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Cockney numbers

1/2 - Lamb (and calf)

1 - Lost (and won)

2 - Bottle (of glue)

3 - Holy (see)

4 - Stand (in awe)

5 - Scuba (dive)

6 - Fiddle (-sticks)

7 - Exeter (in devon)

8 - Fartoo (late; another explanation is that "far" is supposed to be "four" and "too" is supposed to be two - four times two is eight. But I believe it's rather the first explanation)

9 - Coal (mine)

10 - Foxes (den)

11 - Hell (and heaven)

12 - Deep (delve)

13 - Hurt (and be mean)

14 - (Sortin) letters

15-19 - ?

20 - Mussels (aplenty)

21-29 - ?

30 - Herdy

40 - Gory

50 - Nifty

60 - Styx tea (??)

70 - Heaven Tea (??)

80 - Baity

90 - God (almighty)

100 - Milou (and tintin; or tenten, i.e. ten times ten) 1000 - (louse and) flee

Denominations of Money:

Slang term	Amount
bob	shilling [A bob was a money collection where participants put in a shilling each, usually for drinks. The expression then arose "to get your two bob's worth" which meant something was very good value, Aussies being fond of the occasional ale. - this possible explanation is courtesy of Dracos]
grand	£1000
monkey	£500
pony	£25
tanner	sixpence. Nick Arrow offers the following: from India - a rupee was about equal to a shilling, and was divided into sixteen annas. so half a rupee was "eight anna" - say it fast. or in Hindi, it's "aat anna". makes you jump when you hear it in India!
tenner	£10 [Also known as a Paul McKenna (famous hypnotist).
tilbury	sixpence
score	£20 (Rhyming slang reference is apple core - see rhyming slang pages)
Oxford	5 shillings or a crown [derived from Oxford Scholar which rhymes with dollar which, pre-war, was just under 5 shillings]
'alf an Oxford	2 shillings & 6 pence or half a crown
Nicker or Quid	£1 Also, the rhyming slang Bin Lid is used for quid
Readies (Nelson Eddy's)	Pound note [Colin Craig adds the following: Actually I believe "reddies" refers to £50 notes which are of course red. This term can be used to describe any amount of money. And Mark adds: A traditional term for cash is "ready money" a term still used on Smithfield market. I would suggest that this is where the term "reddies" comes from. Frank Wales advises that the term Nelsons refers to money generally, so a lot of nelsons is a lot of money]
Ton	£100
Century	£100 [John knows the expression C-Note, which he believes is American ]
Skin Diver (or Deep Sea Diver or Sky Diver or Scuba Diver or Pam Shriver)	fiver [Lend us a deep sea 'til payday].
Sprarsy Anna	Tanner (sixpence) [Lend us a sprarsy. ]
Bullseye	£50
Wicker Basket	£15. Neal says he's not sure of the origin although it has been suggested that it has something to do with flower sellers and Jack the Ripper
Lady Godiva	£5 (fiver). [Usage - 'ere, can you spare a lady?"]
Ayrton Senna	£10 (tenner). Also known as Louise Wener. See the rhyming slang tables. [Tom Good reports that he's also heard the phrase "Dead Brazilian" used, as in "I pulled a dead Brazilian out of me sky rocket"]
Plenty	£20 [Reported to be not widely used]
Thrifty	£50 [Reported to be not widely used]
One-er	£100 [Pronounced "wunner".]
Mother Hen	10
Archer	£2000 [Based on the (alleged) amount Lord Jeffery Archer handed a prostitute, can't remember why but there was (again, allegedly) something dodgy about it. ]
Nugget	£1 [Apparently because it's golden coloured. Thanks to Oliver Campion. Also known as Canary or Yellow-Boy. Shane Greyvenstein correctly points out that a yellow-boy, which is slang for guinea, is actually worth one pound, one shilling. I should note that when the guinea was originally struck in 1663 it was actually worth one pound - it wasn't until 1717 that the value was raised.]
Plum	£100,000
Squid	Quid [Jon Simmons reports this is commonly used in Reading]
Cock and Hen	£10 [Thanks to Philip Hart and Bill Medhurst. Gareth adds that cockle is commonly used, as in "lend us a cockle".]
Wedge	Comes from when coins could be split into quarters so exact weights could be measured. The shape of these sections was a wedge.
Bottle	£2 or £200
Carpet	£3 or £300 [Kris Johnson says that prisoners used to get a square of carpet after being locked up for three years]
Rofe	£4 or £400 (supposedly four backwards)
Jacks Alive	£5
Tom Mix	£6
Nevis	£7 (Seven backwards)
Poorly Fish	Six quid (sick squid) [sounds like more of a bad pun than slang but ... Tom reports that the reference he knows is "dead octopus" as in "I've only been here 5 minutes and I've done a dead octopus". And Darryl Clark reports the expression "dodgy octopus" is also used.]
Pavarotti (tenor)	Tenner - £10 [Also referred to as a Lucy, according to Tom Harris]
Rocket	£5 - from the picture of George Stevenson's rocket on the five pound note - thanks to Chris Kenny
Commodore	£15 - how odd... Benjamin Preston says that this one derives from the fact that the Commodores sang "Three Times a Lady" (Lady Godiva - fiver)
Nifty	£50 [Nifty - Fifty.]
Bag of Sand	£1000 (grand)
Bernie	£1,000,000 [Refers to Bernie Ecclestone of Formula One fame who donated one million pounds to the Labour election campaign - thanks to Vidar Thomas Endresen]
Jackson	£5 [From the Jackson Five]
Long 'un	£100
Bag (of sand)	£1000 [Bag of Sand -> Grand. ]
Dirty	£30
Ching	£5 [From the Spanish cinco perhaps.]
Maggie	One pound coin - As in Maggie Thatcher (under whose premiership they were introduced, I believe), because "They're brassy and think they're a sovereign."
McGiver	£5 [From the popular TV series - thanks to Ben Dellow]
Melvin	£5 [From Howard Melvin and the Bluenotes]
Browny	£10
Edge Pence	20p [From the shape of the coin]
McGarret	£50 [From the Hawaii-50 television series. Justin Soloman says the expression 'Jack Lord' is also used.]
Bar	£1,000,000 [it's commonly used in the money markets and thinks the origin might have originated with the value of a bar of gold - uncertain. Ben Morton offers: I suggest it's because there's a bar on top of the "M" in its roman numeral equivalent. William Foot believes it should be £10,000,000.00. If anyone can clarify this I'd appreciate it.]
Alan	Ј1 [From Alan Wicker]
Spanner	50p [Source might be due to the shape of the 50p - Thanks to Lee Newman. Chris offers the following "supporting evidence": Why does a fifty pence piece have flat sides? So you can use a spanner to get 'em out of a Scotsman's/ Aberdonian's/Yorkshireman's hand.]
Bobby Moore	Score (i.e. Ј20)
Beer Token	£2 coin [Andy M says that when they first appeared, a bear cost about £2]
Hampden Roar (Score)	£20
Cenny (century)	£100
Elsie	Sixpence [from Coronation Streets Elsie Tanner ]
Flag	£5 [£5 notes were at one time very large - this might explain the reference]
Garden Gate	£8
Taxi Driver	Fiver - £5
Joey	Please look on the Questions page (link at the top of this page).
Shrapnel	Refers to loose change
Sheets	General term for paper money
Yard	£1,000,000,000. [each '000' is a foot, three feet equal one yard. Similarly, it could be a yard of yen or any other currency. Richard Stanton points out that yard is probably short for milliard, meaning 1 billion]
Dosh	Any sort of money
Double Nugget	£2 coin
Bluey	£5 [Because of the bills colour]
Charred	£5 [He says that the ink on the notes often get burnt during manufacture. ]
Bertie	£30 [Gerry Gavigan says this comes from the musical hall song "Burlington Bertie" (a tramp living in Burlington arcade in Knightsbridge) I'm Burlington Bertie I rise at ten thirty"]
Huckleberry Hound	£1
Bender	Sixpence. I believe it got its name because real ones had a certain silver content and bending them was a way of proving this. It also led to the phrase 'going on a bender' which was a good night out drinking a whole sixpence worth!
Grubby Hand	£1,000 (grand) [whose granddad says this expression was used in East London from Victorian times to the 1940's or 1950's.
Drinking Voucher	Any denomination, the value determined by the colour - a "blue drinking voucher" would be Ј5
Purple	£20
Bucket of Sand	£1,000 (grand)
Spot	Each pound of a group - a ten spot would be £10, a twenty spot would be £20. [this is commonly used - the spot indicates the decimal point]
Jake	£5
In the Green	£25 [outer circle of the bull's eye]
Heptagonal Bad Boy	Another name for a twenty pence piece, used in pubs and bars for things like pool table and table football, though less so now since they usually are more expensive
Spit Roast	£25
Stretch	Tenner = 1stretch, 20 = 2 stretch, 50 = 5 stretch, etc. [the reference here is to prison terms]
Edge Pences	50p
Half a Bar	50p
Sov or Sov's	£1 [Short for sovereigns]
Henry	£10 [Russ says a tenner is called a Henry because of the picture on it and that an eighth of marijuana is called a henry because it costs a tenner. Matt completely disagrees with Russ - an eighth of marijuana is called a henry after Henry VIII, not because of the cost.]
Desmond	£4 [Desmond Tutu (2 2)]
String of Ponies	Half a monkey (£250)
Emperor Ming	Money in general [Rhymes with ka-ching (sound of a cash register).
Dartboard	£2 coin [Because of the concentric circles in its design]
Super Nugget	£2 [Origin unknown]
Maggie	£1 coin [From the eighties, of the then new gold-coloured one-pound coin, because, it was said, 'it's brassy, two-faced and thinks it's a sovereign' (the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, had a noticeable tendency to mimic some of the more regal characteristics of Her Majesty). Ivor Randle confirms: "As I recall, for a short while the then new pound coin was called a "Maggie" after Prime Minister of the time Margaret Thatcher, because it is "small and brassy, and thinks it's a sovereign"."]
Money that folds	In general, all paper money
Joes	Thrupenny bit (3p)
Round Money	Generally, coins
Ten Bob Bit	The new 50p coin
Gorilla (Grilla)	£1000 [According to Russell Holden, it's called this because it's two monkeys]
Brownie	I understand that Ten Shillings (50p) - (Ten Bob) was a 'Brownie' because the old ten shilling note was coloured brown
Cherry	£1 - In the '60s I was a craps dealer in London gambling clubs. Cockney 'cabbies' would play at our table, and call bets before the dice rolled. One night one of them handed me a 'fiver' with the words:" A 'Cherry' on the line mate!" I asked what he meant, and he quickly explained that he wanted £1.00 out of the fiver on the 'Win Line' 'Cherry' is short for 'Cherry Picker' which rhymes with 'nicker' which = £1.00!
Groat	four pence
Point	£1 billion [Mark says this is used in the B of E and the European money markets - never really come up in my day to day]
Large	£1000
Rio	£1000 [it comes from the Rio Grande River]
Pinky	£50
Tosheroon	Half crown

