someone from the northside of dublin who is poor and does drugs. They often have a very thick accent, are drunk, and give Ireland a bad name
by Who is finn ,why is he kneelin November 11, 2019
Get the skanger mug.Man or woman that ruffles the feathers of the petit bourgeoisie, broadly includes actual cunts who fuck everything up and everyone over and also just people who happen to be poor and thus part of a certain culture, despite the pity you might feel for some "rockers" who are picked on, in slightly different circumstances (berlin circa 1939) andy your local nirvana fan from castleknock would most likely be funding right wing death squads to kill inner city people just for being poor
hey nuala look at those skangers, they think theyre so cool with their little knacker burberry hats, oh haw haw haw (airkiss) lets go get some heinos at the buttery!
by chomskola January 18, 2007
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A guy who talks like he's from the Cork city, (Northside, usually) but he's actually from the Southside or worse, from Dublin.
I spied me man as I was headin' down Pana, he called out "howsitgoin' lockaa", but he looked like a right sklanger.
by Paul Kennedy December 26, 2006
Get the sklanger mug.the term 'skanger', though regarded as of Dublinese origin, is accepted as having its origins in Jamaican patois. The very poor were known as 'skangers' ('scavengers'). How the term became part of the dublin dialect is unknown. Nooooice one, roysh?
by rathcooleposse September 13, 2007
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