Video summary
In this entertaining video featuring Titans players attempting Irish slang words, the group engages in a lively guessing game centered around terms related to Guinness and daily life in Ireland. The host introduces several phrases with humorous mispronunciations that lead to much laughter among the participants. One of the first challenges involves deciphering "the crack," which initially confuses the players into thinking it refers to drugs, only for them to realize it is a playful way of asking "what's up" or greeting someone casually. The atmosphere remains light and jovial throughout as they navigate these linguistic puzzles with exaggerated reactions and inside jokes about their Irish counterparts.
The participants then tackle more complex terms like "the jacks," which turns out to mean the bathroom, leading to comedic confusion when one player asks where the "jacks" are while another suggests hitting them due to needing relief after drinking too many pints of Guinness. Another phrase, "I will in me hole," is revealed to be a humorous twist on saying "later," emphasizing how Irish slang often plays with pronunciation and meaning for effect. The group also explores expressions like "on the lash," which describes partying hard or going out heavily into town, contrasting it with their own drinking habits involving tequila rather than stout beer.
Further down the list, they encounter words such as "sucking diesel," a phrase describing someone who is tripping or acting foolishly, and "knackered," meaning extremely tired after physical exertion like playing football. The players also guess at terms like "banjaxed" for being messed up and discover that calling someone a "wagon" in Ireland refers to an annoying person rather than the vehicle they might expect from America. Even proper nouns like Dun Laoghaire, a town near Dublin, are introduced as part of the cultural immersion, highlighting how geography and local identity play into everyday conversation there.
Throughout the video, the Titans players express genuine curiosity mixed with self-deprecating humor about their inability to master these expressions quickly. They joke about having "a wingspan of a pigeon" compared to someone else's larger stature, adding another layer of physical comedy to the linguistic challenge. By the end, they acknowledge that while some phrases stick easily in memory after just one exposure, others require more time and practice before feeling natural. The segment concludes with excitement for future interactions during upcoming games, where they hope to use these new slang terms confidently amidst fans who speak Irish daily.
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I'm going to say this on camera, but
what is Guinness?
>> Is this chair higher than mine or is it
just that he's just a giant?
>> [laughter]
>> I've got a wingspan of a pigeon.
>> Oh, no, no, no, no.
>> Everyone got to sing cards?
>> Hit him with a taco.
>> WE'RE TALKING DIESEL HERE, you know what
I'm saying?
>> No, y'all actually y'all actually
tripping.
LOOK AT HIM.
>> [laughter]
>> WHAT WAS THAT?
>> WELL, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> SO, YOU KNOW, obviously
being the you know, being the commander
here in the for the for the Titans uh
the Ireland obviously is uh the Titans
home away from home, right? So, I've got
a couple of terms that that I'm going to
ask you to uh
to pronounce and tell me what do you
think the words they mean. Ready?
>> Okay.
>> All right.
>> Creek.
>> What's the crack?
>> Sorry?
>> What's the crack?
>> There you go.
>> What's the crack?
>> you think it means?
>> Crack.
>> What's the crack?
>> Crack.
>> What do you think it means? What do you
think it means?
>> I'd probably tell you it's like a street
drug.
What the
>> Why y'all trying to set me up right now,
man? I
>> No, we're not. We're just enjoying the
crack. We're having the crack.
>> The crack. A creek.
>> You got to say the whole thing.
>> What the creek?
>> I
>> [laughter]
>> I
WHAT? CLOSE.
>> CLOSE.
>> CRACK.
>> YES.
>> What's the crack?
>> What's the crack? What do you think it
means?
>> Like what's going on? Like what's up?
Yeah.
>> Perfect.
>> Yeah.
>> Off to off to great start.
>> It's like what's going on? What's
happening?
>> Perfect. What's the
>> What's up?
>> Yeah.
>> That's it.
>> Perfect.
>> It's like what's the crack?
>> Yeah.
>> You know what I mean?
>> Okay. Got you.
