Dictionary

Backer

Noun: Term used for the carrier on a bike which is above the back wheel.

Verb: To give a person a baker would be to give them a lift on a bike where they sit in the backer.

Similar to a crosser

Ball on

to begin or keep moving. “ball on until you see Shandon” - keep going until you see Shandon Tower.

Baloobas

Normally associated with indiviuals having partaken of a sustained period of alcoholic inebration.
Derived from the Conga in the 1970’s/1980’s where Cork soldiers serving with the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces encountered the jungle guerillas known as the Balubas.
Known for their madness and utter contempt for authority , this term soon found its way back to Cork to describe similarly minded individuals.

Bangers

game played by several people in which a football is struck off a wall by each player in turn. Failure to hit the specified area of the wall in one shot results in elimination from the game and being labelled a ‘langer’.

Barracka

Barrack Street:
Old historic street on the south side of Cork City.
Example: You can’t beat the sound of Barracka Band playin’ down the Lough.

Batch

An expression of sexual interest.
E.g. "Id throw her a batch"

Similarly: "Id give her one", "Id give her Twig and Berries"

Bate on for the feara

To run for fear of death (metaphoric). "I lamped the law so I bate on for the feara": I saw the gardaí so I made myself scarce.