In Ireland -a 'snake-oil' salesman : a committed 'Yes' man , no matter what the question or his previous views on that subject : a 'know-it-all' who will plausibly convince you of how right he is , while he fumbles in his greasy till , professionally hiding the fact that he knows nothing about the issue in question .
Usually ends up in a political career !

Too many to mention - also too libellous to do so !
" That fella up at the bar , there - he should be able to fix ya up . He's a wee bit of a gombeenman , but sure he's not the worst ... "

Gombeenman by John Horan . April 19, 2006

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Gombeen

Word in Ireland for a shady, small-time "wheeler-dealer" or businessman who is always looking to make a quick profit, often at someone else's expense or through the acceptance of bribes.

Hes a fierce Gombeen that fella!

Gombeen by Butross butross January 10, 2012

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Gombeen

Irish slang for idiot.

Your man is a bloody gombeen.

Gombeen by Booshy September 6, 2018

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Gombeen

when someone is being an absolute twat and put the putting salt in the the sugar bowl of you call me them an absolute gombeen

Troy 1: Dude he's putting salt in the sugar
Troy 2: What an absolute gombeen

Gombeen by LyonsTeaBag67 October 22, 2019

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gomey

A word used by navan men to describe anything, anyboby
and everything they don't like.

Look at that gomey in my barn, dont look at me!! give me that
jumper.

gomey by Chicken Legged Wally November 10, 2008

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aired

Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.

Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!

aired by Pietro February 9, 2005

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piddlefart

verb. To waste time doing nothing.

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.

piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005

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wrongun

anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland

28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!

wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007

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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.

"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."

square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004

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Bunhead

A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.

"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."

Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014

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trucker's tan

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.

I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.

trucker's tan by population361 May 30, 2006

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