Slang & Dialect Humour

With her second book comedienne and illustrator Aoife Dooley is on a mission. There''s been a growing epidemic of poxes and buzz-wreckers everywher...

You're all over the definitions of low lights, ruching, and a tankini. But can you spot a Mrs. Potato Head when you see one?That's where Th...

From dodgy home haircuts and TikTok dance crazes to banana-bread baking and checkpoint cheek, even in lockdown social media star and comedian Rory ...

A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power t...

What does 'custard and jelly' mean in cockney rhyming slang?Which biscuit has half of its name on top of the cooker and the other half on the door?...

Do you love the taste of Red Lemonade, change into your swimming togs under a towel on the beach or find yourself admiring 'the grand stretch in th...

The classic pocket guide to the language of London. This wonderful little guide to cockney rhyming slang contains over 1,700 old and new rhymes tra...

Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attra...

From the author of the bestselling Motherfoclóir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year. A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR. What do we talk about when we talk...

From the author of the bestselling Motherfoclóir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year. A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR. What do we talk about when we talk...

We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and...

'Don't mind me, I'm only your mother.' Worldrenowned for her unique perspective on life, there is no-one quite like the Irish Mammy. From the weat...

· When they mistime a beat drop in the car· When their toenail scrapes you in bed· When they sit at a bar stool and their feet ha...

Hundreds of hilarious and hypothetical questions for anyone aged 6 to 106 who's obsessed with the heroes and villains from movies, legends and comi...

Eyes like blue diamonds, a smile that captivates the heart Floating on the clouds I have no wings I am not a bird but I watch from a distance Li...

Hundreds of hilarious hypothetical questions for anyone aged 6 to 106 who loves princess movies, stories and fairy tales.Would you rather have Harr...

Quotes are instant sympathy. A good quote says, I've been there, too, in just a few words. And the perfect quote in the perfect moment can be just ...

Meet Maggie Muff, Belfasts newest and most loveable heroine. On a trip to the Bru she meets Mr Red White and Blue (Belfasts answer to Christian Gre...

In 1999, Aaron Peckham established UrbanDictionary.com, inviting users to define their world by compiling the most epic collection of slang ever. S...

'Susie Dent is a national treasure' RICHARD OSMAN'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' PAM AYRES____________...

Superpiss used to be a brand of windscreen washer fluid in Finland but they've changed the name for some reason. Bra milk has gone the same way.Luc...

You know your one Nikita? Youve seen her around town: always within 100 metres of Penneys (where she likes to spend her eurdos), her hair done up i...

Who else but the Irish can perform minor miracles with a prayer to St Anthony? Or truly appreciate the medicinal purposes of flat 7Up? Not to menti...