CHANNEL 4’s new comedy Derry Girls premiered last night and by all accounts it was a huge hit with viewers who took to social media to praise its writing and snappy one-liners.
Derry Girls has even its own hashtag on Twitter such was its popularity on its first outing last night.
And many can’t wait for next week’s instalment (Thursday, January 11) saying it has already “beaten away the January blues”.
The six-part series is written by local girl Lisa McGee and focuses on her own stories of growing up in the Northern Ireland city in the early 1990s.
It focuses on a girl called Erin, played by Jackson, and her friends who are used to seeing their country on the nightly news.
It’s a time of armed police in armoured Land Rovers and British Army check points, but it’s also the time of Murder She Wrote, The Cranberries, MJ and Lisa Marie, Doc Martens, bomber jackets, The X Files, Nirvana and Wayne’s World.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood tweeted: “That was class!”
And BBC NI weather man Barra Best tweeted: “Gotta day, I’m loving ‘Derry Girls’ on @Channel4. Local writer @LisaMMcGee has done a great job….so she has! #DerryGirls
PR exedutive Sinead Doyle tweeted: ‘I thought we were going to be individuals this year?’
‘I wanted to but me ma wouldn’t let me.’
‘Well I’m not being an individual on me own.’
“Brilliant. Already love #DerryGirls
Local Derry reporters also loved the new comedy series.
Freelance journalist Leona O’Neill tweeted: “Awh, loved #DerryGirls. Well done @LisaMMcGee and Co. That was absolutely brilliant!
And Belfast Telegraph Derry correspondent Donna Deeney tweeted: “Brilliant #DerryGirls @Channel4 Can’t wait for next week’s episode.”
How many do you know?
Bars: Gossip / scandal
Boke: Vomit
Brit: A member of the British armed forces
Broke: Embarrassed
Broke to the bone: Hugely embarrassed
Buzzing: Very happy
Catch yourself on: “Don’t be so ridiculous”
Cack attack: A state of extreme nervousness “I’m having a complete Cack attack”
Chicken ball special: A local delicacy
Class: Brilliant
Craic: Fun, but also news e.g. “Tell us your craic?”
Cracker: Beyond brilliant
Critter: Someone who evokes sympathy e.g. “You poor Critter”
Dose: An unbearable human being
Eejit: Idiot
Hi: A sound placed at the end of almost any sentence for no particularly reason e.g. “No problem hi”
Gone: Please
Head melter: Someone who causes you mental distress
Lurred: Absolutely delighted
Mind: “Do you remember?”
Mouth: Someone prone to exaggeration
Mucker: Friend
No Bother: “That’s no trouble whatsoever”
Raging: Annoyed/angry
Ride (n): A very attractive person
Ride (v): To have sex
Ripping: Extremely annoyed / angry
Saunter: “Be on your way”
Sh**e the tights: Someone of a nervous disposition
Slabber: A show off
So it is/so I am: A phrase used for emphasis e.g. “I’m delighted, so I am”
Start: To provoke e.g. “Don’t start me”
Stall the ball: “Stop what you’re doing immediately”
Tayto cheese and onion sandwich: A local delicacy
Wain: A child or young person
Watch yourself: Take care
Wile: Very or Terrible
Wise up: “Don’t be so stupid and/or immature”
Yes: Hell
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