Ooommmggg

n.

Heard in Sligo

Exaggerated exclamation favoured by would-be D4 types and grammar-school girls in Sligo.

In use

Ooooommmmmmggggggg girls I just broke a nail

Posh English

Oh my goodness, girls, I have just fractured a fingernail.

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