Sligo Slang, Page 11
More Sligo slang, numbers 401 to 440, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A jocular greeting.
A nightclub catering for the over twenty-threes, frequented by an older crowd.
A sudden dizzy or nauseous spell, especially while smoking cannabis.
Excuse me, could you repeat that?
About as subtle as a sledge-hammer
Extremely obvious or lacking any subtlety whatsoever.
Most certainly not.
Cruising around town in a car, typically for amusement.
Sarcasm.
Circuits of the town driven or walked late at night.
Something awful.
Sexual intercourse.
To desire someone intensely or to be extremely attracted to them.
Scandal or gossip.
An expression meaning "observe the quality" or "see for yourself".
A jocular reply to the greeting "Are ye wet?" playing on the word for drunk.
Referring to sum1s biologial mother.used in the context to mock sum1.
Would you do her/him?
A person of low intelligence or a fool.
Oh look I do believe that is the gaiety cinema, wine street!
Definitely or without doubt.
An old school term of abuse for a foolish or irritating person.
A vain or big-headed person.
A jocular greeting.
A clapped-out old banger of a car.
A declaration that a person is too late to join a game of football.
To have a situation under control or arranged satisfactorily.
An expression of contempt or dismissal equivalent to telling someone to go away as one…
The statue of W.B.
What's the point?
Would you sleep with her?
I do not share your opinion.
A term used by Sligo natives to describe anyone from outside the county.
To head off or go somewhere.
To come to one's senses or wise up.
The Equinox nightclub in Sligo, formerly known as Envy.
To depart in a hurry; to make tracks.
Extremely drunk.
A sarcastic exclamation of "good lad" used to severely annoy someone.
A question inquiring whether one will attend the underage disco in Mohill on Friday.
Very tall, thin and lanky.