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Dawn

Dawn Report 26 Sep 2008 22:27

who knows some?

Amanda2003

Amanda2003 Report 26 Sep 2008 22:28

Skin and blister.........sister

R.B.

R.B. Report 26 Sep 2008 22:28

Apples and pears ..........staires.

Dog and bone..............phone.

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Amanda2003

Amanda2003 Report 26 Sep 2008 22:30

Plates of meat.........feet

trouble and strife.......wife

Dawn

Dawn Report 26 Sep 2008 22:32

boat race....face

Ann

Ann Report 26 Sep 2008 22:32

whistle and flute - suit

R.B.

R.B. Report 26 Sep 2008 22:35

Acker Bilk............milk

adam & eve..............believe

adam & the ants...........plants

aires &grace...........face

al capone...........phone

McB

McB Report 26 Sep 2008 22:35

Chalfont St Giles Piles

Or Farmer Giles Piles LOL

Helen in Kent

Helen in Kent Report 26 Sep 2008 22:36

Titfer (tat) - hat. My father was from Derby........

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 26 Sep 2008 22:38

box of kippers....slippers

Sharron

Sharron Report 26 Sep 2008 22:38

There is a bloke not too far from here who is known as Cockney Tom.He was born in Portsmouth but went to London for the day once and came back a cockney.What a pose!

R.B.

R.B. Report 26 Sep 2008 22:40

bacon & eggs..........legs

bag for life..........wife

bag of fruit.............suit

McB

McB Report 26 Sep 2008 22:50

Bag of sand A grand


Deep sea diver A Fiver

Two bob bits The S***s

Ray

Ray Report 26 Sep 2008 23:36

?????????????