Possible origins:

Stephen Cheshire has provided the following: With reference to a 'monkey' for £500. I was once told that it came from soldiers returning from India where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. They used the term monkey for 500 rupees and on returning to England the saying was converted for sterling to mean £500.

This has been confirmed by Jason Beckett who also believes that the 25 rupee note had a picture of a pony on it.

Mathew Jackson confirms this.

Ian Crossley says: Pony comes from the time when five pound notes were white and the cost of horses or ponies and the wedding carriage and the main expenses was approx £25. People used to say "I'll pay for the pony in white", referring to the colour of the money and the wedding. Therefore five white fivers became a pony roughly the cost of a wedding.

On the other hand, Henry Charles believes the references come from diamond mining , where a monkey means 50 carats and pony 100 carats, modified to mean £50 and £100 respectively.

The pound note is just an IOU. It promises to pay the bearer on demand a pound in weight of coinage. Coinage was originally transacted in weights. Often a mixture of coins did not weigh exactly a pound or half a pound, in fact they often had to split a coin to make the mixture of coins weigh exactly what was required. To make the splitting of a coin easier, certain coins were stamped with a cross. This enabled a coin to be split easily in half or quarters. This cross was likened to a star, the coins where soon nicknamed 'starlings', this word eventually evolved to what we now know as STERLING. English coins where split into four, each quarter was nicknamed a fourthing or fourling, this word evolved into FARTHING. Many foreign coins had more elements to their stars and their coins where split into eighths, hence the term PIECES OF EIGHT. A lot of these coins where of Hispanic origin and the term associated with these coins developed in the American version of English which is where the Americans get the term 'TWO BIT THIS' or 'TWO BIT THAT' from. Many people think the term 'wedge' is a recent slang term or relatively modern term, this is not the case. When a coin was split into quarters or eighths the shape was of a wedge and this is where the term comes from.

--- Contributed by Philip Hart (slightly edited)

I disagree with this derivation of pieces of eight! The most common coin minted by the Spanish in South America and looted by Pirates was the 8 Real coin and that is where Pieces of Eight comes from. Furthermore the figure eight was not minted properly and looked more like an 'S', these were struck through and used as currency by pirates in the Caribbean which is the origin of the $ sign.

--- Contributed by J David Garnett

The Esterling or Sterling penny took its name from the workmen, who were from the Esterlings tribe (in Germany), whilst the tribe of Stollers was corrupted overtime to Sdtollers and then Dollars. These tribes made the coins to a fixed size, weight and design and therefore could be trusted. Nothing to do with pieces of eight.

--- Contributed by Clive Powell

The term "Sterling" was derived from the Hanseatic League, which was principally made up of Baltic Traders, who, in the Middle Ages , had significant power over our Kings who were always looking to borrow money. They were given certain rights and privileges to trade and became known as the Easterling, which became shortened to Sterlings. The principal form of international currency in the period was the Mark, as in the forerunner of the former German currency. Fines in the Middle Ages were in Marks, as were monies left in Wills and other such legal notices. We also used to call the 2 shilling bit a Florin, which was because it was the same value as the Dutch Florin or Guilder as was the Bezant, minted in Florence in 1252, from where the term Florin originally derived.

--- Contributed by Julian Porter

The term Dollar comes from the Bohemian word Taler, which derives from the second part of "Joachimstaler" (from Joachims valley) where in1519 large deposits of silver were found and minted into coins. Taler became the general name for silver coins eg.: Taler or Talar (Polish), Tallero (Italian), Daalder (Dutch), Daler (Swedish) and of course Dollar.

