Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in...
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Ireland, all have their own slang words, as does London. London slang has many varieties, the best known of which is rhyming slang. English-speaking nations...
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Anecdotal. Cockney Rhyming Slang. p. 353. Retrieved 2007-11-16. Smith, Gordon (1998–2006). "Slang to English letter F". Cockney Rhyming Slang. Retrieved 2007-11-16...
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step up from a knotted handkerchief". "Kiss me quick" has been used as rhyming slang for "prick". Also used as an -ism as in "kiss-me-kwik seaside towns...
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colloquially described as a "quid", "fiddly", or "saucepan", the latter as rhyming slang for "saucepan lid/quid". The five-pound note could be referred to as...
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Australian English vocabulary (redirect from Australian rhyming slang)
UK slang yob, meaning someone who is loud, rude and obnoxious, behaves badly, anti-social, and frequently drunk (and prefixed by "drunken"). Rhyming slang...
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Nadsat (category Russian slang)
Do you know anything of its provenance, Branom?" "Odd bits of old rhyming slang," said Dr. Branom ... "A bit of gipsy talk, too. But most of the roots...
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to Rhyme List of English words without rhymes Consonance Multisyllabic rhymes Rhyme in rap Rhyming recipe Rhyming slang (e.g. Cockney rhyming slang) Rhyming...
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Cant (language) (redirect from French slang)
and anti-language. Examples of anti-languages include Cockney rhyming slang, CB slang, verlan, the grypsera of Polish prisons, thieves' cant, Polari...
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Sweeney Todd (section In rhyming slang)
colouring by Jason Cardy & Kat Nicholson, and lettering by Jim Campbell. In rhyming slang, Sweeney Todd is the Flying Squad (a branch of the UK's Metropolitan...
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Polari (category British slang)
Romani, rhyming slang, sailors' slang and thieves' cant, which later expanded to contain words from Yiddish and 1960s drug subculture slang. It was constantly...
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Irreversible binomial (section Rhyming slang)
commonly just bottle, which leads on to aris from aristotle that is the rhyming slang for bottle. Jocular variant Gramley & Pätzold (2004). A Survey of Modern...
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Rub-a-dub-dub (category English nursery rhymes)
domain archive) "Cockney Rhyming Slang | Languages of London | Rose of York". 4 December 2017. "Rub-A-Dub is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Pub!". "Rub-a-Dub-Dub...
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Welshman's prick." In Cockney rhyming slang, a penis is described as a "Hampton Wick", a "Hampton" or a "wick" because it rhymes with "prick". An English proverb...
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Glowie Slang for an American federal agent, often used online. Originates from a quote by Terry A. Davis. Grass Cockney (English) rhyming slang for a police...
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Cantonese internet slang Cockney rhyming slang Fala dos arxinas Fenya Gayle language Generation Z slang Glossary of jive talk Helsinki slang IsiNgqumo Joual...
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Tod Sloan (jockey) (section Rhyming slang)
rode many winners in England where his first name was adopted into the rhyming slang used by the Cockneys of the East end of London to mean 'own' as in 'on...
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86 (term) (redirect from 86 (slang))
originated in the 1920s or 1930s.[citation needed] Possible origins include: Rhyming slang for nix. Part of the jargon used by soda jerks. Walter Winchell wrote...
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person. An abbreviation of either 'Berkshire Hunt' or 'Berkeley Hunt', rhyming slang for cunt. bespoke * custom-made to a buyer's specification (US:custom-made)...
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is nicknamed The Sweeney, an abbreviation of the Cockney rhyming slang "Sweeney Todd" (rhyming "squad" with "todd"). The squad's purpose is to investigate...
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List of alternative names for currency (category Slang)
OCLC 233484849. "Currency". Investopedia. "Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary". CockneyRhymingSlang. Lien, K. (2010). The Little Book of Currency Trading:...
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Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language. Many of the terms deal...
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A Clockwork Orange (novel) (section Use of slang)
Cutter, however, means "money", because "cutter" rhymes with "bread-and-butter"; this is rhyming slang, which is intended to be impenetrable to outsiders...
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Glossary of names for the British (redirect from Pom (Australian slang))
source?] According to this explanation, "pomegranate" was Australian rhyming slang for "immigrant" (like "Jimmy Grant"). Usage of "pomegranate" for English...
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Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang composed of Slavic languages (especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang. The film premiered in New York...
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Craps (redirect from Snake Eyes (slang))
to as "Jimmie Hicks" or "Jimmie Hicks from the sticks", examples of rhyming slang. On a win, the six is often called "666 winner 6" followed by "came...
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most often for Richard, which likely originated in the Middle Ages as rhyming slang for "Rick", as did William → Will → Bill and Robert → Rob → Bob. The...
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Leeves also set up the production company Bristol Cities (cockney rhyming slang for 'titties'). Their last project was in 2007, a pilot for a US remake...
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nickname is The Cabbage,[unreliable source?] derived from the shortened rhyming slang for Hibs ("Cabbage and Ribs"). Hibernian have won the Scottish league...
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Taking the piss (category English-language slang)
refers to the act of urinating. Taking the Mickey (Mickey Bliss, Cockney rhyming slang), taking the Mick or taking the Michael are additional terms for making...
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