Um this one.
>> The jacks. The jacks, yeah. What do you
think the jacks means?
>> Um is it
the boys in the pub?
>> No, we start there, but halfway through
[music] this you need to go
>> Uh maybe it's just like the boys.
>> The boys.
>> Yeah. Like it's like the fellows.
>> you've like you've had a lot of
Guinness.
>> Um
Okay, that's like the cool guys then,
the jacks.
>> Uh no. No. The seal's about to break.
>> You're going to ask where
the jacks are, the bathrooms.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Okay. To the bathroom.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> Too many pints, you got to hit the john.
>> You got to hit the john, where are the
jacks?
>> jacks, yeah.
>> Funny, they say this all the time.
Relax the cacks.
>> Yes.
>> Like calm down.
>> Yes. Perfect, yeah.
>> Like relax the cacks.
>> It's like chill, like
>> Yeah.
>> yeah.
>> And cacks are [ __ ] are like pants,
yeah.
>> Okay, yeah.
>> Yeah, brilliant. This is like killing
them, man. Canadians are winning.
>> Uh Whoa. Man, what the Man, I ain't
going to say this on camera, bro.
>> You can't say that on camera. There's a
lot of people out there.
>> Damn.
Man, y'all quit.
>> All right. Here's one Here's one for
you.
>> I will in me hole.
>> I don't know what that
>> Think about it.
>> I will in me hole.
Oh.
>> What do I think I I think we should just
go exactly What What does this mean?
>> I have no idea what that means.
>> boys say
>> That's crazy. [laughter]
>> Basically like I'll do it in my spare
time.
>> You're close.
>> Mm. Okay. I don't want I don't know if I
want to know the meaning of that one,
but
>> I will in me hole. There you go.
Brilliant.
>> Nah, I ain't no way we go, man.
>> That is cool, man. That is brilliant.
>> I'm not going I don't know, but I ain't
going that I don't know what that I
don't know what
>> what I'll tell you what it means, right?
>> I will in the future. Like I will later.
>> No. It's cuz think about the opposite.
>> I'll do it later.
>> So, remember I said like you said I'm
not saying that. It's basically what it
is.
>> I will in me hole.
>> I will not say it. I will not do that. I
will not say it.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay.
>> something, you go I will in me hole. It
means
>> Like cuz you're not doing that, yeah.
Okay. Okay.
>> All right, here's another one.
>> EXACTLY.
>> YEAH.
>> [laughter]
>> SO,
I WOULD SAY
ON THE LASH. YEAH, WHAT DOES that mean?
Is that like on the field?
>> No, on the lash.
>> Yes. What does that mean?
>> Partying.
>> Yes. Yes, drinking heavily. A lot a lot
of Guinness.
>> I don't really drink beer though. No,
no, I don't.
>> Drink Guinness, drink Guinness.
>> Tequila.
>> Tequila works.
>> But what is Guinness?
>> Guinness. Guinness the black stouts. I
think you'd like it.
>> Is it beer?
>> It's it's a it's a it's [music] a stout.
It's not like beer. Beer is kind of like
berry water.
Yeah, this No, this is not. This is like
>> Okay, I got to
>> a pint.
>> I got to try one out.
>> I'll get you. I got I got some good good
ones in the house. I'll get you a pint.
>> Okay, you need to get me a pint.
I don't know, man. On the lash the man
>> You're in you're in Temple Bar, you're
in Dublin.
Keep our passing a pint of Guinness.
>> In in the pub.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> On the lash.
>> I like that.
>> Right?
>> I like that.
On a
>> You got to go
>> On the highway, on the bus, on
>> No, no, you're going on the lash, man.
>> On the on on the tear like
>> Yes.
>> You're tearing up the town.
>> Yes.
>> Man, what's up with this, bro?
>> Money, you got this. You got this.
>> WHAT WHAT'S UP? WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH,
what like
>> You got to say it.
>> You got to say it. Sucking diesel?
