A Conversation for Cockney Rhyming Slang
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wide_inside Started conversation Mar 21, 2001
don't forget the ones that don't rhyme.
You've got "Germans" which means hands. What are German men called? you get it.
And "Spanish Archer" or "Spanish Fiddler" Elbow (El (the Spanish bit) Bow (the fiddle/archer bit)).
As in "Ee trouble caught me wiv' me germans on anover bird. She only went an' gimme the spanish din't she!"
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wide_inside Posted Mar 21, 2001
oops. "Me" not "Ee".
that thirteenth finger never works as well as the rest.
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Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat Posted Apr 5, 2001
I've heard of 'monkey' being used to mean £500 (I think). Is that Cockney?
Oh, and 'pinch' and 'half inch' are the wrong way round.
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Mardi Gra Posted Apr 29, 2001
Raspberry ripple = cripple
Old Joanna = pianna (or piano, as we say in Received English)
BTW, a boozer (battle cruiser) normally means the nuclear sub rather than the offy. 
Germans = Hands
Researcher Ragnaschlock Posted May 10, 2001
The full slang is "German Bands" = "hands". In order for Cockney Rhyming slang to be totally authentic and confusing, one only says the first word of the rhyming slang phrase. You'd never actually say "barnet fair" or "boat race", you'd only say the first half. The half that doesn't rhyme.
Germans = Hands
wide_inside Posted May 22, 2001
Actually, it's because all Germans are called "Hans". Like I say, some don't have to rhyme.
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