Sligo Slang

Basq

Just so you can get a clear definition of what the average Sligonian is talking about:

Sligo @ Slang.ie *

* mature content within

red bellied

Minker must be the most famous Sligo slang word and its not even included. Buffs should be there as well. Steamboats is there that was always a good one. Just seen its under minker drinking, should really be on its own though!

brianthebard

Shytehawk is the best (non)word ever.

muffler

Puts me in mind of this from Scotland:

Two Pakistani men immigrate to Scotland, and agree to meet two years later to see who has become the most Scottish. Two years pass. They meet and the first one says "I have a Scotland football jersey, I drink Scotch whisky and eat haggis every week, I've joined a pipe band, I own a Scottie dog, I wear a kilt everywhere, I salmon fish and I play golf ......... That's how Scottish I am. How Scottish have you become?"

The second one replies, "AWAY TAE FU*K YA PAKI B@STARD!"

Gillie

basquille wrote: »

Just so you can get a clear definition of what the average Sligonian is talking about:

Sligo @ Slang.ie *

* mature content within

Theres no such thing as an average Sligonian!;)

Drag00n79

Ah, there's a fair bit of shyte on that too imo.

AlmightyCushion

Some of those I've never heard of such as quest.

Gillie

"Aw lads a bitta munch on a big4 ya"

WTF?
Sounds like Patrick Truman from eastenders!

fillefatale

Hmmm, whoever compiled some of them needs to check their spelling first..
For example:

Raggin!
n.

Feeling annoied

"Ahh raggin man!"

takola

Brings back some memories though! My brother spent a good 3 years just going around calling everyone a "gomie", bless him!

Not A Sniff
exp.

No chance

"Will you be wit yer man over there?? Not a sniff!!!"

I Will In Me Shytee
n.

I will not perform that action

"Will you be going to Envy later?" "I will in me shytee , its a kip"

Those two just made me laugh!! I noticed ghoul is in there though, I've never heard that used up here though. Used all the time down in Limerick but I've never heard it used up here?

SprostonGreen

Where is Rehab, Rank, Belized, Buff?

gustavo

takola wrote: »

I Will In Me Shytee
n.

I will not perform that action

"Will you be going to Envy later?" "I will in me shytee , its a kip"

Those two just made me laugh!!

I submitted that one

Basq

red bellied wrote: »

Buffs should be there as well.

SprostonGreen wrote: »

Where is Rehab, Rank, Belized, Buff?

Don't know how ye missed it... it's under ummmmm.. 'B' funnily enough.

PS - there's a few in there i'd never heard of but ran it past a few mates younger than me who have heard of it (such as 'Toffin'). Didn't realise i was so out-of-touch with the youth of Sligo..


.. oh wait, yes I did!

AlmightyCushion

Toffin? What the fúck is toffin? It sounds like going to toffs. Stupid word all the same.

Basq

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

What the fúck is toffin? It sounds like going to toffs.

You get a cookie!

AlmightyCushion

basquille wrote: »

You get a cookie!

Giving sweeties to strangers. I always knew there was something dodgy about you.

How do we submit slang for this? I think we should make up our own one, for the laugh.

takola

gustavo wrote: »

I submitted that one

Fair play! Still makes me laugh!!

In all fairness now I can only imagine the look on any of my friends faces if I said "I'm going toffin tonight" to them!

They don't actually use that do they? Surely they just made it up so they could laugh at it!! :eek:

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I have heard people say they were going Toffin...

takola

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

I have heard people say they were going Toffin...

Course your friends would use it wouldn't they??

il gatto

There's very few slang terms exclusive to Sligo. "Minker" would be one. The rest are in common usage elsewhere. Sligo(nian?) is more about the accent than the wording. There's a whole world of youth slang that will never stick, due to it's utter crapness. "Toffin'"? That's muppet speak for "desparate to create new slang terms".:rolleyes:

Hail 2 Da Chimp

takola wrote: »

Course your friends would use it wouldn't they??

Thats right, all your mates are still going to Envy...

takola

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Thats right, all your mates are still going to Envy...

I don't have any friends

il gatto

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Thats right, all your mates are still going to Envy...

Like Toffs is much better:rolleyes:

Gillie

Stay on topic please.
We've had enough $hite in the last two days here!

Thank you.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Gillie wrote: »

Stay on topic please.
We've had enough $hite in the last two days here!

Thank you.

Sorry, you're right, I should have said Da Nox!

sligobhoy67

mink or minker isnt just Sligo - ya bunch a gomie shams!

waboi!
exp.

hello chap!

AlmightyCushion

The amount of text speak on that site is truly sickening.

fillefatale

il gatto wrote: »

There's very few slang terms exclusive to Sligo. "Minker" would be one. The rest are in common usage elsewhere. Sligo(nian?) is more about the accent than the wording. There's a whole world of youth slang that will never stick, due to it's utter crapness. "Toffin'"? That's muppet speak for "desparate to create new slang terms".:rolleyes:

win.