>> Yeah.
>> Man, y'all be tripping, bro.
>> What do you think it
>> No, y'all actually y'all actually
tripping.
>> No, it's a good one.
>> I don't know what it means. I ask me
what it means.
>> solid Irish saying, sucking diesel. What
do you know what sucking diesel means?
>> The heck.
>> Huh?
>> What the heck.
Sucking diesel.
>> Yeah.
>> You said it fit me. It
It got sucking in the front, so
>> No, no, it it's it's not it's not a
>> Sucking diesel.
>> Yeah.
>> I think it mean like basically like you
tripping like, you know what I'm saying?
If somebody tripping or like they wrong.
Somebody in their power.
>> Power, yeah.
>> You're sucking power.
Are y'all juice Y'all drinking? What
y'all doing?
>> [laughter]
>> What you What sucking diesel?
>> It's Yeah, like we're doing great. You
know what I'm talking about? We're
sucking here. You know what I'm saying?
We're soaking diesel and you're kicking
your opponent's ass.
So, what do you think that is?
>> Is that
knackered?
>> Yep.
>> What's that mean?
>> How do you feel after How do you feel
after a game when you get like full
contact balls to the wall game?
>> Tired.
>> Exactly.
So, I feel like that would be like
I'm I'm butt knackered.
>> Like I'm naked.
>> Butt knackered?
>> Yeah.
>> I mean
>> Could be.
>> I don't know. You can take it You can
take it any way you want it.
>> We can change the slang. I don't know.
>> Yes, we can make it more ten We can make
it Tennessee slang.
Okay, this one here.
>> Banjaxed.
>> Banjaxed. What do you think it means?
>> It's messed up.
>> Yes.
>> [laughter]
>> Oh.
No cursing, sir.
>> Okay, I'm going to bleep that out,
right?
>> What do you think this means?
>> I I know what that mean. In in uh
LOOK AT HIM.
>> [laughter]
>> WHAT WAS THAT?
MAN
MAN, WHAT'S MAN, MAN EVERYBODY got the
same cars.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> Wagon?
>> Yeah. All right, this one here.
>> A wagon? Wagon?
>> Wagon. What do you think it means?
>> Just a regular wagon.
>> No.
Is that what it means?
>> Yeah.
>> In America?
>> Yeah, I'm a big boy.
>> I didn't know that.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, pain in my ass. Like
he's a wagon. That guy there kind of
kind of red bull. Hey, you. He's a
wagon.
>> He's a wagon. No, I don't say that. No,
no.
>> Yeah.
>> He ain't that. But anyway
>> Don Laoghaire.
>> No, it's not it's not in Asia.
See if you can guess it.
>> Dun Laoghaire.
>> It's close.
>> La Laoghaire.
>> Dun Laoghaire.
>> Laoghaire?
>> Yeah. That's a Laoghaire. It's Irish.
Yeah, Dun Laoghaire.
>> it mean?
>> It's just a town. It's a place in
Dublin. It's a satellite, yeah.
It's a small town in Ireland. I don't
seem to know the name of this.
>> In
Inchicore?
>> It's not Italian tires.
>> I know that's the only thing I
>> You've got your clothes.
>> In inch core?
>> Yes.
>> Come on.
>> I know that was the reason we picked him
and that was the reason THEY PICKED HIM.
>> [screaming]
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> LET ME SEE ONE MORE TIME.
LET ME SEE THAT ONE MORE TIME.
>> [laughter]
>> After I get a sack, yeah, and I go here.
But I yell.
>> What you yell?
>> Oh, no, no, no, no.
I know you got pants on, jeans on, but
>> It's got like it's it's got a wingspan
of like a pterodactyl here.
I've got a wingspan OF A PIGEON.
>> [groaning]
>> IS THAT IT?
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I DO that second and then it's going to
stay with me.
>> I'm going to look forward after the I
can't wait to see it on the first day
first game of the season, bro.
>> It'll be crazy.