Cockney Rhyming Slang

[Brian Bowen]

Cockney rhyming slang was mentioned on another thread in passing. It makes a very colourful and often humourous addition to the way some English folk speak. For those unfamiliar:

Apples and pears = stairs
Plates of meat = feet

Usage becomes even more oblique when reduced, e.g., to “I’m going up the apples to bed”.

I wouldn't mind having a list -- anyone got some entertaining examples? As politically correct (and clean) as possible, please.

 

[JessopSmythe]

Trouble and Strife = Wife
Trouble and Fuss = Bus.

"I took the touble to town on the trouble" :?

 

[twigglet]

Britney Spears- beers

 

[Okiedokie of Oz]

Dog and Bone - telephone
Cat's Whisker - transistor


In the "olden days" the Aussies sent a few of these rhyming slangs over your way!

 

[iggmeister]

Gypsy's kiss, as in, "Awight darlin', I've had too many Britneys and need a quick gypsy's".

Currant bun = sun

raspberry ripples = nipples

as in "oi Sharon, cover up darlin or else the currant'll burn yer raspberries!"

Just a couple that you might like to use in the US.

Igg

 

[ju33les]

ruby murray - curry
icky dicky- sick(y)
eartha kitt-
I better stop there as most of my slang is a little bit :?

 

[Accidental]

rosy lea = tea
old joanna = piano (pianna!)

I think I can remember the whole alphabet (A is for 'orses, B for mutton etc etc) but that would take up way too much space here. My fave letters are Q for a pee and Y for girlfriend!

 

[bagpuss]

Thrupenny bits - diarrhoea
i.e. 'got any cheese love?? I've got the thrupenny bits.'
nb, can also be used to describe what Raspberries (see earlier post) are attached to.

Butchers hook - look
i.e. 'phwoar.....have a Butchers at these pics of Big Twigge dressed as a 70's hooker' :wow :wow

Richard the Third - faeces
i.e. ' can't stop.....got to get home for a Richard'


Puss

 

[PeterBale]

Frog and toad - road
China plate - mate
Tit for (titfer) tat - hat

To be correct, you should only use the first part - ie the word that doesn't rhyme.

 

[ted]

Principal Skinner = Dinner

 

[ScrapingtheBottom]

Hank Marvin = Starving
Rod Ryan = TV (don't ask me why!)

 

[PeterBale]

Loaf of bread - head

 

[Steve]

Jack & Danny - Fa**y

Used to work for a propper cockney geezer in a pub and he was often heard yelling to his wife that if she didnt stop yacking on the phone he would stick 'the dog' (see previous posts) up her Jack & ........

 

[yorkie19]

http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/


Sam

 

[Dave Payn]

Thrupenny bits - diarrhoea
i.e. 'got any cheese love?? I've got the thrupenny bits.'
nb, can also be used to describe what Raspberries (see earlier post) are attached to.

All this talk of food..... 'scuse me, I'm just going for a tom.

 

[yorkie19]

Also:

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

but not just for Cockney.

Sam

 

[Straightmute]

Also:

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

but not just for Cockney.

Excellent Sam. Made my day to come across 'oojah' defined so well.

Something for a rainy day there I suspect...

D

 

[PeterBale]

Something for a rainy day there I suspect...

Such as "brolly = umbrella", for example :wink: