA match and not understood what the hell anyone else was going on about?...

Mighty - very good
Hames - a right !#$@e - eg."he made a hames of that clearance"
Timber - intimidation of a hurling opponent
Welt - swing at
Lamp - a good thump
A Crowd - eg. "that crowd from Tipp are a right shower of !#$@es"
Schkelp - a good thump
Bullin' - angry. eg. "the centre half back was bullin' after I lamped him"
Bull thick - very angry
Joult - a push
Joshel - a shoulder push
The Comm-it-eeee - Local GAA bull!#$@ters in general
Bushted - eg. "Jayz me arm is bushted"
The Bomber - a very popular nickname for a GAA player
A hang sangwidge - consumed with tay on the sides of roads after matches in Croker or Thurles.
Citeog - he hit it with his citeog. ie. left handed/footed
Warp - hit something hard as in "I'll f*ckin' warp you"
Blast - A great amount of anything.
Rake - Also a great amount of anything, usually pints of Guinness
A Shamozzle - a group of players shkelpin' one another but not exactly hittin' anyone at the same time!
Flakin' - usually goes on for a whole game..... eg. "Jayz Gareth Curran Gave John Ryan an awful flakin' below in Halton on Sunday".
(To "flake"a lad for a whole game usually starts off with a bit of the aforementioned "joshellin'" and "joultin'" and develops into a bit of "weltin'" and may even result in a good "lampin'" for the victim especially if he gets"bull thick".)
Namajaysus - What was that for, referee?
Ya-bollix-ya - Corner back's formal recognition of a score by his opponent
Leh-it-in-ta-!#$@-would-ya - Full forward's appeal to a midfielder for a more timely delivery of the pass
Mullocker - untidy or awkward players
Horsed - bout of rough play or intimidatory tactics as in we horsed them out of it. Sometimes referred to as kicking/batin' the !#$@ out of the opposing team.
Horse - untidy or rough player. There's one in every club
Burst the !#$@ - Common exhortation also referred to as the Turlough' roar.
Row - Fight involving four or more players swinging hurls like lunatics
Massive Row - Row involving both team,substitutes and supporters jumping fences
Running Row - A massive row that continues out in the parking area and or dressing room areas.
Báta - eg "I gave it báta" - I put a fair bit of effort into it
Stomached - surprisedeg. "Jaysus when he came up behind me I was awful stomached"
Bollix - Pat Spillane
Meet Him - "Put him on his A$%"

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