English		Slang	Usage
1st (first class degree)		Geoff Hurst	He managed a Geoff [Geoff Hurst was a soccer player who played for England 49 times]
2:2 (lower second class degree)		Desmond Tutu	He’s got his Desmond
3rd (third class degree)		Douglas Hurd	I got a Desmond but he only managed a Douglas
All Dayer (all day drinking session)		Leo Sayer	Let's make it a Leo Sayer.
All Dayer (all day drinking)		Gary Player	Let's make it a Gary Player
Alone		Jack Jones	He went to the pub all Jack. [This doubtless comes from a Music Hall song sung, somewhere between 1900 and 1914, by the Cockney songster Gus Elen entitled " 'E dunno where 'e are". Gus is buried in Streatham Park Cemetery, London. I believe he died about 1944. The song is about a bloke, Jack Jones, who comes into a sum of money and thinks himself too good for his former mates: "When he's up at Covint Gardin you can see 'im a standin' all alone, / Won't join in a quiet little Tommy Dodd (half-pint of beer), drinking Scotch and Soda on 'is own, / 'E 'as the cheek and impidence to call 'is muvver 'is Ma, / Since Jack Jones came into a little bit o' splosh, well 'e dunno where 'e are." - Thanks to Frank Haigh for the explanation of the source]
Alone		Pat Malone	I'm all pat tonight.
Alone		Todd Sloan	Looks like I'm on my Todd tonight. [Frank Baynham reports that Todd Sloan was a famous jockey (I've found a listing for him at the Wikiup ranch in Northern California) who had a tendency to run at the front of the pack... all alone.]
Arm		Chalk Farm	He broke his chalk.
Army		Daft and Barmy	He was promoted in the daft.
Army		Kate Karney	He's off and joined the Kate. [Kate Carney (1869-1950), a comedienne, was born into a music hall family in London. She made her first stage appearance at the Albert Music Hall, Canning Town, and later became famous for her cockney character songs. These songs established her at the top of the bill and she was described as 'The Cockney Queen'. ]
Arse		April in Paris	I’m ‘aving terrible trouble with me April [How can such a simple word have so many convoluted references? April in Paris - Aris (from Aristotle - bottle which is from bottle and glass - arse.)
Arse		Aristotle=Bottle=Bottle and Glass=Arse; therefore, Aris=Arse	I gave him a good kick up the Aris. See also bottle.
Arse		Bottle and Glass	I gave him a good kick up the bottle.
Arse		Khyber Pass	Stick it up your khyber.
Arse		Rolf Harris	She kicked him in the Rolf [Rolf Harris wrote "My Boomerang Won't Come Back". See the reference above to Aristotle
Arsehole		Elephant & Castle	He's a bit of an elephant
Arsehole		Jam Roll	That geezer is a right jam roll.
Arsehole		Merry Old Soul	‘e’s a bit of a merry old soul
Aunt		Mrs. Chant	He didn't know what to get his Mrs. Chant for Christmas
Back		Cadbury Snack	Me cadbury's playing me up
Back		Hammer and Tack	Ooh! Me 'ammer and tack's playing me up again.
Back		Hat Rack	He fell off the roof and broke his hat rack
Back		Union Jack	My old Union Jack's giving me gyp something chronic
Bad		Sorry and Sad	That dinner was a bit sorry.
Balls (testicles)		Berlin Walls	Me pants are too tight and making me berlins wobbly
Balls (testicles)		Cobbler's Awls	Go on! Kick him in the cobblers! [Can also be used to express disbelief, such as "Cobblers! That's not the way it is."]
Balls (testicles)		Coffee Stalls	He gave him a kick in the corfies [Thanks to Rick Hardy - the pronunciation is reported to be corfie, not coffee]
Balls (testicles)		Niagara Falls	I got him in his niagara's
Balls (testicles)		Orchestra Stalls	He nearly got hit in the orchestra
Balls (testicles)		Royal Albert Hall	I kicked this geezer straight in the Royal Alberts
Banana		Gertie Gitana	I like a gertie on my cereal [Possibly an old music hall star - Thanks to Christopher Webb. Sue Lawrence adds: "Gertie Gitana was indeed a music hall performer. My mother, now ninety-two, spent her early life in Dalston and used to go and see her at the Hackney Empire.]
Bank		Armitage Shank	I’m off to the armitage [Armitage Shank is the maker of fine porcelain fixtures found in washrooms everywhere - Thanks to Ed Leveque.]
Bank		Cab Rank	I won't be long - just going to the cab rank
Bank		Iron Tank	He lost his house to the iron.
Bank		J. Arthur Rank	Gotta get a cock & hen from the J Arthur
Bank		Sherman Tank	He's off to the Sherman
Bank		Tommy Tank	I'm going 'round the tommy to pay in a gooses. [See also Wank - thanks to Christopher Webb]
Bar (pub)		Jack Tar	I'm off to the Jack. [See also 'Alone' and Bar (pub). Could be very confusing if you're going alone - "I'm off to the jack jack". Or, if you were telling your brother Jack, "I'm off to the jack jack, Jack"]
Bar (pub)		Near and Far	I saw him at the near.
Barber		Dover Harbour	I’m off to Dover to get me barnet sorted
Barking (mad)		Three stops down from Plaistow	He’s three stops down from Plaistow [from the London Underground District Line – thanks to Matthew Jackson]
Barrow		Cock Sparrow	He's wheeling his cock 'round the market. [Lenny notes that in the north this expression can also refer to a friend, as in "Hello me old cock sparrow"]
Bath		Steffi Graf	I’m just going for a steffi
Bed		Uncle Ted	I'm off to Uncle Ted.
Beer		Pig's Ear	Can I buy you a pig?
Beers		Brittney Spears	'ow about a Brittney?" [Brittney Spears is a popular singer]
Believe		Adam and Eve	I don't Adam and Eve it! [Usually full slang expression is used]
Belly		Auntie Nellie	I punched him in the Auntie but he didn't even notice.
Belly		Derby Kelly	That's the stuff for you Derby Kell; makes you fit and it makes you well [From old cockney song Boiled Beef and Carrots - pronounced Darby. ]
Belly		New Delhi	Look at the new delhi on him!
Bender (homosexual)		Leo Fender	That blokes a bit leo after all. [The late Leo Fender was the inventor of the Stratocaster guitar - thanks to Richard English]
Bent (criminal)		Stoke on Trent	'e's stoke he is. [See also 'Bent (gay)']
Bent (homosexual)		Behind with the Rent	You're not behind with the rent?
Bent (homosexual)		Duke of Kent	Bet you any money e's a duke
Bent (homosexual)		Stoke on Trent	That bloke's a bit stoke
Best		Mae West	I'm Mae West at Cockney Rhyming Slang
Beverage		Edna Everage	Would you like an Edna? [Edna Everage (aka Dame Edna) is a star, darling!
Bill (statement)		Beecham's Pill	I got my Beecham's from the tax people.
Bill (statement)		Jack and Jill	I'm going home - can I have my Jack?
Bill (statement)		Jimmy Hill	Have we paid the Jimmy Hill yet? [Jimmy Hill is a football pundit and former player]
Bird		Richard the Third	Look what that bloody Richard's done to my car!
Bird (woman)		Lemon Curd	I’m off to see me lemon
Bitter (beer)		Apple Fritter	I've tried that new apple but I prefer my salmon
Bitter (beer)		Gary Glitter	Give us a pint of gary
Bitter (beer)		Giggle and Titter	'ere. I could use a giggle.
Bitter (beer)		Kitty Litter	A pint of kitty litter please
Blind		Bacon Rind	Are you completely bacon?
Blonde		Magic Wand	I pulled a top magic wand last night
Boat		Nanny Goat	I took my nanny out on the river.
Bog (toilet)		Kermit the Frog	Sorry mate - where's the kermit
Boil		Can of Oil	'e'd be nice looking once his canov's clear up.
Boil		Conan Doyle	'e's got a conan on his bottle the size of me fist! [John Mahony adds that very often the expression used is "Sir Arthur", as in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - He's got a Sir Arfur on his bushel]
Bollocks		Jackson Pollock	This modern art's a load of old Jacksons
Bones		Tom Jones	Ooh, me toms are clicking
Book		Captain Hook	I've read this captain.
Book		Fish Hook	I've read the new fish by Deighton.
Boots		Daisy Roots	You can't go out in the rain without your daisies.
Booze		Tom Cruise	I need some Tom
Boozer (pub)		Battle Cruiser	I'm going to pop round the battle before I go to the party
Boss		Joe Goss	Never trust a joe [Joe Goss was a talented boxer]
Boss		Pitch and Toss	My bloody pitch kept me late again.
