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Post by glengael on Oct 22, 2014 18:51:24 GMT
Just to try and lighten the mood before the tension and uproar about the ALL Stars selection begins, pick your favourite word associated with the GAA and tell us why.
My favourite is "Consternation" as over-used by a certain commentator.
Each time I hear it, it reminds me how lucky I am to be able to attend most Kerry matches and thus not have to listen to him regularly.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Oct 22, 2014 19:04:08 GMT
Parish.
It is where Gaelic games came from if you look at the history and it is still at the epicentre of GAA life.
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Post by watchdebreakswillye on Oct 22, 2014 22:15:44 GMT
Hoor.
Made famous by John B Keane. I think John B had 9 or 11 'choirs' of hoor.
From a football team perspective, I often heard it used to describe a player - 'he's an n'awful hoor' or 'he's a right hoor' or perhaps 'he's a right good hoor to score a point with his ciotóg'. The word hoor can be used to praise someone or to castigate someone for their effort or lack of it & the language of certain Kerry people is peppered with it, particularly rural living folk.
To celebrate its existence a fictitious team of hoors shall now be revealed. The team lines out as follows:
Useless hoor (gls)
Tough hoor Turragón hoor Butty hoor Fast hoor Briary hoor Deep hoor
Notorious hoor Long lanky hoor
Flashy hoor Wiry hoor Gimpy hoor Gobby hoor Mullocking hoor Tasty hoor
Subs: Old grey hoor, Hairy hoor, Yalla hoor, Big hoor, Foxy hoor. Manager: Hoors ghost alias A noted hoor Selectors: Mane hoor, A hoor of a hoor, Liardy hoor, Stuck up old hoor
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Post by wideball on Oct 22, 2014 22:19:29 GMT
Hoor. Made famous by John B Keane. I think John B had 9 or 11 'choirs' of hoor. From a football team perspective, I often heard it used to describe a player - 'he's an n'awful hoor' or 'he's a right hoor' or perhaps 'he's a right good hoor to score a point with his ciotóg'. The word hoor can be used to praise someone or to castigate someone for their effort or lack of it & the language of certain Kerry people is peppered with it, particularly rural living folk. To celebrate its existence a fictitious team of hoors shall now be revealed. The team lines out as follows: Useless hoor (gls) Tough hoor Turragón hoor Butty hoor Fast hoor Briary hoor Deep hoor Notorious hoor Long lanky hoor Flashy hoor Wiry hoor Gimpy hoor Gobby hoor Mullocking hoor Tasty hoor Subs: Old grey hoor, Hairy hoor, Yalla hoor, Big hoor, Foxy hoor. Manager: Hoors ghost alias A noted hoor Selectors: Mane hoor, A hoor of a hoor, Liardy hoor, Stuck up old hoor Makings of a great team there
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Post by ballybunion on Oct 22, 2014 23:56:46 GMT
Maybe a few words. "Ta an athas orm an corn seo a ghlacadh ar son ...........&rl"
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Post by dano on Oct 23, 2014 1:54:31 GMT
September! For the many memorable strolls down Jones's Road we've had over the years in the Autumn time.
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Post by kerryexile on Oct 23, 2014 8:34:21 GMT
Hoor. Made famous by John B Keane. I think John B had 9 or 11 'choirs' of hoor. From a football team perspective, I often heard it used to describe a player - 'he's an n'awful hoor' or 'he's a right hoor' or perhaps 'he's a right good hoor to score a point with his ciotóg'. The word hoor can be used to praise someone or to castigate someone for their effort or lack of it & the language of certain Kerry people is peppered with it, particularly rural living folk. To celebrate its existence a fictitious team of hoors shall now be revealed. The team lines out as follows: Useless hoor (gls) Tough hoor Turragón hoor Butty hoor Fast hoor Briary hoor Deep hoor Notorious hoor Long lanky hoor Flashy hoor Wiry hoor Gimpy hoor Gobby hoor Mullocking hoor Tasty hoor Subs: Old grey hoor, Hairy hoor, Yalla hoor, Big hoor, Foxy hoor. Manager: Hoors ghost alias A noted hoor Selectors: Mane hoor, A hoor of a hoor, Liardy hoor, Stuck up old hoor This takes me down memory lane – its years & years since I heard Turragón. Watchdebreakswillye knows how to pick a team – a Mullocker was always perfect for fullforward. My favourite word is our own personal property – YERRA. Many a young whippersnapper, microphone in hand, thought he had crafted the perfect question to make him the next Woodward or Bernstein only to have his dream shattered by hearing the response introduced with the word Yerra. Jack O’Connor even made it sound cool.
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Post by themanhimself on Oct 23, 2014 8:59:00 GMT
House
Leave it in around the house!!
Mind the house!!
He's dangerous in around the house
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 23, 2014 10:07:52 GMT
Knifed
Usually applicable when Kerry players are judged at All-Star selections or at GAA disciplinary courts in Croker.
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Post by Jigz84 on Oct 23, 2014 13:58:23 GMT
Schmozzle A minor fight, usually an on-field quarrel between GAA players. Pronounced “sheh-MOZZ-uhl”, this is GAA sporting slang coined by Irish radio presenter Michael O’Hehir. It refers to a minor altercation between players - quarrels that don’t escalate into serious physical violence. A bit of wrestling, a few shoves - ah sure, nothing but a schmozzle. What's going on over there? oh, it's a bit of a schmozzle. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schmozzle
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Oct 23, 2014 16:22:37 GMT
Schmozzle A minor fight, usually an on-field quarrel between GAA players. Pronounced “sheh-MOZZ-uhl”, this is GAA sporting slang coined by Irish radio presenter Michael O’Hehir. It refers to a minor altercation between players - quarrels that don’t escalate into serious physical violence. A bit of wrestling, a few shoves - ah sure, nothing but a schmozzle. What's going on over there? oh, it's a bit of a schmozzle. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schmozzleUsually in the parallelogram! Note all rectangles are parallelograms...and all squares are rectangles.
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Post by Jigz84 on Oct 23, 2014 16:27:44 GMT
Schmozzle A minor fight, usually an on-field quarrel between GAA players. Pronounced “sheh-MOZZ-uhl”, this is GAA sporting slang coined by Irish radio presenter Michael O’Hehir. It refers to a minor altercation between players - quarrels that don’t escalate into serious physical violence. A bit of wrestling, a few shoves - ah sure, nothing but a schmozzle. What's going on over there? oh, it's a bit of a schmozzle. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schmozzleUsually in the parallelogram! Note all rectangles are parallelograms...and all squares are rectangles.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 23, 2014 17:56:25 GMT
lamped.
David Moran lamped it high into Donaghy.
Paidi lamped Joe McNally
Ardfert lamped in their more fancied opponents
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Oct 23, 2014 19:06:13 GMT
Weeshie Fogarty has an obvious gra for 'turned around' No matter where a player receives the ball he has to turn around according to Weeshie.
My own favourite has to be Driveitouttaf##kwillya. Heard at every GAA match.
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Post by southward on Oct 23, 2014 19:06:17 GMT
Hon!
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Post by kerryexile on Oct 23, 2014 19:44:48 GMT
lamped. David Moran lamped it high into Donaghy. Paidi lamped Joe McNally Ardfert lamped in their more fancied opponents Did they need their their hurlies?
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Post by kerryexile on Oct 23, 2014 19:56:10 GMT
Lamping - a picture paints a million words.
