the top six levels of craic

Irish craic explained - the top six levels of craic you can reach
IrishCentral Staff
@IrishCentral Jun 02, 2017

Listen up, it’s everything you need to know about that weird Irish invention - the craic
Craic is the Irish word that most confuses outsiders.

Yet it is a relatively simple concept. It is the atmosphere, fun, carry on surrounding a particular night out. ”How was the craic?” is the first question uppermost in most young Irish minds after a weekend.

"Craic" (/kræk/ KRACK), or "crack", is a term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, particularly prominent in Ireland. It is often used with the definite article – the craic.

Here we rate the six kinds of craic (actually an English word which for some reason is in every Irish person’s soul).

It can't be anything more than good craic if everyone's on their phones the whole time.

1. Good craic: A fairly ok night out, fun but nothing too amazing.

"Gary with the hula hoop again! Mighty craic."

2. Mighty craic: Better than good craic, not quite at the highest level, someone did some crazy stuff maybe.

Ladies night is always savage craic.

3. Savage craic: Almost there, great night all together, everyone on top firm, Guinness flowing, great jokes.

Now we're talking. Cheers to deadly craic!

4. Deadly craic: A step above savage but not quit the Everest moment.

Turn the craic dial all the way up to 90.

5. The craic was ninety: The nirvana of craic, everything was amazing, incredible, everyone hooked up, the pints were great.

No one quite sure how the word ninety came into it--a famous Christy Moore song “The craic was ninety in the Isle of Man” maybe.

And lastly!

A distinct lack of craic happening here.

6. Minus craic: That’s when a night goes wrong and essentially you’d have had more fun in a mausoleum.

So there are the six kinds of craic!