Cockney FAQ ?
v113...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
North (and south) = mouth
Duchess (of Fife) = wife
Cheerio, Geoff
Martin Underwood
: More rhyming slang...
: North (and south) = mouth
: Duchess (of Fife) = wife
: Cheerio, Geoff
There's also
Farmer (Giles) = piles (as heard on last night's "Steptoe and Son" -
"My farmers are playing up today")
Pony (and trap) = crap ("I'm just going for a pony")
Elephants (trunk) = drunk ("Fred was roaring elephants last night")
Brahms (and Liszt) = pissed
Huey (Green) = green (ie about to throw up) [Huey Green used to present
"Opportunity Knocks"]
Barnet (Fair) = hair
What's the origin of "drum", meaning "house/flat"?
Does anyone know the origin of the various animal names (eg pony, monkey) for
sums of money? (eg I think money is 500 pounds and pony is 25 pounds - but I
could well be wrong).
James Kew
Underwood) wrote:
> Huey (Green) = green (ie about to throw up) [Huey Green used to present
> "Opportunity Knocks"]
That's not rhyming slang, surely? What's the rhyme? No, it's onomatopoeic.
Reminds me of the Billy Connolly sketch about "calling on Huey... and
occasionally Ralph."
[Three years I've waited to use that word in a posting. My life is complete.]
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Ian Collier
> "Opportunity Knocks"]
Surely the word Huey is onomatopoeic and has nothing whatsoever to do with
Hughie Green or rhyming slang?!
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Alan (Fred) Pipes
> v113...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu wrote:
> : More rhyming slang...
> Elephants (trunk) = drunk ("Fred was roaring elephants last night")
cheeky!
Don't forget gypsy's kiss = piss ("I'd love to list more examples, but
I'm dying for a gypy's!")
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Alan (Fred) Pipes
> Don't forget gypsy's kiss = piss ("I'd love to list more examples, but
> I'm dying for a gypy's!")
>
best Fools & Horses one is syrup
as in syrup of fig(s) = wig
creases me up every time!!!
Simon Thornton
pi...@pavilion.co.uk (Alan (Fred) Pipes) wrote:
> > Don't forget gypsy's kiss = piss ("I'd love to list more examples, but
> > I'm dying for a gypy's!")
> >
> that's better!!!
>
> best Fools & Horses one is syrup
> as in syrup of fig(s) = wig
>
> creases me up every time!!!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think you need to get out more, Fred...
Simon.
Robert Ramsay
Gary"
Gary Glitter = well, I'll leave you to work it out
What a comedown. Once an internationally famous popstar, now a
rather unpleasant piece of rhyming slang. :-)
Also -
Hampton = Hampton Wick = dick (The Goons once had a character called
Hugh Jampton...)
Teddington = Teddington Lock = cock
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Alan (Fred) Pipes
sim...@pavilion.co.uk (Simon Thornton) wrote:
It's all that Rosie Lee I've been drinking today
BTW this weather's a pain in the Khyber, ain't it just?
Alan (Fred) Pipes
Kew) wrote:
> In article <D3A89...@oasis.icl.co.uk>, m...@oasis.icl.co.uk (Martin
> Underwood) wrote:
>
> > Huey (Green) = green (ie about to throw up) [Huey Green used to present
> > "Opportunity Knocks"]
>
> That's not rhyming slang, surely? What's the rhyme? No, it's onomatopoeic.
But Russell Harty = party
how many rhyming slang things are based on TV personalities?
(we've already had Lionel Blairs = flairs ( or maybe they should be Tonys now))
Steve Phillips
> In article <D3A89...@oasis.icl.co.uk>, m...@oasis.icl.co.uk (Martin Underwood) wrote:
>>Huey (Green) = green (ie about to throw up) [Huey Green used to present
>> "Opportunity Knocks"]
>
> Surely the word Huey is onomatopoeic and has nothing whatsoever to do with
> Hughie Green or rhyming slang?!