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Post by watchdebreakswillye on Oct 23, 2014 23:26:43 GMT
Hoor. Made famous by John B Keane. I think John B had 9 or 11 'choirs' of hoor. From a football team perspective, I often heard it used to describe a player - 'he's an n'awful hoor' or 'he's a right hoor' or perhaps 'he's a right good hoor to score a point with his ciotóg'. The word hoor can be used to praise someone or to castigate someone for their effort or lack of it & the language of certain Kerry people is peppered with it, particularly rural living folk. To celebrate its existence a fictitious team of hoors shall now be revealed. The team lines out as follows: Useless hoor (gls) Tough hoor Turragón hoor Butty hoor Fast hoor Briary hoor Deep hoor Notorious hoor Long lanky hoor Flashy hoor Wiry hoor Gimpy hoor Gobby hoor Mullocking hoor Tasty hoor Subs: Old grey hoor, Hairy hoor, Yalla hoor, Big hoor, Foxy hoor. Manager: Hoors ghost alias A noted hoor Selectors: Mane hoor, A hoor of a hoor, Liardy hoor, Stuck up old hoor This takes me down memory lane – its years & years since I heard Turragón. Watchdebreakswillye knows how to pick a team – a Mullocker was always perfect for fullforward. My favourite word is our own personal property – YERRA. Many a young whippersnapper, microphone in hand, thought he had crafted the perfect question to make him the next Woodward or Bernstein only to have his dream shattered by hearing the response introduced with the word Yerra. Jack O’Connor even made it sound cool. Yerra, uhuru, Jack is a cute Kerry hoor, in the best sense of the word & if there was more like him, we'd win a load more hooring things. But sure yerra...
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Post by wideball on Oct 24, 2014 0:19:20 GMT
Lamping - a picture paints a million words. Brilliant one of the best
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 24, 2014 7:51:58 GMT
Hoor. Made famous by John B Keane. I think John B had 9 or 11 'choirs' of hoor. From a football team perspective, I often heard it used to describe a player - 'he's an n'awful hoor' or 'he's a right hoor' or perhaps 'he's a right good hoor to score a point with his ciotóg'. The word hoor can be used to praise someone or to castigate someone for their effort or lack of it & the language of certain Kerry people is peppered with it, particularly rural living folk. To celebrate its existence a fictitious team of hoors shall now be revealed. The team lines out as follows: Useless hoor (gls) Tough hoor Turragón hoor Butty hoor Fast hoor Briary hoor Deep hoor Notorious hoor Long lanky hoor Flashy hoor Wiry hoor Gimpy hoor Gobby hoor Mullocking hoor Tasty hoor Subs: Old grey hoor, Hairy hoor, Yalla hoor, Big hoor, Foxy hoor. Manager: Hoors ghost alias A noted hoor Selectors: Mane hoor, A hoor of a hoor, Liardy hoor, Stuck up old hoor Is the cute hoor out injured.
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Post by glengael on Oct 24, 2014 9:37:37 GMT
Hoor. Made famous by John B Keane. I think John B had 9 or 11 'choirs' of hoor. From a football team perspective, I often heard it used to describe a player - 'he's an n'awful hoor' or 'he's a right hoor' or perhaps 'he's a right good hoor to score a point with his ciotóg'. The word hoor can be used to praise someone or to castigate someone for their effort or lack of it & the language of certain Kerry people is peppered with it, particularly rural living folk. To celebrate its existence a fictitious team of hoors shall now be revealed. The team lines out as follows: Useless hoor (gls) Tough hoor Turragón hoor Butty hoor Fast hoor Briary hoor Deep hoor Notorious hoor Long lanky hoor Flashy hoor Wiry hoor Gimpy hoor Gobby hoor Mullocking hoor Tasty hoor Subs: Old grey hoor, Hairy hoor, Yalla hoor, Big hoor, Foxy hoor. Manager: Hoors ghost alias A noted hoor Selectors: Mane hoor, A hoor of a hoor, Liardy hoor, Stuck up old hoor Don't forget the linesman on the far side who was an Awful Hoor Altogether.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 24, 2014 9:48:10 GMT
No. 16 must be a desperate hoor in the general scheme of things so. The four umpires are probably blind hoor a,b,c and d. Certain refs, a bad hoor.
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Post by himself on Oct 24, 2014 12:20:23 GMT
My favourite used to be 'schmozzzle', but this thread has convinced me of the merits of 'hoor'.My favourite phrase is a Weeshie classic,the first time I heard him use it was the National League Final in 1997 where we beat Cork - Joe Kavanagh was racing through for a goal, something he was wont to do from time to time, and Liam Flaherty comes out to meet him...."Oh! And he gave him a right tulk of an upscuttling there!" Turns out that he flattened him. Even Radio Kerry sounded surprised that it wasn't a free.