Bottle		Aristotle	If you want milk, put the Ari on the doorstep. [Every now and again they throw a curve at you. One person has suggested that, not being familiar with Aristotle, early Cockney's might have assumed the name was Harry Stottle! Heard from John Mahony who says that when one uses the expression "lose your bottle" it means to lose the contents of your arse, i.e. "he's shit it", but Ken Caleno says it means to lose your courage (from Courage's bottled beer)]
Bra		Tung Chee Hwa	I'm off to buy a tung for the troubles birthday [Admittedly this isn't in common usage - the person who submitted it is an ex-pat living in Hong Kong - I just think it's neat that we Brits will try to bugger up the language of every country we visit! Tung Chee Hwa is the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.]
Braces		Airs and Graces	He's got his new airs on.
Brandy		Fine and Dandy	A small drop of fine would suit me.
Bread		Uncle Fred	Hey, mum. Can I have some Uncle Fred with this?
Bread (money)		Poppy Red	Where's he stashed his poppy
Breast		East West	‘ave a look at her easts
Broke (financial)		Hearts of Oak	I'm skint mate. Bleedin' hearts.
Brother		Manhole Cover	My manhole cover is coming for a visit. [How does manhole cover rhyme with brother you ask? Simple... if you pronounce brother as "bruvver"!]
Brother		One and t'other	'ere's me one and t'other now.
Brussel Sprout		Doubt	Without a brussel mate
Brussel Sprout		Shout	Give us a brussel when you're up to it.
Bug		Steam Tug	The bed was full of steamers
Bum		Kingdom Come	He just sat on his kingdom all day
Bunion		Spanish Onion	Oooh – ‘e’s stepped on me Spanish onion
Bunk (bed)		Pineapple Chunk	I could use a couple of hours in the pineapple
Burst (urinate)		Geoff Hurst	I'm dying for a Geoff. [Geoff Hurst's World Cup Final hat-trick v West Germany at Wembley in 1966 and six goals v Sunderland (19.10.68) two years later, have been woven into the fabric of football folklore.]
Bus		So Say All Of Us	hurry - here's the sosay
Butter		Stammer and Stutter	Extra stammer for me.
Butter		Talk and Mutter	Would you like some talk on your toast
Cab (taxi)		Flounder & Dab	See if you can flag down a flounder
Cab (taxi)		Sherbet Dab	'e's been on the sherbet for five years (driving a cab).
Cab (taxi)		Smash & Grab	Let's look for a smash and grab
Cafй (pronounced caff)		Riff Raff	I'm off to the riff raff
Cake		Sexton Blake	'ow about a nice slice of sexton?
Candle		Harry Randall	Look at all the Harry's on his cake.
Cans (headphones)		Desperate Dans	'ere - put your desperates on
Car		Jam Jar	Bloody jam is down again.
Car		Kareem Abdul Jabbar	Bloody kareem is down again. [Kareem Abdul Jabbar is a basketball player in the U.S. How he got into rhyming slang I'll never know!
Cardy (cardigan)		Linda Lusardi	Oh my God – look at that awful Linda he’s wearing
Cash		Arthur Ashe	That blokes not short of Arthur
Cash		Bangers and Mash	I knew his cheques were dodgy, so I got him to pay me in bangers
Cash		Crosby, Stills, Nash	That blokes not short of Crosby
Cash		Harry Nash	There’s a discount if you’re paying Harry Nash
Cash		Oscar Asche	Haven't got an Oscar [Oscar Asche (1871-1936) was an actor and producer or some renown.
Cash		Sausage and Mash	I haven't got a sausage. [A little bit different, but fairly common in many English-speaking countries - see also bangers and mash].
Cash		Slap Dash	I haven't any slap dash on me
Cell		Flowery Dell	I've got three more years in this flower.
Chair		Lion's Lair	Have a lion's while you wait.
Chalk		Duke of York	All I got for my birthday is a bit of duke.
Chancer (someone not qualified)		Bengal Lancer	News paper adds would state no bengal lancers when advertising for tradesmen.
Change		Rifle Range	I haven’t got and rifle for the bus
Chat		Bowler Hat	Let’s get together for a bowler
Cheek		Hide and Seek	He kissed me on my hide and seek
Cheese		John Cleese	I'm meeting the big John Cleese today at work
Cheese		Stand at Ease	Wouldn't mind a bit of ease. [For whatever reason this one is backwards - the only rule is that there are no rules!].
Cheque		Goose's Neck	He stuck me with a bouncing goose.
Cheque		Gregory Peck	I never 'ad any bread on me, so I 'ad to pay by Gregory. I'm going down to the iron to sausage a gregory.
Cheque		Jeff Beck	I'll send you a Jeff Beck
Chest		Bird's Nest	I had to punch him in the bird's nest.
Chest		George Best	(In football) Over 'ere son, on me Georgie [George Best is a famous footballer]
Chest		Pants and Vest	This cough is killing me pants and vest
Child Molester		Charlie Chester	Have you seen how young ‘is bird is? He’s a right Charlie Chester
Child Molester		Uncle Fester	He's a bit of an Uncle Fester
Chin		Biscuit Tin	He's got a big biscuit
Chink (Chinese)		Rink-a-dink	We're going to get rinky take-away.
Chink (Chinese)		Tiddley Wink	‘e’s not from around these parts. I think e’s a tiddley
Chips		Jockey Whips	I'll have a large plate of jockey's
Chum		Fruit Gum	How yer doing, my old fruit
Cider		Easy Rider	Pint of Easy Rider please
Cider		Sue Ryder	Give us a pint of Sue, mate
Cider		Winona Ryder	Can I get two pints of winona please
Cigar		La-di-da	I enjoy a good la-di-da after me meal
Clanger (mistake)		Coat Hanger	He dropped a coat
Class		Bottle and Glass	He don't have the bottle
Clink (jail)		Kitchen Sink	After that last episode he'll be in the kitchen for a while
	Clock	Dickory Dock	What's the time on the dickory? [Paul Millington writes that cabbies used the expression to refer to the meter [“What’s on the hickory then?)]
	Clue	Danny LaRue	He ain't got a danny.
	Clue	Pot of Glue	'e hasn't got a pot of glue
	Clue	Scooby-Doo	I haven't got a scooby
	Clue	Vindaloo	He hasn’t got a bloody vinda
	Coat	Nanny Goat	Put your nannies on - it's taters out.
	Coat	Weasel and Stoat	I left my weasel in the pub. [See also throat]
	Cockney Rhyming Slang	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	We're talking about chitty chitty on this web site
	Coffee	Everton Toffee	I’ll have an everton
	Cold	Potatoes in the Mould	Blimey – it’s taters out there
	Cold	Potatoes in the mould	Cor, taters out there init?
	Cook	Babbling Brook	My missus couldn't babble to save her life. [See also Crook]
	Copper (police)	Grasshopper	He got nabbed by the grasshoppers.
	Coppers (police)	Bottles and Stoppers	Blimey - I think the bottles are on to me!
	Corner	Johnnie Horner	I'll meet you 'round the Johnnie.
	Cough	Boris Karloff	That’s a nasty Boris you’ve got there mate
	Cough	Boris Karloff	That’s a nasty old boris you’ve got there son
	Cough	Darren Gough	This Darren is killing me pants and vest
	Crabs (pubic lice)	Marble Slabs	E's got a right case of marbles
	Crap	Macca	I'm off for a macca [Mark Crowe admits this ones a bit convoluted but apparently it's common in some areas so I've included it. Comes from Macaroni = pony; Pony & Trap = Crap]
	Crap	Pony and Trap	'Ang on, mate. Just gotta 'ave a pony Or, another usage if something's a bit off (i.e.. not of good quality) - That's a bit pony mate!
	Crash	Sausage and Mash	He was in a fearsome sausage.
	Crime	Lemon Lime	Not one lemon reported all night
	Cripple	Raspberry Ripple	The old boy's a raspberry
	Crook	Babbling Brook	He's always on the babble. [Meaning he's always planning something crooked. See also Cook].
	Cuddle	Mix and Muddle	Come and give us a nice mix and muddle
	C**t	Berkshire Hunt	He's a right berk.
	C**t	Ethan Hunt	He's a right Ethan [Ethan Hunt is the main characters name in the Mission: Impossible movies. ]
	C**t	Grumble and Grunt	He's after your grumble
	C**t	Struggle and Grunt	That ones a right struggle.
	Cupboard	Mother Hubbard	There's nothing in the mother.
	Curry	Ruby Murray	I'm going for a ruby. [Ruby Murray was a singer in Glasgow back in the 30's or 40's - thanks to Peter Cotterell for the Ruby Murray info. N. Matthews tells me that Ruby was an Irish singer (1935-1996) popular in the mid to late 1950's. Got a note from Sandy Everitt who knew Ruby Murray – Ruby was a top recording star in the 1950’s who achieved the rare feat of having five songs in the top 20 at one time. Ruby died in 1996]
