Cockney Rhyming Slang (use and abuse)

[Over The Hill]

Ah see what you've done there is confused what is now called rhyming slang and what was rhyming slang. I know language evolves (just like everything else on this planet!) but it does upset me when I hear new rhyming slang like 'britneys' as it's not what I grew up with

I think it is rather good that new words and so new rhymes come along. Growing up in the 70s glam rock era we always wore our Lionels on a night out.

 

[benb]

Ah see what you've done there is confused what is now called rhyming slang and what was rhyming slang. I know language evolves (just like everything else on this planet!) but it does upset me when I hear new rhyming slang like 'britneys' as it's not what I grew up with

But Cockney Rhyming Slang has always been added to as new people come up with new phrases.

 

[Over The Hill]

A mate of mine was born in Manchester to a Cockney father. He was complaining to me the other day that he had been unable to understand half the things that his dad said to him as a child!

I had the same problem in Bethnel Green

 

[Archie_tect]

As opposed to Cumbrian Rhyming slang... watch out for nobbies off the coast.

 

[dellzeqq]

there's a chap in Hoxton (not one of the newer arrivals) who says that he has devoted his life to manufacturing rhyming slang. He claims 'shoot in the pail' for 'brown ale' as his own. If you go for a haircut in Hoxton High Street you might meet him hanging around the barbers.

 

[RoyPSB]

I prefer Jim Royle's version - "I'm off for an Eartha!"

 

[Fnaar]

A quick Sherman.
Or possibly an Armitage.
Both mean the same thing, really.

 

[benb]

A quick Sherman.
Or possibly an Armitage.
Both mean the same thing, really.

But they nick all your money!

 

[dellzeqq]

A quick Sherman.
Or possibly an Armitage.
Both mean the same thing, really.

Kenneth Williams used the term 'Barclays'

 

[Over The Hill]

A quick Sherman.
Or possibly an Armitage.
Both mean the same thing, really.

Or a J Arthur or a Jodrell?

 

[roadrash]

Or a J Arthur or a Jodrell?

or a ham?

 

[GM]

Going for a "tom tit" is quite common up here too.

How about, I'm going for a macaroni.

 

[02GF74]

the one I use is " would you cain and abel it?" instead of "adam and eve it" to confuse.

 

[Saddle bum]

there's a chap in Hoxton (not one of the newer arrivals) who says that he has devoted his life to manufacturing rhyming slang. He claims 's*** in the pail' for 'brown ale' as his own. If you go for a haircut in Hoxton High Street you might meet him hanging around the barbers.

It's 'oxton, not Hoxton. You a toff or summat?

 

[Saddle bum]

Is that barnet for real?