TheBeach

I'll ask me Mudder and Fadder to see if they have any examples!:D Liked the Xanadu's one, but always had it as beginning with Z in my head.

redarmyblues

Slang for Xanadus used to be Xanabuffs pronounced eggzaaaaanbuffs due to the preponderance of rural types in the early days
It was also known as the Appliance of Science.

elshambo

Ye will be glad to know(?) the term "5 pinter" for a rough burd as seen in a 1000 emails and Viz was created by a Sligo man aka me!

elshambo

"ill hit ya with so many lefts yel be prayin for a right" is loved the world over

"il give ya a dose of the sidekicks" when the whole of sligo had the dodgy movie channels on the cable shown kung fu movies all day

Dagon

What about "pure"?

It seems to be placed in front of pretty much anything and everything for emphasis. "That band were pure class", "I'm pure tired", "Yer wan is puuuure cute".

This is used constantly by certain Sligo heads, but I've seen it used to a lesser extent by dubs as well.

Madge

Dagon wrote: »

What about "pure"?

It seems to be placed in front of pretty much anything and everything for emphasis. "That band were pure class", "I'm pure tired", "Yer wan is puuuure cute".

This is used constantly by certain Sligo heads, but I've seen it used to a lesser extent by dubs as well.

I'm pure guilty of using that one!

Also, what about "like"?
For example, "did you see that tv show, like?" or "what is he on about, like?"

takola

Madge wrote: »

Also, what about "like"?
For example, "did you see that tv show, like?" or "what is he on about, like?"

Dammit! I'd just about gotten out of the habit of saying like after everything!!

Or at least I think I had. Now I'm aware of it I'll start counting and driving myself mad again!

muffler

Dagon wrote: »

What about "pure"?

It seems to be placed in front of pretty much anything and everything for emphasis. "That band were pure class", "I'm pure tired", "Yer wan is puuuure cute".

This is used constantly by certain Sligo heads, but I've seen it used to a lesser extent by dubs as well.

The posts in the Sligo forum are pure shite - is that what you mean

takola

muffler wrote: »

The posts in the Sligo forum are pure shite - is that what you mean

Oi!! Careful now! We'll have to get Basquille onto you!

muffler

takola wrote: »

Oi!! Careful now! We'll have to get Basquille onto you!

:eek: Please no. Im heterosexual

Basq

muffler wrote: »

:eek: Please no. Im heterosexual

Whoa whoa whoa... it was one time and I was very very drunk! *























* OK.. it may have actually been closer to twice... or three times!

tulipandthistle

muffler wrote: »

Puts me in mind of this from Scotland:

Two Pakistani men immigrate to Scotland, and agree to meet two years later to see who has become the most Scottish. Two years pass. They meet and the first one says "I have a Scotland football jersey, I drink Scotch whisky and eat haggis every week, I've joined a pipe band, I own a Scottie dog, I wear a kilt everywhere, I salmon fish and I play golf ......... That's how Scottish I am. How Scottish have you become?"

The second one replies, "AWAY TAE FU*K YA PAKI B@STARD!"

Ha, ha, ha! Loved the joke, I promise not to get offended, hee hee!!

Dagon

haha, I'll admit I use "like " after a lot of stuff alright like

mullanimal

fair play lads... ye came 3rd...

i'm from waterford and we came in 4th...

looking forward to the book being published!

a tip for anyone that is annoyed with text speak or bad entries on the site... you can provide alternative entries and as the site is so new if you get one mate to vote on it, it will become the default term.

also, if something is really shyte just request it to be flushed.


sound.

nicolaonfire

Ha I heard a new one the other day.
My sister was using it, she called someone a "minkasorous"!
I don't know how it should be spelled but you know!

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Hahaha Minkasaurus!

TequilaMockingBird

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Hahaha Minkasaurus!

Not only is that politically incorrect, it also brilliant!


As a non-Sligonian I could never understand "B-oooooo-k" (hooook, coooook etc), as oppossed to the rest of the world, who say buk. Oh, how I laughed when I first moved here. Booooooooooook indeed...

But while recently helping my girl with homework, getting her to pronounce sounds... :eek: two "O's" are pronounced "oooo"....:o

Sligo appears to have got it right. The rest of the world are wrong.

I stand corrected.

nicolaonfire

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Hahaha Minkasaurus!

Haha I love it!

Ah you fixed the spelling!

nicolaonfire

sueme wrote: »

Not only is that politically incorrect, it also brilliant!


As a non-Sligonian I could never understand "B-oooooo-k" (hooook, coooook etc), as oppossed to the rest of the world, who say buk. Oh, how I laughed when I first moved here. Booooooooooook indeed...

But while recently helping my girl with homework, getting her to pronounce sounds... :eek: two "O's" are pronounced "oooo"....:o

Sligo appears to have got it right. The rest of the world are wrong.

I stand corrected.

Haha I have had many an argument with people from different counties about how book is pronounced. Nobody would agree with me that it is book not buk apart from a fellow Sligonian. Are we the only people who say it "B-oooo-k"?

TequilaMockingBird

Yes, its just you.