Soaked

n.

Heard in Sligo

A jocular reply to the greeting "Are ye wet?" playing on the word for drunk.

In use

How are the women, are ye wet?' 'Soaked

Posh English

How are the ladies? Are you inebriated? Thoroughly saturated.

  • Ringin'Extremely wet or soaked through to the skin. Meaning 'wringing'.
  • SkitedTo become wet or soaked through.
  • A word in CarrickNotice, interest, outcry etc. usually in the negative I.e. not a word in carrick.
  • WordTo believe or trust what someone says. (Often in the phrase "mark my word" as a warning.)
  • As drunk as a LordVery drunk.
  • Drunk as a skunkTo be so drunk that one flatulates involuntarily, so much so that the vulgar aroma…