As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...
Come on, pull your Alum Rocks up! That’s Brummie rhyming slang for socks, of course. According to historian Carl Chinn, we had our own kind of lingo, especially among market traders. READ MORE: ...
(CBS News) Rest in peace, Cockney rhyming slang. Apparently Britons no longer know the "dickie birds" (words). According to a new poll, the whimsical dialect associated with London's working class is ...
A guy walks into a doctor’s office and says, “Doc, wiv dis Billy Ray Cyrus, I can’t stop Wallace and Gromiting and I ‘ave a ‘orrible on and off. Do you ‘ave any Thomas Edison what won’t hurt me ...
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A UK company has decided to roll out some fun cash machines in London for the next three months. Instead of seeing the options displayed on the cash machine in the Queen’s English, these ATMs will ...
“Apple and pears” meanings stairs, “tin of fruit” meaning suit – most people are familiar with the idea of rhyming slang being a Cockney, east London, invention, but there are some who believe the ...
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