Are you a true Dubliner?

Are you a city slicker or a culchie at heart? Take our twelve-question quiz and test your knowledge of these Dublin phrases!

Q1. What people call someone who is all style and no substance?

Q2. How would you ask someone to kiss your friend?

Q3. What does the word “muppet” mean in Dublin?

Q4. What your ma might say when she’s popping to the shops?

Q5. If you are said to be “in a jock”, you are:

Q6. If you’re embarrassed on someone’s behalf, which of these colours would best describe you?

Q7. If you were to deliver someone a “loaf”, what would you be giving them?

Q8. If your ma had asked you to get her the “buttons”, what would you be looking for?

Q9. If someone thinks you’re “gas”, they think:

Q10. If a Dub tells you “I will, yeah” in response to being asked to do something, what do they really mean?

Q11. If a Dubliner says “the hack of ye” are they:

Q12. If you’re trying to get home from a night out what is your likely method of transport?

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