The Galway Slang Quiz #1
Do you think you have the langue of the Galway people down? Are you confident in your own Galwegian slang? Take the quiz to find out if you are really in with the locals!
These 20 Galway slang questions will test your knowledge on the language of the place that is the besht, the Wesht.
1. Which of the following words describes a female, an attractive woman, or somebody's girlfriend?
Beour
Yoke
Feen
Well
2. Finish the sentence: The poor auld...
Fella
Lad
Creatureen
Thing
3. What word do Galwegians use to describe everything?
Grand
Scan
Tribes
Nice
4. What phrase do we often use as a sub for the likes of ‘oh my god’?
Step on the gas
Beep the horn
Shtop the lights
Hold the honkers
5. Another word for 'ok' that we use about 400000 times a day is...
Plámás
Hun
Sound
Awesome
6. What is such an iconic Galway saying that has been turned into merch and cocktails?
Loveen
Babe
Abú
G'wayyy
7. Another Galway way of saying cool or class is...
Ugh
Lush
Tome
Crunch
8. If someone were to ‘tumble the wildcat’ what would they be doing?
Fall over
Forward roll
Pet a cat
Spin around
9. "When a Galway person says 'I will in me hole', what do they mean?
They will do something
They live in a hole
They won't do something
They've got a pain in their ass
10. A less polite way of saying 'yes' is...
Jeez
Aragh
Feens
Sure why wouldn't I
11. Which of these phrases would you use if you were searching for a bitta goss?
Pass the tea
Tell me this and tell me no more
Were you a fly on the wall
Listen now
12. In Ireland we say hold on a sec, in Galway we say…
Stall the ball
Aragh musha
Keep calm
Here now
13. If someone looked particularly mad/wild, what might you say?
Huh?
Lordy!
Shtate of that!
Shtop shtop shtop!
14. What might you say when you agree with someone?
That's the one
Fact!
Think again
Spot on!
15. What term of endearment might you say when greeting a friend?
Stun
Savage
Wallop
Scan
16. Someone asks how you are, you say you’re...
The finesht
Yeet
Grim
Flighty
17. ‘Look at the head on your man/wan’ would mean that...
They're big headed
They have mad hair
They have a round head
They're very smart
18. Finish the phrase: 'Sound as a ...'
Round
Crown
Pound
Greyhound
19. For someone with poor etiquette, you might ask if they were ‘born in a …'
Stable
Field
Rush
Different time
20. What's another way you could ask how things are?
How's she cuttin'?
Aragh look it?
What ya at?
Scran?
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