commuter coma

Derived from the German compound noun "Nahverkehrskoma" describing the state of the hangover guys you see in the commuter train on their way to work on Friday mornings: Blood shot eyes, stubble on their cheeks, bad breath and too much grease in their hair - but a tie around their neck (the unmistakable sign of being hanged for money every fucking day in the office, for which they have to compensate in the pub).

Boss: "I've heard there was another train failure on the DART line this morning."

Employee says: "I know, it's outrageous! It costs our economy millions every week!"

Employee thinks: Thank god I was in a commuter coma anyway, extending my sleep instead of making this fat bastard even richer.

Boss thinks: Is this slacker smelling of booze or what?

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Passive Shopping

Endured primarily by male companions of female shoppers. Undesired side effects range from horrible boredom to herniated disks and bankruptcy.

Saturday I suffered from 6 hours of passive shopping following my girl through town. It started quite OK with a hard on in a lingerie shop. It ended terribly when my vertebral disk slipped while I was carrying all those shoes that she bought with my credit card.

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DART

DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) is the public train serving Dublin Bay from Malahide and Howth in the North to Greystones in the South of Dublin. It is notorious for spreading diseases among commuters in overcrowded carriages.

A: Dublin DART Sucks.
B: DART still beats the pants off Dublin Bus services.

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a-wear

A-wear is a company selling cloths. Nowadays you see snobbish birds from Dublin's north side carrying their high heels and lunch carrots in a white and pink a-wear bag over the Liffey.

"She is such an a-wear bitch."

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moonquake

To verbally punish someone. To yell at someone. Imported by Americans, now used in Dublin's offices. Pronounced with a very long vowel (moo:nquake).

G: Look, those guys fucked up our translation!
T: Let me see. Shit, I'm gonna moonquake those people!

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work away

To assiduously ruin your health by any kind of addictive behaviour.

1)
A: You want a smoke?
B: No, I quit two hours ago. But you go ahead and work away, you pot head.
2)
A: Let's fuck off and go for a drink.
B: Sorry dude, I can't. I have to finalize that asap.
A: Don't give me that shit, it's only a job. I've seen you working away for month now. Man, that's sad - you don't have a life anymore.

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Which?

"Which?" is used by some English speakers, e.g. on Dublin's north side, when they meant to say "Sorry, I didn't understand what you just said."

Gilbert: Please hold your orthorexic lessons while I'm eating!
Michael: Which?

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