Country Dictionary

Very popular UK holiday destination since the early 1950's. Particularly popular with people from Nottingham

Are you going to Skegness?

Adj. 1) Someone emotionally distressed 2) A person that doesn't follow emo fashion or culture, but essentially conforms with mainstream emo attitudes. 3) A crude, rude and blunt individual whom isn't considerate about other people's emotions, and is consequently self-centered in this essence.

eg.1 KID 1: Oh dear, that boy doesn't look emo, but he clearly is an emo inside... KID 2: He's blatantly 'Skegness' eg.1 KID 1: Sherbaz is Skegness! KID 2: Yeah, you can tell from his bastardly attacks at people.

When you express utter discust for an item or something that looks tacky.

'hey joe, that lava lamp you just brought looks so skegness!'

Have a quick look at something

Gizza skeg at the picture in the magazine

A person who wears surf cloths and is into surfing or pretends to be into surfing.

In the 80s when I was in school people who say " are you a skeg or a headbanger" or "he's looks like a skeg"

to be hit or injured by the fin (or skeg) or a surf board

"man i totally got skegged today shredding some gnarcore swells"

To observe something in Hull

Giz a skeg at the baines as they lark down the tenfoot.