Sligo Slang, Page 13
More Sligo slang, numbers 481 to 520, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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Are you heading to Cartron this evening?
To keep her handy you have to be calm and take it easy.
The Quayside shopping centre in Sligo.
A person who is excessively fond of drink or is generally disorganised and chaotic.
A popular restaurant in Sligo situated beside the railway line.
An insult describing someone as a fool or a general mess.
Refering to hash (traditionally bad hash).
Extremely drunk or thoroughly exhausted.
The act of male masturbation.
Local shorthand for Shoot-the-Crows, a well-known public house on Castle Street in Sligo.
The town centre housing area on Holborn Hill and Barrack Street in Sligo.
A particularly fine tune or piece of music originating from Sligo.
An expression of astonishment at someone's wild or mad behaviour.
Something or someone that is quite revolting or disgusting.
A perfect first kiss.
The Maugheraboy shams, a term of affection for one's pals.
A dishevelled young woman whose unkempt hair gives her the appearance of Cousin Itt…
Magic mushrooms.
A versatile greeting that can serve as either hello or goodbye.
A disparaging term for a person of exceptionally thin stature.
Extremely inebriated, to the point of near-total oblivion.
An unspecified but extremely large number.
To shift/snog/be with someone who has never been shifted before.
We sumtin dosent work out for ya.
Young people with greasy hair, dark clothes and an eccentric or unkempt appearance.
A house or room in a dreadful state of untidiness.
To fall heavily and injure oneself.
To continue drinking long after the point at which one would normally become ill.
An extreme idiot or fool.
A thoroughly contemptible or unpleasant person.
To be caught doing something wrong.
An expression of utter disbelief; you must be joking.
A filler expression employed when one is at a loss for words.
Drunk.
Do you want to leave school without permission and loiter around town.
Daughter.
A forceful warning of physical retribution delivered to an adversary.
Variation of Looder, which is an abbreviation of Liúdramán (Gaelic for a useless eejit).
A Sligo location known as a place to fight.
Exceptionally good or impressive; brilliant.