- Any working class area of an Irish city (e.g. Mayfield in Cork, Ballybeg in Waterford, west Tallaght or Ballymun in Dublin). Can also be used to refer to the entire city of Limerick.
- Derives from knacker + "Nicaragua" and originates from the early '80s when that country was much in the news for being something of a troublespot.
- Such an area will be populated by skangers, norries, skobes, chavs and of course the ludakrisly laughable wiggaz.
- The polar opposite of D4
- "You're where? Neilstown? If you think I'm coming over to Knackeragua to pick you up, you must have shit for brains!"
- "Liffey Valley? Oh yeah, the shops are kewell but it's in the middle of Knackeragua."
"knacking"refers to knacker drinking i.e the craze of middle-class Irish teens to go drinking in fields and on beaches."on the knack"is an expression to indicate whether someone decides to "fuck the pub,the owner has enough money" and make like a true viking and go drinking in the wilds.This practice ids highly illegal and half the fun is eluding the "fuzz"(police) and getting pissed for half the price with a perfect view of the sunset.It is also preferable to teens as they have the ability to 'listen to music they actually like' outdoors rather than have to listen to "disco biscuit muzak" in clubs and "mid-life crisis tunes" in pubs"
"hey man,are you heading to the stores(nightclub) tonight?"
"nah,fuck that,man,michael tierney(the owner)has enough money.Me and the lads are going knacking on the beach.We'll get twice as much drink for our money and listen to music that we actually like for a change.Ah,sure,you know yourself it's better to go viking style"
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.
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.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.