A Conversation for Cockney Rhyming Slang
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SonicYoof Started conversation Dec 17, 1999
Queen Mum - Bum - as in "get off your Queen Mum"
Pony - £25 - as in "lend me a Pony?"
That pony one doesn't rhyme though 
Keep your Alans On!!!
Barndoor Posted Dec 17, 1999
Some fridge down the nuclear told me that his good lady wife was a "right Noriss". Pray tell dear cockney chapie, what is a Norris? It would appear that a Noriss is none other than Mr Mcquirter (?) of record breakers fame. Apparently it rhymes with "squirter" although I am slightly miffed as to why my dear friend's trouble would be a squirter. Do me a cheesy (quaver) and help me out of this tight spot.
Keep your Alans On!!!
Jimi X Posted Dec 17, 1999
Hey Barndoor! Nobody can say hello to you properly until you write something on your home page!
Keep your Alans On!!!
Anonymouse Posted Dec 17, 1999
As Jimi said.. Go hit the 'edit page' button in the goo and leave us a plaintext "Hi!" in the body of your page until you have time for more.. meanwhile...
*extends teeny paw and tips a tiny tophat* .. Hi there! Welcome to the party which is h2g2 -- Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Earth Edition!
'Nonnie. 
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highway_rose Posted Dec 22, 1999
Not really sure if this gets used in London, but it gets used a lot in Glasgow..
Pails = Pails and Basins = Masons = FreeMasons..
so, next time someone says to you, 'Going to the Pails?' feel happy that you know roughly what they mean.. 
stupid things
Zipo Bibrok Posted Dec 28, 1999
You know what. I think that I am going to add Cockney Rhyming slang (not the article, just the actual think) to my article of Stupid things
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wide_inside Posted Jan 30, 2000
if you're doing all the celebrity money slang, then you mustn't forget "dudley" as in dudley moore, for a score, or twenty pounds.
Alan wicker, aswell as being knickers, as in pants for girls, can also be nicker as in a quid.
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Anonymouse Posted Jan 31, 2000
Wide: See above for instructions on attracting and capturing Aces (erm.. or 'how to open up your page for proper welcomes' ... erm.. edit your page ).
Meanwhile, again, *tips a teeny tophat and exteneds a paw* You've stumbled onto the Earth Edition of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Welcome, and enjoy! 
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Beeblefish Posted Mar 9, 2000
Great article everyone!
Here's some Neo-cockney slang for you . . .
(From Clockwork Orange)
Cutter (for Money)
It goes like this:
Money
Bread and Honey
Bread
Bread and Butter
Cutter
(Just a theory, it could also be from Rusian or something -- but this come to me today so I thought I would add in my two cents)
~Beeblefish (Makin Things Up for Fun and Profit, Well Fun Anyway)
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Anonymouse Posted Mar 9, 2000
Just out of curiosity, would any self-respecting Cockney use the term 'nicker' in place of 'theif'? As in, 'Don't lay any cutter round here, lotta nickers round about.'
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urrgh-get-off Posted Mar 23, 2000
Bin Lid (quid) as in 'That'll be a bin my son'
Jockey's Whips (chips) as in 'Gis a few of your jockeys mate'
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androyd Posted Apr 11, 2000
In rhyming slang pony =pony and trap = crap eg. I'm feeling a bit pony. All us Arsenal fans loved when Spurs shirts were made by Pony.....
Pony meaning £25 and monkey meaning £50 are general London terms and not rhyming slang.
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wide_inside Posted Apr 23, 2000
We've also got "Spanish" as in, "I gave my trouble the Spanish, and she was off down the frog before her aris touched the ground."
Spanish = either Spanish fiddler, or Spanish archer. El Bow, get it?
Frog = frog and toad, road
Aris = Aristotle, Bottle, bottle and glass = arse
opened up my home for stuff aswell.
wide
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Mardi Gra Posted Jun 3, 2000
"Charlie" is another one, as in "I felt a right Charlie".
(Charlie Hunt = ...well, I won't spell it out!)
Grave Error
Researcher 129968 Posted Jun 27, 2000
Whilst it's aluded to on the table, it's worth makin VERY CLEAR that nobody ever uses the whole rhyme. If you walked into an East End boozer and were heard to exclaim "I'm Lee Marvin. What can I get for a Lady Godiva?" you would promptly be taken out back and have the tom beaten out of you.
The correct phraseology would be " I'm Lee, what can I get f'r'a Lady?"
The use of the full phrase (especially on TV when 'cockneys' use phrases like apples and pears - it's just fu***ng apples) has pearly kings and queens this side of the bow bells turning in their Indian's.
*Lady Godiva = fiver = £5.00
tom = tom titt = shit
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Kes Posted Jun 29, 2000
There's an Australian parallel to this one - from Aussie Rules football comes the phrase "drop kick and punt" , which transforms into: "He's a right drop kick!"
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Papa Posted Sep 27, 2000
Here is one I heard about 10 years ago
A "Cheese'n" for a geezer
Cheese 'n' Chutney = Putney
Putney bridge = Fridge
Fridge Freezer= Geezer
Of course the other one I have not seen mentioned is "Tommy" but I won't get into that as it maybe against house rules...
tara luv
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- 2: Barndoor (Dec 17, 1999)
- 3: Jimi X (Dec 17, 1999)
- 4: Anonymouse (Dec 17, 1999)
- 5: highway_rose (Dec 22, 1999)
- 6: Zipo Bibrok (Dec 28, 1999)
- 7: wide_inside (Jan 30, 2000)
- 8: Anonymouse (Jan 31, 2000)
- 9: Beeblefish (Mar 9, 2000)
- 10: Anonymouse (Mar 9, 2000)
- 11: urrgh-get-off (Mar 23, 2000)
- 12: androyd (Apr 11, 2000)
- 13: wide_inside (Apr 23, 2000)
- 14: Mardi Gra (Jun 3, 2000)
- 15: U135579 (Jun 20, 2000)
- 16: Researcher 129968 (Jun 27, 2000)
- 17: Kes (Jun 29, 2000)
- 18: U135579 (Aug 5, 2000)
- 19: Papa (Sep 27, 2000)
- 20: U135579 (Oct 6, 2000)
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