	Curtains	Richard Burtons	Shut the Richards - I'm trying to get some kip
	Darlin'	Briney Marlin	You look lovely tonight, me old briney.
	Daughter	Bricks and Mortar	I'm taking me bricks and mortar shopping.
	Daughter	Didn't oughta	He brought his didn't oughta
	Daughter	Lamb to the Slaughter	That blokes lamb is a real stunner
	Dead	Brown Bread	I'm telling you, mate. He's brown bread
	Dead	Hovis Bread	Old Jim is hovis
	Deaf	Mutt and Jeff	Poor buggers mutt and jeff. [Usually full slang expression is used. Keith Turner reports that very often the expression is shortened to mutton as in "Poor buggers mutton".]
	Decks (turntables)	Posh ‘n Becks	Have you got yer posh ‘n becks yet
	Dick (penis)	Hampton Wick	He got his hampton out in the pub last night [ John Parker adds: The best use of this was the Goon Show which for a long time had a mythical character called Hugh Hampton where the Hugh was mispronounced as Huge. This running joke was totally missed by the BBC management, who would never have let anything like that on the radio in the 50s/60s. Graham recalls that the characters name was actually Hugh Jampton - same end result.]
	Dick (penis)	Three Card Trick	She couldn't keep her jazz bands off my three card trick
	Dictionary	Tom, Dick and Harry	I’ll just check the meaning in the tom
	Dinner	Jim Skinner	Is my Jim ready yet?
	Dinner	Lilly and Skinner	What’s for lilly and skinner
	Dinner	Michael Winner	I’m Hank Marvin. I could use some top Jackie for me Michael Winner. Michael Winner is the food critic for the Sunday Times]
	Doddle (easy or straight forward)	Glenn Hoddle	That jobs a Glen Hoddle. [Glenn Hoddle is the coach of the English football team replacing Terry Venables.
	Dog	Cherry Hogg	My bloody cherry is off again.
	Dole (welfare)	Ear’ole (Ear Hole)	If I get the tin tack I’m going on the ear’ole
	Dole (welfare)	Nat King Cole	I've got to sign on the old Nat King
	Dole (welfare)	Rock and Roll	'e hasn't worked a day in 'is life... 'e's always been on the rock and roll.
	Dole (welfare)	Sausage Roll	He ain't worked in years - he's on the sausage.
	Dollar	Oxford Scholar	Stupid horse cost me an Oxford. [Pre-war the dollar was worth just less than 5 shillings, so an Oxford is worth 5 shillings or a crown]
	Door	Henry Moore	They broke the 'enry down at number thirty two
	Dope (marijuana)	Bob Hope	I think he’s been smoking a bit of Bob Hope
	Draft	George Raft	There's a bit of a george in here.
	Drink	Tiddley Wink	Just one more tiddley and I'm off; or, He's popped down to the pub for a tiddle.
	Drugs	Persian Rugs	‘ere mate. Got any Persians?
	Drunk	Elephant's Trunk	He shouldn't be driving! He's bloody elephant's.
	Dump (shit)	Camel's Hump	Just going for a quick camels
	Dump (shit)	Donald Trump	I've got to go for a donald
	Dump (shit)	Forrest Gump	"Off out in 10 minutes?" "Yeah, just got to have a Forrest first".
	Dyke (Lesbian)	Magnus Pike	She looks like a right Magnus ( Magnus Pike was an 'off the wall' TV personality who would (and could) explain complex scientific concepts to kids]
	Dyke (lesbian)	Raleigh Bike	She’s a right Raleigh
	Dyke (Lesbian)	Three Wheel Trike	She's a bit of a three wheeler [Ray Wells has heard the expression rusy bike as well]
	Early	Liz Hurley	‘e’s never gotten here liz
	Earner	Bunsen Burner	The jobs not much but it's a nice little bunsen
	Ears	Ten Speed Gears	Look at the size of 'is ten speeds
	Engineer	Ginger Beer	He knows his stuff. He is a ginger, after all.
	Erection	Standing Election	He's holding a standing election in his callards
	Evening Post	Beans on Toast	Go and buy the beans on toast will you son
	Eyes	Mince Pies	She got beatiful minces.
	Fable	Railway Timetable	(After someone tells you a tall tale) What’s he been doin’? Reading a railway table. [Might also be substituted with bus timetable
	Face	Boat Race	Nice legs, shame about the boat. [Also a good song by The Monks]
	Face	Cod & Plaice	It's too cold outside; no good for my cod
	Face	Chevy Chase	She's got a lovely Chevy Chase
	Face	Jem Mace	Wipe that look off your jem [Jem Mace was a boxer in the late 19th century]
	Facts	Brass Tacks	'Ere, you've got your brass wrong!
	Fag (cigarette)	Cough and Drag	I’m going out for a quick cough and drag
	Fag (cigarette)	Harry Wragg	Have you got a harry? [Frank Baynham reports that Harry Wragg was a famous jockey]
	Fag (cigarette)	Melvynn Bragg	Oi, mate. Can I scrounge a melvynn of you [Thanks to Mark Holmans who reports that Melvynn was a television host]
	Fag (cigarette)	Oily Rag	Give us an oily.
	Fag (cigarette)	Toe Rag / Tow Rag	Lend us a sprarsy - I wanna get some toe-rags [Mike says he thinks toe-rags refer to the rags people used to wrap around their feet when they didn't have shoes… we used to call our socks toe-rags which is probably the same origin. He also says his old dad used to call some people a toe-rag and suspects it might have been an insult (reference to fag = queer).] [Martin McKerrell adds that toe rag referred to a small time petty thief, in his words "the sort of dirty little toe rag who would live next door and break into your house and nick the Christmas presents".] [Gillian adds "term is commonly used, at least in Scotland, meaning just a bit stronger than "rascal" and probably spelled without the e: 'You little torag.' I always thought it did come from terms used to refer to travelling people."][And Michael Kendix adds: I heard that "Toe rag" came from "Taureg" a nomadic people living in the Arabian desert, regarded by colonial powers as "low life's". So, it would be insulting to refer to someone as a "Toe rag", which, as you say, could be used to describe a ne'er do well! And Paul offers a somewhat disturbing image: In the times of Nelsons navy paper was too expensive to use in the head (toilet) and so sailors would get a short length of rope (toe) and unravel it until it resemble rags (toe-rag), this would then be used instead of paper and had the added benefit that t could be washed and re-used.]
	Fake	Sexton Blake	He wears a Cartier but it's a sexton [See also 'Sexton Blake-cake']
	Fanny	Auntie Annie	She’s just sitting at home on her Auntie Annie
	Fanny	Jack and Danny	She's just sitting at home on her Jack and Danny
	Farmer (see usage)	Arnold Palmer	'e's a right Arnold [I love this one - it refers to a golfer who spends a lot of time in the long grass around a course]
	Farrahs (trousers)	Bow and Arrows	Nice pair of bow and arrows [Use your best Cockney accent here. The reference is to Farrah slacks]
	Fart	D'Oyly Carte	Have you done a d’oyly? [D’Oyly Carte is a light opera company]
	Fart	Horse and Cart	Have you just horse & carted?
	Fart	Orson (i.e. Horse ‘n Cart)	He’s dropped an orson
	Fart	Raspberry Tart	He blew a raspberry.
	Favour	Cheesy Quaver	Do us a cheesy, put it on your web site.
	Feel	Orange Peel	I fancy an orange of her Bristols!
	Feet	Dogs Meat	Me dogs are barking [Meaning my feet are tired. Thanks to Sparky]
	Feet	Plates of Meat	Get your plates of the table.
	Fibs (lies)	Scott Gibbs	He’s been telling scotts again [Scott Gibbs is a rugby star – thanks to Hefin Gill]
	Fight	Read and Write	He'd rather read than walk away.
	Fine	Calvin Klein	I'm calvin today.
	Fish	Lilian Gish	Good day at the stream. Got a pair of Lilian's.
	Fist	Oliver Twist	Next thing I know he's got his Oliver in my face.
	Fiver (Ј5 note)	Lady Godiva	Ere, that bloke still owes me lady!
	Fiver (Ј5 note)	Taxi Driver	'ere - you owe me a taxi
	Flares (wide bottom trousers)	Lionel Blaire	Got on his best lionels for the evening. [Lionel Blaire is a performer. ]
	Flash	Lemon Dash	Don’t act so lemon
	Flash (natty)	Harry Dash	'e was alway a bit of an 'arry
	Flowers	April Showers	I forgot it was my anniversary, so I picked some aprils on the way home.
	Flying Squad	Sweeney Todd	Here comes the Sweeney [the Flying Squad are the police]
	Fork	Duke of York	Keep your fingers out of your grub, man. Use a duke
	Function	Spaghetti Junction
	Garage	Steve Claridge	I've just gotta go down the Steve for some petrol [It helps if you realize that garage, which commonly rhymes with mirage in North America, more usually rhymes with carriage in Britain. A great Tony Hancock piece has him trying to act all condescending and pronouncing it the American way, confusing the ears off a local constable. Steve Claridge is a venerable striker, late of Leicester.]
	Gargle (drunk)	Arthur Scargill	'e's right Authur'd
	Gay (homosexual)	Bale of Hay	Don't bother Britany - he's bale.
	Gay (homosexual)	Doctor Dre	E’s a bit of a doctor [Dr. Dre is a rap artist ]
	Gay (homosexual)	Finlay Quaye	That boozer is Finlay ub [ylor –Finlay Quaye is a musician]
	Gay (homosexual)	First of May	He's a right first
	Gay (homosexual)	Ted Ray	He's a bit Ted. [Ted Ray was an actor/comedian in the sixties. This association actually comes from a particularly bad movie "My Wife's Family" where he played a character called Jack Gay. ]
	Geezer	Fridge & Freezer	He’s a right fridge
	Geezer	Ice Cream Freezer	'e's not a bad old ice cream
	Geezer	Julius Caesar	'ere, look at the 'ampsteads on that Julius
	Geezer	Lemon Squeezer	I saw that lemon we met in the rub-a-dub last night
	Ghost	Pillar and Post	Looks like he’s seen a pillar
	Gin	Mother's Ruin	Another mothers would sit well.
	Gin	Needle and Pin	I'll have a small needle and tonic.
	Gin	Nose and Chin	I'll have a drop of nose and chin
	Gin	Thick & Thin	I enjoy a bit of thick and thin
	Gin	Vera Lynn	I'll have one more Vera before I hit the frog and toad.
	Girl	Cadbury Swirl	Come over here, me old Cadbury
	Girl	Twist and Twirl	She looks like a nice twist
	Git (twit)	Strawberry Split	That bloke's a right strawberry
	Gloves	Turtle Dove's	Where's me turtle dove's
	Go	Scapa Flow	Scapa! [Actually pronounced 'Scarper' - just one example of not being satisfied with the slang, they then mispronounce the word to thoroughly confuse everyone. Robert Benoist sent me the following which I found interesting: Scapa Floe was a Royal Naval base established in the 20th Century and famous for the scuttling of the German fleet in 1919 and a subsequent WW11 battle. Before 1919 it is doubtful whether anyone in the country let alone cockneys would have heard of it. In Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (vol 3 1851) there is a chapter on Punch Talk (basically the slang language used by traveling Italian Punch and Judy men and entertainers). This slang contains both English and Italian roots. In Punch Talk "To get away quickly" e.g. from the police or authority is spoken and written as scarper. This comes from the Italian Scappare. Punch talk formed one of the roots of Polari which also incorporated rhyming slang and was used first by the east end street traders, and then the west end street traders, and finally by homosexuals in the 40's and 50's. There are almost as many Polari expressions currently used as there are rhyming slang. It is probable that after 1919 it was imagined that the word had originated in the rhyming slang after Scapa Floe but I think the evidence firmly points to its Italian Origins.]
	Gob (mouth)	Gang and Mob	He's got a big gang
	Good	Robin Hood	That sounds like it's robin
	Gossip	Rex Mossop	What's the latest Rex, love? [Rex is an Aussie sports commentator]
	Grand (1000)	Bag of Sand	He owes me a bag
	Gravy	Army and Navy	Can I have some army for my mashed?
	Greek	Bubble and Squeak	'E's not a bad bloke for a bubble. [Bubble and squeak is a uniquely British dish of fried mashed potatoes and something green (usually cabbage, but left over brussel sprouts work well).
	Guts (stomach)	Newington Butts	Me Newingtons are playing me up. [Michael Faraday (the magnet fellow) born in Newington Butts, the area of London now known as the Elephant and Castle]
	Gutter	Bread and Butter	Found him laying in the bread and butter. [Usually full slang expression is used]
	Gym	Fatboy Slim	I’m going down to the fatboy [Fatboy Slim is a recording artist]
	Haddock	Fanny Craddock	Fanny and chips for supper?
	Hair	Barnet Fair	She must be going out - she's got her Barnet done.
	Hair	Biffo the Bear	Me biffo’s not looking the best today [Biffo the Bear was on the cover of Beano from 1948 to 1974.
	Hair	Bonney Fair	She's got beautiful shiny bonney.
	Half (a pint)	Cow and Calf	I could use a cow and calf [there's a pub in Grenoside (near Sheffield) called the Cow and Calf]
	Hand	St. Martins-Le-Grand	I had it in my St. Martins a minute ago
	Hands	German Bands	Get your germans off my missus.
	Hands	Jazz Bands	Get yer jazz bands off me
	Hat	Titfer (Tit for Tat)	Lovely titfer. [This one uses the first two words - probably because saying "lovely tit" proved awkward]
	Head	Crust of Bread	Use your crust mate.
	Head	Loaf of Bread	Don't just stand there - use your loaf.
	Head (fellatio)	Blood Red	She likes to give blood.
	Heart	Strawberry Tart	Me strawberry belongs to you
	Hell	Gypsy Nell	My knee is giving me gyp today.
	Hemorrhoid	Clement Freud	Oooh, me clements!
	Hemorrhoids	Emma Freuds	Me Emma's are playing me up. [Emma is a BBC DJ on Radio 1]
	Heroin	Vera Lynn	Goodbye Vera Lynn [from Pink Floyd – “Goodbye Vera Lynn I'm leaving you today" meaning I’m giving up heroin, written at that time for Gilmore. ]
	Hill	Jack and Jill	The store is up the jack. [See also Bill]
	Hole	Drum Roll	Let's pop 'round to my drum (referring to someone's house).
	Home	Pope in Rome	Let's pop 'round his pope and fetch him.
	Host	Pillar and Post	Who’s the pillar and post for tonight?
	Hot	Peas in a Pot	Don't touch that - it's bloody peasy.
	House	Cat and Mouse	Went 'round to his cat to wake him up.
	House	Mickey Mouse	I'm taking my missus to the mickey tonight. [Usually means a theatre rather than a residence]
	Howler (mistake)	Robbie Fowler	I made a right Robbie yesterday [Robbie Fowler plays for Liverpool]
	Hymen	Bill Wyman	Virgin? Don’t think so mate – not a bill in sight [Bill Wyman is, of course, with the Rolling Stones and Benjamin reports he had a bit of a penchant for the younger cadburys]
	Ice	Blind Mice	I'll have a Gold and Blind
	Jacket	Desmond Hackett	He's sporting a new Desmond [Mr. Hackett is a renowned Daily Express sports reporter]
	Jacket	Tennis Racquet	I bought a new tennis racquet
	Jail	Bucket and Pail	One drink too many and I get seven days in the bucket.
	Jail	Ginger Ale	'e's doing time in the ginger.
	Jeans	Harpers and Queens	He's sporting a new pair of harpers [Harpers and Queen is a woman's magazine "Published in London for the World"]
	Jeans	Runner Beans	How do you like me new runners
	Jeans	Steve McQueens	Me new steves are a bit tight
	Jew	Five to Two	If you're a fiver then today's your Sabbath.
	Jew	Four by Two	He's not from around here - he's a four.
	Jewellery	Tom Foolery	That bloke looks a flash, look at all his tom.
	Jive	Duck and Dive	She can’t half duck and dive
	Job	Corn on the Cob	'e can't afford it - 'e ain't got a corn
	Job	Dog's Knob	Me new motor is just the dog's knob
	Jock (Scot)	Sweaty Sock	There was an Englishman, an Irishman and a sweaty on a boat... [This term is usually derogatory.]
	Joke	Rum and Coke	Go on then, tell us another rum and coke
	Joker	Double Yoker	Who's this double yoker
	Judge	Barnaby Rudge	I'm up in front of the Barnaby tomorrow morning.
	Jugs (breasts)	Carpets and Rugs	That girls has a lovely set of carpets
	Kebab (shish kebab)	Phil Babb	Bloody hell, boys, I'm proper Oliver'd - anyone fancy a Phil?
	Keen	Torvill and Dean	She's a bit torvill on my mate Barry
	Kettle	Hansel & Gretel	I put the Hansel on for a nice cup of Rosy
	Key	Brenda Lee	Where’s me brenda’s?
	Key	Vivian Lee	Where's me Vivian?
	Keys	Bruce Lee’s	Have you seen me brucies?
	Keys	John Cleese	‘ave you seen me johns
	Keys	Knobbly Knees	Have you got your knobblies with you?
	Kidney	Bo Diddley	Me bo’s are giving me gyp
	Kids	Dustbin Lids	A nice girl but too many dustbin's.
	Kids	God Forbids	Couldn't hear a thing 'cause of all the Godfor's.