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Post by ddtinexile on Oct 24, 2014 14:23:16 GMT
Lob.
Lob it into the square. Lob it into em.
In the minor semifinal Mayo got a free about 40 yds out.
One fella a few rows down from us in the Cusack started to shout.
" mind the f'n lob mind the lob"
Mayo took the free "LOBED " it in and it ended in the back of the net.
Our friend goes " I f' n told ye to mind the f'n lob"
Another word the late Liam Higgens used was "rooter"
He gave it a rooter of a kick up the field.
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Post by OnTheForty on Oct 24, 2014 15:03:29 GMT
One of the great GAA words is "Championship", pronounced in Kerry as "Chomp-un-ship". Every club player ups his game for what could be a once a year Championship outing. Some even attend training in the lead up to this special occasion. The pitch would be cut and lined for the first time in weeks. There's (higher) admission charges at the gate, usually followed by one set of disgruntled supporters looking for a refund. The winners have another outing to look forward to in about 3 months, with promises and commitments made to keep up the training. This usually lasts about a week, until it picks up again in the last week. The losers go on the beer for a week, and effectively write off the rest of the season from mid-May on. In inter-county, and especially in Kerry, Championship signals the real start of the GAA season. The shadow boxing of the League is forgotten, and the expression that "the League is really important" is usually followed by "Sure it is great preparation for the Championship". For Kerry the first rounds of Munster hardly count, and the real deal is early July, and Cork in the Munster Final. Since the back door system, qualifier matches, even though they are knock-out, hardly register as Championship outings. They are often played at strange times like Fri night, or Sat afternoons, in strange sounding venues such as Pearse Park or Austin Stack Park. No, for Kerry, the Championship starts in August with the Quarter Final, and it is in August and September that a Kerryman's blood races a bit faster in anticipation of a few trips to Croke Park. It is for these 3 games in Summer sunshine and fast pitches that Kerry players train through the mud and rain, and it is in these Championship games that they will be judged. This is when they earn the right to wear the green and gold, and some take their places among the greats by producing great performances year in, year out, in August and September, in the Championship.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 24, 2014 17:34:24 GMT
I can clearly remember John B on this episode.
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Post by fitz on Oct 24, 2014 22:01:26 GMT
No real favorite, but a few
'flake' an O'Se favourite
Following on from 'lamp', Star at the victory banquet talking about the goal that he'd be known as a bit of a 'lamper'. Liked it.
Tri na cheile - another Jack special
"contact" is becoming a more popular way of talking over skullduggery.
Finally, contrary to the thread theme Marty has an open ended "They'll be singing..." when embellishing a team score or brilliant piece of play. Marty gtf ffs
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Post by diego on Oct 25, 2014 8:19:48 GMT
Love that 'rooter of a kick' one from Liam Higgins, and flake is a great one as well From the Weeshie urban dictionary, it's hard to beat upscuttled. Or he hit him with a whelk of a shoulder. What about 'hooshed out over the sideline'. Jack's favourite word I'm sure is 'skelping'. Always a glint in his eye when he threw that one in. And when a schmozzle gets out of control, you get my all time favourite GAA word - a bit of a melee!
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on Oct 25, 2014 21:41:39 GMT
Pull from yer haauul/hooooole! (an extreme derivative of the classic, 'pull on it!')
Too many unprintable ones from The Hill. The mildest one I can think of is "Sort that b****x ourrra tha'!"
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Post by ballybunion on Oct 25, 2014 22:20:59 GMT
In parts of Kerry people sometimes put the word "hi" on to the end of a comment/saying/greeting.For example when you meet someone the salutation might be: "Hows the goin hi" Well,we were playing a team from West Kerry one day and the day was windy and our midfielders were getting the better of the men from the west.A west Kerry mentor spotted that the ball was coming out too high so he emitted the following comment: "Will you kick the f********* ball out low,hi" Incidentally we lost the game.
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