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Andrew Byrne

Watch Niall Horan explain Irish slang to outsiders in Vanity Fair video

A video of Niall Horan explaining Irish slang to outsiders has gone viral as the star describes the meaning of words like "flute" and "oul wan".

The video from American culture magazine Vanity Fair features a cheerful Niall Horan who released his latest hit "Nice to meet ya" earlier this month.

Popstar Horan from Mullingar, Co Westmeath, is tasked with explaining a multitude of Irish slang words to the audience.

Being a self described "bogger", Niall is well equipped to take on the challenge and struggles to hold back his laughter during the filming for Vanity Fair.

The star begins his Irish Slang lesson with a description of "Sham" equating it to 'bud or pal' before explaining that a car broken down on the side of a road and a drunken reveller on a night out can both be called "banjaxed".

The video continues down a similar path as the ex-One Direction icon defines words and phrases like, "Donkey's years", "eejit", "hape", "delira and excira" and "dosser".

The video comes to a halt as the star tries to explain the word "flute" means "penis" in Ireland.

The American Vanity Fair producer behind the camera goes on to say that her Irish dictionary describes it to mean "silly person" to which Niall replies: "Well you are firmly wrong, because it means penis".

Horan finishes the video admitting how "ridiculous" the Irish phrases are.

He said: "That was interesting. I actually didn't realise how ridiculous we were.

"But having read them and seeing them in bold capitals I now know that we are absolutely insane.

"So this has been Irish slang on Vanity Fair with me, Niall O'Hodhrain."

The video has been viewed around 250,000 times on Youtube with comments underneath praising the singer for his interesting descriptions of the language.

One viewer said: "I love how he laughed at literally every single word."

Another said: "I love Niall's hate for Temple Bar's overpriced beer."

While another commenter said: "His American accent is on point."

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