Catchword: segotia

Filed Under: Ireland

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Me segotia, or me oul’ segotia are phrases as Dublin as they come.…Mr. Paddy O’Neill…was right when he glossed it as a Dublin Fusilier’s word. Me segotia, Mr. O’Neill claimed, was originally said to children only, which is very important, as it confirms his theory that it was a corruption of some phrase like mon cher gosse, my dear child.

Author:
Diarmaid Ó Muirithe

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
A Glossary of Irish Slang

Date of Publication:
Mar. 4, 2004

Page Number:
118

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