	Kids	Saucepan Lids	I'm forever buy clothes for the saucepan lids [see also 'Yid']
	Kids	Teapot Lids	I'm taking my little teapot to country.
	Kids	Tin Lids	I can't put me foot down without stepping on one of the tin lids.
	Kiss	Heavenly Bliss	C’mon me turtle, give us an ‘eavenly
	Kiss	Hit and Miss	How about a bit of hit and miss
	Knackered (tired)	Cream Crackered	I'm cream crackered, mate.
	Knackered (tired)	Kerry Packer	I'm right Kerry'd [Kerry Packer is an Australian media magnate (and bleeding rich!)]
	Knackers (testicles)	Jacobs Crackers	That toe-rag kicked me in the Jacobs
	Knees	Biscuits and Cheese	I've been on my biscuits all day.
	Knickers	Alan Whickers	The 'lastics gone in me alans. [Alan Whicker used to host a TV programme called Whickers ]
	Knob (penis)	Uncle Bob	‘e’s a bit proud of his Uncle Bob
	Kraut (German)	Rainbow Trout	Bloody rainbows beat us at football last night!
	Lager	Forsythe Saga	Mines a forsythe
	Lager	Mick Jagger	How about a couple of Mick Jaggers over here?
	Lark (fun)	Tufnell Park	Always one for a tufnell
	Late	Cilla Black	You’re a bit Cilla today, mate
	Late	Terry Waite	You’re a bit Terry Waite
	Later	Baked Potato	I'll see ya baked.
	Later	Christian Slater	See you Christian Slater
	Laugh	Bubble Bath	You're 'avin a bubble aren't ya?
	Laugh	Cows Calf	Your having a cows calf, ain't you
	Laugh	Giraffe	You're havin' a giraffe, mate.
	Laugh	Steffi Graf	You're having a Steffi
	Laugh	Turkish Bath	He's havin' a turkish.
	Laugh	Wally's Scarf	He's having a wally
	Legs	Bacon and Eggs	Lovely set of bacons [James Robinson notes that this can be Ham & Eggs as well].
	Legs	Dolly Pegs	'ave a butchers at the dollies on 'er [This comes from the old style wooden clothes pegs that little girls used to draw faces on and make little dresses and hats/hair for, hence the dolly peg.]
	Legs	Mumbley Pegs	Stand on your own mumbleys
	Legs	Nutmegs	He was nutmegged [this is a common football term for when the ball is kicked between an opponents legs and then the other player runs around to get control of the ball again]
	Legs	Pins and Pegs	I was so surprised I nearly fell off me pins
	Legs	Scotch Pegs	Sit down and take a load off your pegs. [For whatever reason, the common usage is the rhyming word rather than the first]
	Leicester Square	Euan Blair	We're getting off the train at Euan Blair station [Euan Blair (Prime minister's underage son) was found drunk by police in Leicester Square earlier this year. Hence the slang.]
	Lesbian	West End Thespian	She's a lovely girl but she is west end, you know.
	Liar	Bob Cryer	Shut up you Bob - yer talking out yer aris [Sergeant Bob Cryer is a character in "The Bill".
	Liar	Dunlop Tyre	‘e’s a bit of a dunlop
	Liar	Holy Friar	‘e’s a bit of a holy friar
	Lies	Pork Pies	Blimey - he gets two pigs (beers) in him and he starts telling porkies.
	Life	Nelly Duff	Not on your nelly, mate. [The expression 'not on your nelly', meaning 'not on your life' (meaning that the person would never do something), is from Nelly Duff which rhymes with puff which means breath which is another way of saying life... convoluted little devil, isn't it? From everything I researched it would seem Nelly Duff was a fictional character but this is not certain. ]
	Life (term)	Porridge Knife	'e's doing a stay in the porridge.
	Liver	Cheerful Giver	Lovely - cheerful for dinner tonight. [Mike King has written to say that he that the slang for liver comes from "The Lord loves a cheerful giver", which was then shortened to Lord... Lovely - we're have the Lord for dinner tonight.]
	Liver	Swanee River	We're having swanee for dinner again? [Thanks to John Gibson who actually heard this in an interview with Ian Drury who, talking about his colon cancer, said, "... it's in me swanee now".]
	Lodger	Artful Dodger	She's taken in an artful to help pay the way.
	Look	Butcher's Hook	Here - take a butcher's at this.
	Look	Captain Cook	I just went over there for a captain
	Loot (money)	Fibre of your fabric	C'mon, let me feel the fibre of your fabric
	Lot (Serving or share)	Hopping Pot	That's your hopping mate. [Meaning, that's all you get. Thanks to James Vosper who says that this may have originated with Londoners who traveled to Kent and other districts to gather hops for beer]
	Love	Turtle Dove	All right me old turtle
	Luck	Donald Duck	How's your Donald?
	Luck	Friar Tuck	'E always had a bit of friar tuck.
	Mad	Mum and Dad	He's a bit mum and dad.
	Marriage	Horse and Carriage	e's off to his 'orse and carriage
	Married	Cash and Carried	Poor bloke got cashed on the weekend.
	Matches	Cuts and Scratches	Do you have any cuts?
	Mate	China Plate	How are you, my old china?
	Mate	Garden Gate	He’s an old garden gate from school
	Meetin' (meeting)	Buster Keaton	We'll see you at the Buster
	Mental	Radio Rental	He's a bit radio
	Mental (crazy)	Chicken Oriental	It was chicken oriental down the nuclear on Friday night
	Merry	Tom and Jerry	E’s a tommy bloke
	Mess	Elliot Ness	My drum's a right Elliot
	Milk	Acker Bilk	Would you like Acker in your coffee? [Acker Bilk (born Bernard Stanley Bilk) was born in 1929 is a master of the clarinet and leader of the Paramount Jazz Band. Interestingly, his nickname Acker is a Somerset term meaning friend or mate]
	Mind	Chinese Blind	You're out of you little chinese mate.
	Miss	Cuddle and Kiss	She's a cute little cuddle.
	Missus (Mrs)	Love and Kisses	Where did your love and kisses go?
	Missus (Mrs)	Plates and Dishes	How's the plates getting on then?
	Money	Bees and Honey	Can't go in there without any bees.
	Money	Bread and Honey	Let's drink with him - he's got bread. [This one has enjoyed very common usage]
	Money	Bugs Bunny	I've got some Bugs bunny in me sky rocket and I'm off down the rub-a-dub-dub.
	Motor (car)	Haddock and Bloater	I’ve gone and locked me keys in the haddock
	Mouth	North and South	I gave him a punch up the north.
	Mug (chump)	Toby Jug	I'm tired of people taking me for a toby
	Neck	Bushel and Peck	He's got a bushel like tree trunk.
	Neck	Gregory Peck	Wind you Gregory in
	Nerves	West Ham Reserves	e's got a bad case of the West Ham's
	News	Wooden Pews	Did you catch the wooden pews yesterday
	Nick (prison)	Shovel and Pick	He's spending a bit of time in the shovel.
	Nightmare	Lionel Blaire	I'm havin' a right lionel [Lionel Blaire is a performer.]
	Nightmare	Weston-Super-Mare	Went for an interview yesterday - it was a total Weston-Super [Weston Super Mare is the main coastal resort of North Somerset.]
	Nipple	Raspberry Ripple	Look at the thup'neys on her, raspberries like cigar buts! [Can also mean cripple.]
	Nippy (cold)	George and Zippy	It’s a bit George [George & Zippy are from an old BBC kids show called Rainbow]
	Noise	Box of Toys	Hold your box - they can hear you miles away!
	Nose	Fireman's Hose	Look at the size of his fireman's
	Nose	Fray Bentos	Look at the Fray Bentos on that poor sod [Fray Bentos is a maker of a fabulous Steak & Kidney Pie (and other treats). ]
	Nose	I Suppose	That rotten drunk gave me a clip on me I suppose.
	Nose	Irish Rose	She gave me a kiss on my Irish.
	Nun	Current Bun	My meanest teachers were currents
	Nutter (crazy)	Roll and Butter	That blokes a bloody roland [Like titfer meaning hat, this expression uses the first two words rather than just the first. ]
	Off (take off, leave)	Frank Bough	I'm gonna do the Frank [see 'scoff'. Frank Bough was a television personality - ]
	Old Man (Father or Husband)	Pot and Pan	I was talking to me old pot just yesterday.
	On My Own	Toblerone	He's over there on his toblerone
	Out of Order	Allan Border	He's bang Allan [used when someone does something to another person that is not looked upon favourably. Allan Border was the Australian cricket captain in the late 80's/early 90's so we now have our first example of international rhyming slang.]
	Paddy	Tea Caddy	Did you know Kevin is a tea caddy?
	Pager	John Major	Me John Major’s just gone off