GERTCHA,,,,lol

Ray

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 26 Sep 2008 23:56


nuns habit....rabbit

TheBlackKnight

TheBlackKnight Report 27 Sep 2008 00:10

"Let's have a butchers at that magazine" (butcher's hook = look)
"I haven't heard a dicky bird about it" (dickie bird = word)
"Use your loaf and think next time" (loaf of bread = head)
"Did you half-inch that car?" (half-inch = pinch, meaning steal)
"You will have to speak up, he's a bit mutton" (mutt'n'jeff = deaf)
"I'm going on my tod" (tod sloan = alone, or own)
"Are you telling porkies?" (porkies = pork pies = lies)
"Are you going to rabbit all night?" (rabbit and pork = talk)
"Scarper lads! The police are coming" (scarpa flow = go
ruby murray = curry
barnet fair = hair
currant bun = sun
hampstead heath = teeth
deep sea diver = fiver (a monetary note)
mince pies = eyes
china plate = mate
pen and ink = stink
septic tank = yank (a person from the U.S.)
whistle and flute = suit
Ayrton Senna = tenner (a monetary note)
Claire Rayners = trainers (the footwear)
Darren Gough = cough
Damon Hill = pill
David Gower = shower
Jack Dee = pee
Janet Street-Porter = quarter (a weight of drugs)
Tony Blair (s) = flairs or hair
Cockney Meaning Example
Adam and Eve Believe I don't bloody Adam and Eve it!
Alan Whickers Knickers Okay, okay, keep yer Alans on!
Apple Fritter Bitter (beer) They've got some new Apple at the Battle.
Apples and Pears Stairs Get yer Bacons up the Apples and Pears.
Aris Arse Nice Aris!
Army and Navy Gravy Pass the Army, son.
Artful Dodger Lodger I've got an Artful to help pay the rent.
Ayrton Senna Tenner (ten pound note) You owe me an Ayrton.
Bacon and Eggs Legs She's got a lovely set of Bacons.
Bang Allan Border Bang out of order He's bang Allan (used when someone does something nasty to someone else).
Barn Owl (Barney) Row (argument) 'Ad a Barney with me Artful 'cos 'e refused to give me my Ayrton's.
Barnet Fair Hair She's just got her Barnet chopped.
Boat Race Face Smashed 'im in the Boat.
Battle Cruiser Boozer (off license) I'm off to the Battle to get some Apple.
Bottle and Glass Arse He fell on his Bottle.
Brass bands Hands I shook him by the Brass.
Bread and Honey Money He's got loads of Bread.
Britney Spears Beers Give us a couple of Britney's will ya?
Brown Bread Dead He's Brown Bread.
Bubble Bath Laugh You're 'avin' a Bubble.
Butcher's Hook Look Take a Butcher's at that!
Chevy Chase Face He fell on 'is Chevy.
China Plate Mate How are you, me old China?
Christian Slater Later See ya Slater.
Cream Crackered Knackered (tired/broken) I'm Cream Crackered!
Currant Bun Sun The Currant Bun's hot today.
Daisy Roots Boots 'Ere, put on yer Daisies.
Danny Marr Car I'll give you a lift in the Danny.
David Gower Shower Give us half an hour mate I've gotta go for a David.
Dicky Bird Word He hasn't said a Dicky in hours.
Dog and Bone Phone She's always on the Dog.
Donkey's Ears Years Ain't seen you in Donkeys.
Drum'n'Bass Face Look me in the Drum.
Dudley (Dudley Moore) A score, or 20 pounds Loan me a Dudley?
Elephant's Ears Beers Get the Elephants in, mate!
Frog & Toad Road I was walking down the Frog...
Ham'n'cheesy Easy Ham'n'cheesy does it.
Hank Marvin Starving (hungry) I'm Hank Marvin.
Jam Jar Car Me Jam Jar's Cream Crackered.
Jimmy Riddle Piddle (urinate) I really need to go for a Jimmy.
Joanna Piano He's great on the Joanna.
Khyber Pass Arse He kicked him up the Khyber.
Lady Godiva Fiver (five pound note) Lend us a Lady, mate.
Lee Marvin Starving I'm bloody Lee Marvin mate.
Lemon Squeezy Easy It was Lemon, mate.
Lionel Blairs Flares Look at the Lionels on 'im.
Loaf of Bread Head That's using the old Loaf.
Mince Pies Eyes You've got lovely Mince Pies my dear.
Mork and Mindy Windy It's a little bit Mork and Mindy today, innit?
Mother Hubbard Cupboard There's no grub in the Mother.
Nanny Goat Coat How much for the Nanny?
Nelson Mandela Stella (Artois) Mine's a pint of Nelson!
Nuclear Sub Pub Fancy a quick one down the Nuclear?
Oily Rag Fag (cigarette) Gis' an Oily, mate.
Pen and Ink Stink Eurgh! That Pen and Ink's!
Pete Tong Wrong Everything?s gone Pete Tong.
Pinch (steal) Half Inch Someone's half-inched me Ayrton.
Plate of Meat Street I was walking down the Plate...
Plates of Meat Feet I've been on me Plates all day.
Pony £25 Lend me a Pony?
Pony and Trap Crap This game's a bit Pony.
Pork Pies (Porkie Pies) Lies He's always telling Porkies.
Queen Mum Bum Get off your Queen Mum.
Rabbit & Pork Talk She Rabbits on a bit.
Raspberry Tart Fart That Raspberry bloody Pen and Inks.
Richard the Third Turd That bloke's a complete Richard.
Rosie Lee Tea If you're brewing a pot, I'll have a Rosie.
Round The Houses Trousers Take a Butcher's at those Rounds!
Ruby Murray Curry I'm going for a Ruby.
Saucepan Lid Kid He's only gone and had a Saucepan.
Septic Tank Yank Well, 'es a bloody Septic, inni?
Sky Rocket Pocket Me Skies are empty.
Steam Tug Do something stupid (Steam tug = Mug = Fool) He went stea

Whirley

Whirley Report 27 Sep 2008 00:18

Eartha Kitt

Barry White........

work it our for yaselfs lol

Whirley

Whirley Report 27 Sep 2008 00:19

nice set of railings..

Whirley

Whirley Report 27 Sep 2008 00:24

nit
tiyt

Nooooooooo

TheBlackKnight

TheBlackKnight Report 27 Sep 2008 00:27

Stoke-on-Trent Bent (criminal) He's totally Stoke.
Sweeney Todd Flying Squad (Police) Here come the Sweeney.
Syrup of Figs Wig Check out the Syrup on 'is head.
Tea Leaf Thief Watch it, he's a bloody Tea Leaf.
Tit for tat Hat Has anyone seen my Titfer?
Tom and Dick Sick He's feeling a bit Tom.
Tom Foolery Jewellery I gave me Trouble some Tom Foolery for Christmas.
Trouble and Strife Wife Just had a Barney with me Trouble.
Two and Eight State (of anguish) He's in a right old Two and Eight.
Uncle Dick Sick He's just been Uncle Dick over me new Whistle.
Vera Lynns Skins (tobacco paper) Pass the Veras, mate, and I'll roll up.
Weasel & Stoat Coat Pull on yer Weasel.
Whistle and Flute Suit I just got a new Whistle.
Apples and pears = stairs

