1. A situation or outcome which is
disappointing, unpleasant or boring.
Very commonly used in Cork, southern Ireland.
"These import charges from Brexit are an absolute dose"
John: "It rained the whole week we were there."
Frank: "Dose!!"
"These lectures are some dose. They're at 8am every morning and he just reads off the slides."
2. (from 1.) A person who is a constant drain on your
enthusiasm, or who has a
pathological opposition to the craic.
Janet: "Her mam caught us as we were going out the door, made comments on everyone's clothes and took our vodka."
Niamh: "The woman is just a dose."
1.
i) "These import charges from Brexit are an absolute dose"
ii) John: "It rained the whole week
we were there."
Frank: "Dose!!"
iii) "These lectures are a dose. They're at 8am every morning and he just reads off
the slides."
2.
i) Janet: "Her mam caught us as we were going
out the door, made comments on everyone's clothes and took our vodka."
Niamh: "The woman is just a dose."