noun General Slang

dose

· noun · irish

An annoying person — or the bug they gave you.

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A person who's hard work. Whinging, draining, exhausting to be around — you've caught a 'dose' of them. Affectionate when it's family, cutting when it's not.

“She's an awful dose when she's had a few, won't shut up about her ex.”
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A bad bug or illness — flu, a cold, a chest infection. The original meaning the insult is built on. 'I've got a fierce dose on me.'

“I'm laid up with a dose, won't make it in tomorrow.”
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dose In A Sentence

She's an awful dose when she's had a few, won't shut up about her ex.
I'm laid up with a dose, won't make it in tomorrow.

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