April (April in Paris) = Aris (from Arstotle = Bottle, from Bottle and glass = Arse)

Aris = arse (from Aristotle, see above, or Bottle)

Attila (Attila the Hun) = two-one (2i, an upper 2nd class UK university degree)
Barnet (Barnet fair) = hair
Barney (Barney Rubble) = trouble, now also means argument
Basil (Basil Fawlty) = balti (curry)
Battle Cruiser = Boozer (public house
Bird (bird lime) = Time (prison)
Boat (boat race) = face
Bobble (Bobble hat and scarf) = laugh ("you're having a bobble", ie., you cannot be serious)
Bottle (Bottle and glass) = arse (also meaning courage, from the allusion to loss of rectal control under pressure)
Bowler Hat = Cat
Brahms (Brahms and Liszt) = pissed
Brass Tacks = Facts ('let's get down to brass tacks')
Brassic (boracic lint) = skint (penniless)
Bread (bread and honey) = money
Bristols (Bristol Cities) = titties (breasts)
Brown Bread = dead
Bubble (Barf/Bath) = laugh ('you 'avin' a bubble?..')
Bubble (and Squeak) = Greek (a Greek person), or a magistrate or judge (beak) or wife (based on rhyming bubble with trouble, from trouble and strife)
(Buckshee is not cockney rhyming slang for 'free', as some sources suggest, including here previously. I am grateful to Huw Thomas for pointing me in the right direction about the actual origins of Buckshee.)
Butchers (butchers hook) = look ('give us butchers..')
Canoes = shoes
Chalfonts (Chalfont St Giles) = piles (Haemorrhoids)
Charlie (Charlie Hunt) = (yes you guessed it again - remember it next time you call someone a right charlie)
Chewy toffee = coffee
China (china plate) = mate ('me old china')
Christmas crackers = knackers (testicles)
Christmas crackered - knackered (worn out, exhausted, broken, etc)
Cloud seven = heaven
Cobblers (cobblers awls, or cobblers stalls) = Balls ('you're talking cobblers')
Coco/Cocoa = say so (see variations below)
Cream crackers/crackered = knackers/knackered (testicles/worn out - also producing the expression 'creamed' meaning exhausted or beaten)
Crust (crust of bread) = head
Daisy Roots = boots
Desmond (Desmond Tutu) = two-two (2ii, a lower 2nd class UK university degree)
Dickie Bird = word
Dickie Dirt = shirt
Ding dong = sing song (now evolved to mean argument or fight)
Dipstick = prick (bet you never knew that was rhyming slang)
Dog and bone = phone
Douglas Hurd = third (third class university degree) or turd
D'Oyly Carte = fart
Duch (duchess of Fife) = wife ('me old Duch')
Duke of Cork = talk
Dunlop Tyre = liar
Dustbin lids = kids
Earwig = twig (understand, to catch on - now evolved to mean eavesdrop)
Elephants (elephants trunk) = drunk
Farmers (farmer Giles) = piles (haemorrhoids)
Flying duck = (yes you guessed it - and now more commonly evolved back to give the expression 'couldn't give a flying fuck')
Frog and Toad = road
Gary Glitter = Bitter (the beer, as in 'a pint of Gary')
Geoff Hurst = first (a 1st class university degree)
German band = hand (particularly used in plural: 'Germans' for hands - apparently German bands were commonly seen in London in the early 1900s - I am grateful to C Isaacson for confirming that 'Germans' was a common expression for hands in 1950s London)
Greens (greengages) = wages (money)
Ginger (ginger beer) = queer (homosexual)
Gipsy's (gipsy's kiss) = piss (urination - this is the noun sense of a piss rather than verb 'to piss'. First recorded in the 1970s the original usage was for example "I need a gipsy's" although more recently usage can drop the apostrophe-S, so that the word gipsy stands alone to mean piss, and the full expression is inaccurately interpreted as 'gipsy kiss'. Other less common cockney rhyming slang kiss associations meaning piss include French kiss, cuddle and kiss, ta ta kiss, and goodnight kiss.)
Half inch = pinch (steal)
Hampstead Heath = teeth
Hillman Hunter = punter (customer - Hillman Hunter was a car from the 1960s)
Hit and miss = kiss or piss
Holy ghost = toast
Iron (iron hoof) = poof (homosexual)
Jack Jones = alone, (on your own - 'On your Jack')
Jacob's (Crackers) = knackers (testic