Men and Boys of Different Stature or Behaviour
ciotachán is a clumsy-handed guy doing everything the wrong way
railse fir is a tall and thin chap, like a caoilteamán
rachta fir is tall too, but also strongly-built and strong - like a scafaire
spailpín is somebody who works as a farm-hand here and there for
short periods (spailpeanna) such as the two protagonists in
Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
craimpín is suffering from rheumatic cramps
craiceálaí is crazy
cráiceachán has a big cráic (buttocks), such as the claiséir
scúille is a big lazy young man who just sits all the day watching TV
or looking at pornographic videos
but scúilleachán is a more gealgháireach young man
scóitséir is a dandy or a snob who likes to dress well and
thinks the world of himself
diúgaire and geocach are low types - definitely nothing likeable. The latter also refers to a person belonging to itinerant circus or freak show personnel, as we remember from Pádraig Ó Conaire senior's novel Deoraíocht.
radaire is someone who never stays a long time at the same place and with the same woman
spanlóir has long thin legs
anglais is actually the same as tae bán or scileagailí,
makeshift tea with milk, but no tea - but it can also be somebody
who is cowardly or weak - or puny, as scraidín, cleitire, marla, somachán...
angarúnach comes from the English hang around but
influenced by the Irish word angar it now means someone who is
wretched and only deserves pity
súgán gan chasadh and stróinse are weak and puny
men who don't even have the guts to chase the neighbour's hen
from their garden
strambán is an apathetic person without interest in
anything
spuraicleach is a young teenager, in his early teens - the same as aosánach - this word does NOT refer to "old men", as a certain Galltacht Irish writer seems to think
sogaí is an easy victim for a slusaí who is a flatterer
a grágánach with long hair is often an unkempt stothaire or cifeartán
lazy men are called falsóir, leisceoir, scraiste, slúiste...
fámaire is the Gaeltacht word for a turist who is just walking around and adoring the nature - he is
as useless a hang-around as is the foirneálaí
pílí is a big, strong body-builder
pontaire, tachrán, lámhacánaí are little children creeping and toddling and nosing around
graoisín is a galoot
tuathánach is from the countryside, and if he doesn't know how to behave he is also
a tuathalán
preicleachán has a preiceall - a double chin...
and cainceachán has a big cainc of a nose
the malraigh are young boys who come in bunches and beat you up -
such a bunch may be called a traoighean