It seems to have come from an old Billy Connelly sketch (the one about
drinking two pints of creme de menthe). A lot of these supposed CRS slang
phrases are made-up. My whole family are from that part of London and there
are many they've never heard of (e.g. syrup of figs; they say it's "Irish"
as in Irish Jig).
Steve
Ian Collier
>how many rhyming slang things are based on TV personalities?
doctor> What can I do for you today?
patient> I've got the Emmas......
Also, not rhyming slang, but an Archer is slang for 2000 (I think) pounds
in the City of London, because of the alleged event involving a brown paper
envelope and Victoria Station.
John Grove
pi...@pavilion.co.uk "Alan (Fred" writes:
:
: > Don't forget gypsy's kiss = piss ("I'd love to list more examples, but
: > I'm dying for a gypy's!")
: >
: that's better!!!
I always thought it was "Going fer a Jimmy", from Jimmy Riddle (Piddle).
Though I don't know the derivation, it's oft' quoted.
Let's 'av a bash at these regular cockney quotes (!):
1. 'Av a Deckers (look at)
2. Me ol' China (?)
3. Put yer Monica on this (signature on this)
4. Fly a Kite (get or give a loan)
5. Syrup (Wig, from Syrup of Figs)
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James Kew
> Let's 'av a bash at these regular cockney quotes (!):
>
> 2. Me ol' China (?)
China plate / mate?
Brian Neal Ruth
>best Fools & Horses one is syrup
>as in syrup of fig(s) = wig
>
>creases me up every time!!!
I know its not strictly rhyming slang, but I thought the best one from Only
Fools and Horses was Del's reference to a cement mixer as 'the Irish tumble
dryer'
Brilliant...
Brian.
Paul Rhodes
>Let's 'av a bash at these regular cockney quotes (!):
> 3. Put yer Monica on this (signature on this)
Not rhyming slang: It's "moniker"
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Peter Bendall
>
> Let's 'av a bash at these regular cockney quotes (!):
>
> 1. 'Av a Deckers (look at)
more like a version of the verb "dic" meaning exactly that - to look
at "dick the donah" - look at the lady. Anyone know the grammar?
> 2. Me ol' China (?)
China Plate = Mate
There's plenty of words in TV that seem to me to be more _theatre_ than cockney
although you hear them in Carry-on films and serials like AYBS.
Carsi (casa = house, -> littlest house -> s*house)
Parni (liquid equivalent of the above, "go for a parni")
Bevvi (pub, or alcoholic beverages consumed therein)
Denari (money - the "d" from l.s.d.)
(who turned that tap on ....)
Peter
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Ian Collier
China plate = mate.
> 3. Put yer Monica on this (signature on this)
I think that's "moniker", but its origin is unknown.
John Grove
Jo...@grovesey.demon.co.uk "John Grove" writes:
: In article <pipes-01029...@line04.gunn-du.pavilion.co.uk>
: pi...@pavilion.co.uk "Alan (Fred" writes:
:
: :
: : > Don't forget gypsy's kiss = piss ("I'd love to list more examples, but
: : > I'm dying for a gypy's!")
: : >
: : that's better!!!
:
: I always thought it was "Going fer a Jimmy", from Jimmy Riddle (Piddle).
: Though I don't know the derivation, it's oft' quoted.
:
: Let's 'av a bash at these regular cockney quotes (!):
:
: 1. 'Av a Deckers (look at)
: 2. Me ol' China (Mate, as in China Plate)
: 3. Put yer Monica on this (signature on this)
: 4. Fly a Kite (get or give a loan)
: 5. Syrup (Wig, from Syrup of Figs)
:
: --
: John.
: jo...@grovesey.demon.uk.co
: Finchley LONDON UK
: ..........................................
: :Weather is Here, Wish you were Beautiful:
: :........................................:
:
Liam Cairney
pi...@pavilion.co.uk "Alan (Fred" writes:
> how many rhyming slang things are based on TV personalities?
> (we've already had Lionel Blairs = flairs ( or maybe they should be Tonys
> now))
The best is, of course, "Gareth Hunt"...
Liam.
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