Rhyming slang

[Pale Rider]

Several relating to money.

Deep sea diver - fiver.

Also a Jacks - Jack's alive - five.

Cock and hen - ten.

Bag of sand - a grand.

Then there's monkeys and ponies, but I don't think they are rhyming slang.

 

[wheresthetorch]

"Me old china" - china plate - mate.

 

[FrankCrank]

....about a dozen years back was in Cambodia, and went to see Angkor Wat, and also some of the lesser known temples in the vast complex. At one very remote temple, a local lad in his early teens decided he would be our impromptu tour guide, and seemed to know all the lingo pretty well. When we departed he asked us if we were going for a couple of Britneys when we got back into town, and we having no idea what he meant, he explained it to us. Felt pretty stupid really, outsmarted by a scrawny lad in such a back-of-beyond place.

In Goa many moons ago, at the famous Sunday market, the local sellers were coming out with stuff like 'luvvly jubbly' and 'cheaper than Asda' - really throws you.

One I heard quite a bit when working in Brentford was being boracic, especially just before pay day..........

 

[EltonFrog]

A Lady-Lady Godiver-fiver
An Ayrton - Ayrton Senna-tenner
A score- twenty

Barnet- Barnet fair- hair
Chalk Farm - arms
Plates- plates of meat -feet
Jugs- jugs of beer - ears
Tea leaf- thief
Sky's- Sky Rockets- pockets
Shut your north- North n South- mouth.

Your almonds don't 'arf pen n ink.

Almond Rocks - socks.

Pen n ink - stink

I'm going down the J R Arthur

J R Arther Rank - Bank

 

[Norry1]

Boracic lint - skint

 

[EltonFrog]

Thre'penny bits - tits
Apples n pears - stairs

Here's an obscure one.

That's a nice kettle.

Kettle - watch.

I heard two explanations for this.

Kettle on the hob - Fob- fob watch.

Or

Kettle ( a measurement) of Scotch - watch

 

[Pale Rider]

I'm going down the J R Arthur

J R Arther Rank - Bank

Also fish tank, and the jod - Joddrel Bank.

 

[Katherine]

My son calls his sister 'Blister' from skin and blister.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

A Gary was always the toilet. Gary Glitter -Shitter
Arse was Khyber.

I've heard Gary used for arse, it having the same nickname as toilet.
Again non PC but in the sexual context of anal sex : they take it up the gary.

Septic (tanks - yanks) Americans

J Arthur (rank) = self sexual gratification as well as bank.

Titfer (tit for tat) hat

One of my ex colleagues, Manchester born and bread would use his own local version of rhyming slang.
Teeth for example became Newtons (after Newton Heath area of Manchester)

 

[Beebo]

I use the term "pony" to describe something that isnt vey good.
As in pony and trap

 

[EltonFrog]

Use yer loaf!

Loaf of bread - head

 

[Tin Pot]

I believe some of the obscure phrases were used as code between those who understand.

Thus a remark might be passed about a lady's 'arris' without, in theory, her realising she was being spoken about.

Slightly dodgy ground here, but I've heard the term 'hand grenade' and 'macca' used to refer to a coloured gentleman without him knowing.

Bookies used 'back slang' for the same reason: 'neves' for seven.

Yes, code for arranging nefarious activities. People still do it today, it's just not called cockney rhyming slang.

A Gary was always the toilet. Gary Glitter -Shitter
Arse was Khyber.

Not unless "taking it up the toilet" is a thing.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Bristols.

 

[EltonFrog]

Trouble n Strife - Wife

Saucepans - saucepan lids - kids

 

[Pale Rider]

Bristols.

Bristol Rovers, er, I'm struggling here.

Now if you'd said Earthas, I would have known what you were talking about.