GAA Glossary of Terms

Baite - e.g. "I gave it baite" - I put a fair bit of effort into it


Stomached - surprised eg. "Jaynie, when he came up behind me I was awful stomached"


Mighty - very good


Timber - intimidation of a hurling opponent, "we may have lost but at least we gave 'em timber!"


Welt - swing at


Lamp - a good thump


A Crowd e.g. "that crowd from Ardrahan are a right shower"


Schkelp - a good thump


Bullin' - angry. e.g. "the centre half back was bullin' after I lamped him"


Bull thick - very angry


Joult - a push


Joshel - a shoulder push


Bushted - eg. "Jayz me arm is bushted"


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


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..... e.g. "Jayz Mike Murphy gave Tony Delaney an awful flakin' below in training 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?


Leh-it-in-ta-f**k-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


Horse - untidy or rough player. There's one in every club!


Row - Fight involving four or more players swinging hurleys 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


"Come up ta F**k"- A corner back back trying to rise the ball


"a hape" - A big quantity (Heap)


"in the paw" - To catch the ball.


"a Brawl" - A collection of bodies in disagreement with each other.


"a Dinger" - Usually a fast wing forward who can leave his opponent "for Dust".