Irish Dictionary
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| Irish Slang: | ¡@ | meaning in English: |
| Sally | n | head; comes from Sallynoggin(Dublin suburb) you take out the noggin part which is head. |
| Sambos | n | sandwiches |
| Sap | n | wimp |
| Savage | a | very severe |
| Scab | n/v | one who scabs (constantly borrows or tries to get freebies); scabby, stingy |
| Scab | n | very angry woman/man |
| Scaldy | n | scabby, stingy |
| Scallion | n | spring onion |
| Scalped | v | to get a short haircut |
| Scanger | n | stupid female |
| Scarlet | a | blushing |
| Scatter | v | run away from something |
| Scon | n | Scatter |
| Score | n | twenty; Four score=80; lend us a score=20 pounds |
| Scram! | go away! | |
| Scran | n | food |
| Scrap | n | fight |
| the Scratch | a | dole, social security |
| dole, social security | n | bed |
| Scrawbed | n | scratched by fingernails - usually in a fight |
| Screwed | v | fecked, in trouble |
| Scrubber | n | female of low morals |
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Scuttered |
n | drunk |
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Scundered/ scunderated |
v | embarrassed |
| Scutters/Squitters | n | diarrhoea |
| Scutting | v | catching a ride by hanging from the back of a moving truck and then jumping off |
| Session | n | Drinking all day long, typically starting before noon |
| Shades | n | police |
| Shagged | a | tired |
| Sham | n | used by a man from a rural area when addressing one from the city e.g. How's it goin', sham? |
| Shaper | n | young guy who takes up a lot of space when he struts around |
| Shattered | a | exhausted |
| Shenanagans | n | carry-on/horse-play |
| Shift | n | kiss |
| Shite hawk | n | general term of abuse |
| Shitter | n | toilet |
| Shittin' a brick | phr | very nervous |
| Shlossed | a | very drunk |
| Shook | a | looks very unwell e.g. "he looked shook" |
| Shore | n | outside ( your kitchen door) drain |
| Shorts | n | liquor drinks (spirits) - shots or mixed drinks |
| Shower of savages | n | a crowd, out to have a raucous time but being a bit of a nuisance! |
| Shrapnel | n | loose change |
| Silko | n | similar to gouger except less offensive |
| Single | n | packet of chips |
| Six o' one, half a dozen o' the other | phr | exactly the same |
| horrible, not good | a | horrible, not good |
| Sketch | n | usually a girl who looks a state |
| Skin | n | head |
| Sky diver | n | a fiver(5 pounds) |
| Slagging | n | having someone on, making fun of them |
| Slapper | n | scrubber or a slut |
| Slash | n/v | "to take a slash"= to piss, to urinate |
| Sleeveen, Slinkeen | n | a sly type, pinch the eyes out of your head |
| Slinjing | v | dragging your heels |
| Slug | n | mouthful of a drink - gis a slug |
| Snapper | n | child |
| Snaps | n | photographs |
| Snared rapid | v | caught doing something one shouldn't have been doing |
| Sneachta | n | cocaine (snow) |
| Snitch, Squealer, Squaler | n | informant |
| Snobby Weather!! | phr | "are you choosing to ignore me?" (usually meant in humour) |
| Snog, Shift | v | make out with or get off with (someone) |
| Snot | n | nasal discharge |
| Snot rag | n | handkerchief |
| Snug | n | pub booth |
| Soft as shite | n | soft in the head |
| Soft auld day, it's a | phr | usually said by old people when referring to a typically Irish day, i.e. a soft rain falling |
| Soother | n | pacifier, dummy |
| Sound | a | very good |
| Spa | n | someone who hasn't got good co-ordination |
| Specky Four-Eyes | a | anyone who wears glasses (kid's nickname) |
| Speedy | n | police motorbike |
| Sprog | n | kid |
| Spuds | n | potatoes |
| Squealer | n | baby; someone who tells on you |
| Squid | n | same as quid |
| Squizz | n | a look-see |
| Stabber | n | the last 1/4 of a cigarette - "leave us a stabber" |
| Steamed, Steamboats | v | very drunk - "we're getting steamed (steamboats) tonight" |
| Steever | n | a kick in the backside |
| Stinky/Stinkies | n | shit |
| Stop the lights! | exclam | jayzuz, really?! |
| Stocious | a | drunk as a lord |
| Strand | n | beach |
| Strides | n | trousers |
| Streal | n | looking down and out; Like a streal |
| Stung | a | embarrassed after getting caught doing something ye shouldn't |
| Suckin' diesel | v | having a good time |
| Swimming trunks | n | mens' bathing suit |