Sligo Slang, Page 15
More Sligo slang, numbers 561 to 600, most popular first, each with a short meaning. Click any word for examples and a Posh English translation.
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A casual, Americanised greeting inquiring how someone is doing.
Young people, particularly those in third year or younger.
A woman who attends a rugby match entirely sober and remains aloof from all romantic…
A shortened form of legend, denoting an admirable or outstanding person.
Under the influence of marijuana.
A gloating expression of delight at someone else's misfortune or embarrassment.
Expression of admiration for someone's exceptional skill or prowess.
To wait, halt, or pause for a brief moment.
An expression delivered when someone brings misfortune upon themselves through their own…
A colloquialism for musical tracks or songs.
To place a telephone call to someone.
Lose one's temper, and get very angry and agressive.
Knuckles.
Thoroughly and completely intoxicated.
An expression of satisfaction that someone received a deserved comeuppance.
A reference to travelling on Fahy's bus, a common way to commute between Sligo and Mohill.
An inquiry into what has annoyed or upset someone.
Shall we leave now?
Are you coming to Molly's?
A term of affection for the alcoholic beverage tonic wine.
I may or may not do that particular thing you are proposing.
Extremely drunk or intoxicated.
A popular gathering spot for the young people of Sligo.
An affectionate or exasperated insult directed at an annoying or insignificant person.
I most certainly will not!
Do you have a euro.
An expression of greeting or a term for a stylish, confident young man about town.
More questions than a small libary
Said of a young person who asks far too many questions.
Exaggerated exclamation favoured by would-be D4 types and grammar-school girls in Sligo.
Extremely drunk or intoxicated.
An emphatic elaboration on the term wanker, denoting a foolish or irritating person.
Wudnt hit a horses arse wit a shovel
To have very poor aim.
An instruction to cease foolish nonsense and get down to business.
Bundoran.
To be utterly wrecked, exhausted, or severely hungover.
A sharp or clever fellow, far from slow or dull.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Not very intelligent.
Another name for Ransboro, a place in County Sligo.
She has a tongue that would clip a hedge!
She possesses a sharp and cutting manner of speech that can wound those around her.
A lot of a particular substance in Sligonian.