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The top ten Irish insults

BUZZ BRADY,

Published Friday, June 11, 2010, 7:37 AM

Updated Friday, June 11, 2010, 7:52 AM

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The Top Ten Irish Insults

The Irish are notorious for sharp tongues. Here are ten of the best insults they can offer you.

1. You're as thick as manure but only half as useful

2. A face that would drive rats from a barn

3. You are seed, breed and spawn of an English whore

4. I never forget an Irish face but in your case I'll make an exception

5. May you melt off the earth like snow off the ditch.

6. May your pipe never smoke, may your teapot be broke

7. May your spade never dig may your sow never pig

8. May the cat eat you and the devil eat the cat

9.When you were born you were so ugly the nurse slapped your mother

10. You're as sharp as a beachball

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mamaginnty | Aug 26, 2011, 07:31 PM EDT

For god sake Buzz, who's leg are you trying to pull, these were/are never said here in Ireland, do not insult us.

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mamaginnty | Mar 28, 2011, 02:17 PM EDT

Never new what a french fry was till the yanks came to town, buzz made these sayings up, have never heard any of them before, and none of those above are funny. He's as tik as 2 planks.

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Felicitations | Feb 16, 2011, 11:35 PM EST

A face only a myopic mother could love.

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PowersHouse | Jan 25, 2011, 01:48 PM EST

Some of these folks, Are three french fries short of a Happy meal. This is number, 11 .

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Towngate | Nov 12, 2010, 11:44 AM EST

I have never heard any of these................ Whoever used No3 is obviously in the best position to know. I hope he paid her!

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sirpeter | Nov 05, 2010, 09:14 AM EDT

Those were spoken in the days when your insults had to be witty as well as insulting,but now we are somewhat Americanized and now use bland prose like..you stupid motherfu*ker and your sisters a ho,that's what American TV will do to a country.

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GeorgeDavis | Jun 19, 2010, 09:24 PM EDT

Absolutely inane.

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Meniskos | Jun 18, 2010, 03:54 PM EDT

I wish this had been translated into Irish.

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jimmy12003 | Jun 17, 2010, 06:20 PM EDT

here is one for ya! the best part of you ran down your mothers leg!

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jimmy12003 | Jun 17, 2010, 06:19 PM EDT

im irish and have never heard any of them, where did ye pick these up?