	Pakistani	Bacon Sarnie	They've hired a new bloke at the shop - he's a bacon [ Sarnie is a slang term for sandwich (and if you haven't eaten a cold bacon sandwich you haven't lived. this expression may be considered offensive]
	Pakistani	Reg Varney	Martin's new bird's a Reg [Reg played Stan Butler on 'On the Buses', one of the 1970's BritComs]
	Pants	Adam Ant	Get your adam’s on
	Pants	Surrey & Hants	Blimey, I have no clean surreys
	Paper (newspaper)	Linen Draper	Has the morning linen come yet?
	Parcel	Elephant and Castle	Wot you got ‘ere then, a bleedin’ elephant
	Park	Noah's Ark	I'm taking my misses to the Noah.
	Party	Moriarty	Mental morry mate
	Party	Russell Harty	I've phoned for a sherbert to take us to the Russell [ Russell Harty is a TV host]]
	Peas	John Cleese	Eat yer John Cleese - they're good for you
	Peas	Knobbly Knees	We’re havin’ sexton and knobblies
	Pee	Gypsy Rose Lee	I’m off for a gypsy
	Pest	Fred West	Here comes that Fred West again [Fred West was and alleged mass murderer found hanged in his jail sail in 1995. ]
	Tonic	Philharmonic	I'll have a Vera and Phil (gin and tonic)
	Phone	Al Capone	He’s always on the al capone
	Phone	Dog and Bone	She's always on the dog.
	Piano	Joanna	He sparkles on the joanna. [Just to confuse you, they mispronounce the word you're trying say, so instead of 'piano' they call it a 'piana']
	Pictures	Dolly Mixtures	Going out to the Dolly Mixtures tonight
	Piddle (urinate)	Jimmy Riddle	I've had three pints - I could use a jimmy.
	Piles	Nuremberg Trials	Me Nuremberg's are really playing me up
	Piles (hemorrhoids)	Chalfont St Giles	Me chalfonts are playing up.
	Piles (hemorrhoids)	Farmer Giles	Blimey, I ain't 'alf suffering from me farmers
	Piles (hemorrhoids)	Nobby Stiles	Me nobbies are acting up again [Nobby Stiles was a great footballer from years gone by ]
	Piles (hemorrhoids)	Rockford Files	Me Jim Rockford's are giving me gip! [Jim Rockford was the central character in the TV show The Rockford Files.]
	Piles (hemorrhoids)	Sieg Heils	I'll stand if you don't mind - me sieg heils are acting up today.
	Piles (hemorrhoids)	Slay 'em in the aisles	Me slay 'ems are playing me up.
	Pill (birth control)	Jack and Jill	She's on the Jack
	Pillow	Weeping Willow	'ere. Get yer head off my weeping willow
	Pill	Strawberry Hill	I must remember to take my strawberry tonight
	Pills	Jack 'n Jills	Where's me Jack n Jills
	Pills	Mick Mills	‘e’s always ‘ad a weakness for the Mick Mills [ Mick Mills played for Ipswich in the ‘70s]
	Pinch (steal)	Half Inch	Someone's half-inched me pint!
	Pipe	Cherry Ripe	He does a cherry [Cherry Ripe is an Australian chocolate bar - although this may be Aussie slang rather than Cockney I've included it since I've received so many submissions for it. ]
	Piss	Arthur Bliss	I'm just popping out for an Arthur [Arthur Bliss was a famous English composer (1891-1975).]
	Piss	Gypsy's Kiss	Blimey - no more beer till I've 'ad a gypsy's.
	Piss	Hit and Miss	I've got to have a hit before we go out.
	Piss (Make fun of)	Mickey Bliss	He’s always taking the mickey out of someone [Mickey is short for a mythical 'Mickey Bliss,' providing the rhyme for 'piss and has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.' ]
	Pissed (angry)	Hit List	I'm really hit today
	Pissed (drunk)	Brahms and Liszt	He's well Brahms and Liszt , don't give him any more to drink. Sometimes the expression "Mozart & Liszt is used.
	Pissed (drunk)	Oliver Twist	I 'ad one over the eight last night and got completely Olivered.
	Pissed (drunk)	Schindlers List	I'm a bit schindlers after a too many forsythes
	Pissed (drunk)	Scotch Mist	'e was completely scotch mist last night.
	Plate	Alexander the Great	Don’t try and scarper before you’ve washed those alexanders
	Play	Grass & Hay	Let's grass and hay down the park
	Pocket	Lucy Locket	Keep it in your Lucy.
	Pocket	Sky Rocket	I've got nothing in my skies.
	Poof (homosexual)	Iron Hoof	He's a bit of an iron. [Also Horses Hoof]
	Poof (homosexual)	Tin Roof	I think he might be a tin roof
	Porn	Frankie Vaughan	Is there any Frankie on the telly tonight?
	Porn	Johnny Vaughn	I enjoy a bit of Johnny [Johnny Vaughn was the star of The Big Breakfast]
	Powder (cocaine)	Nikki Lauder	He's off doing a bit of Nikki
	Prat (arse)	Paper Hat	He's a bit of a paper
	Prayer	Weavers' Chair	Haven't got a weaver's of getting into her alans. [A weaver's chair has a low profile back allowing free movement of the arms.]
	Prick	Hampton Wick	He gets on my wick. [Don't even try to understand this one - just accept it]
	Pride	Jekyll and Hyde	You lost your jekyll or something?
	Prison	Boom and Mizzen	'e's off to the boom for a bit.
	Pub	Nuclear Sub	I'll meet you down the nuclear at 5 o'clock
	Pub	Rub-a-dub-dub	I'm off to the rub-a-dub-dub. [Comes from the children's rhyme Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub...]
	Pube (pubic hair)	Rubric's Cube	When your having a shower make sure you wash your rubric's
	Puff (marijuana)	Mickey Duff	Here, mate. Got any Mickey?
	Punter (gambler or odds maker)	Hillman Hunter	‘ere comes another load of Hillmans [the Hillman was a fine auto introduced in 1966.
	Purse	Gypsy's Curse	Someone's alf-inched me gypsy
	Quarter	Farmers Daughter	My Nan want me to get her three farmers of rosie (3/4 lb of tea)
	Queen (homosexual)	Torvill & Dean	He’s a right old torvill
	Queer (homosexual)	Brighton Pier	That blokes a bit of a Brighton
	Queer (homosexual)	Ginger Beer	He's a bit ginger [See Queer (odd) below]
	Queer (homosexual)	King Lear	e's a bit King Lear.
	Queer (odd)	Ginger Beer	I don't know about that - sounds a bit ginger. [Heard from Chris and Colin who have heard the expression "very glass", meaning very strange (from Glass of Beer), based on this rhyme. Also, see Queer (homosexual) above]
	Quid	Bin Lid	Lend us a bin
	Quid	Teapot Lid	I'm down a teapot already.
	Rail	Toby Ale	'e's traveling by toby.
	Railway Guard	Christmas Card	Look out for the christmas
	Rain	Pleasure and Pain	Any more pleasure and we'll be swimming.
	Rave (dance)	Comedy Dave	You coming to the comedy? [Comedy Dave is a Radio 1 DJ ]
	Readies (pound notes)	Nelson Eddy's	'e's got a pile of nelsons!
	Rent	Burton on Trent	They've raised my burton again.
	Rent	Clark Kent	I'm having a tough time coming up with me Clark
	Rent	Duke of Kent	I can't afford to pay the Duke of Kent this week
	Rich	Scratch & Itch	'e's got scratch
	Right	Isle of Wight	Down the High Road to the lights and make an Isle. [Also seen used as slang for "all right" but not in common usage]
	River	Shake and Shiver	He jumped right into the shake
	Road	Frog and Toad	Don't ride your bike on the frog. [See Road = Kermit]
	Road	Kermit	'e took off down the kermit. [From Kermit the Frog = frog and toad = road.]
	Rotten	Dot Cotton	I’m feeling a bit dot [Dot Cotton is a character from Eastenders]
	Row (argument)	Barn Owl	Went up to the dole office today. 'Ad a bit of a barney with the geezer behind the desk. [ [[Not satisfied with the slang, the word is extended to 'Barney' to thoroughly confuse everyone]
	Row (argument)	Bull and Cow	Had a right bull with my misses last night.
	Rum	Tom Thumb	A wee bit of Tom and I'm off.
	Sack (fired)	Tin Tack	He got the tin tack the other day
	Saloon Bar	Balloon Car	I'll be at the balloon.
	Sauce	Dead Horse	Pass the dead horse
	Scar	Mars Bar	I fell down the apple and pears trying to answer the dog & bone, hit my head and ended up with a mars bar
	Scoff (food)	Frank Bough	I’m going to get some frank [see 'off'. Frank Bough was a television personality]
	Score	Bobby Moore	You know the Bobby [Bobby Moore was a great footballer who died in 1993.]
	Score	Hampden Roar	You know the hampden [the Hampden Roar is a commonly used term that refers to the noise made when fans cheer on Scotland at Hampden Park]
	Score (Ј20)	Apple Core	I gave me last apple to that old paraffin
	Scotch	Gold Watch	I'll have a gold watch and ten
	Scotch	Pimple and Botch	He enjoys a good pimple.
	Scotch (Whisky)	Gold Watch	'E enjoys his gold watch
	Scouser (Liverpudlian)	Mickey Mouser	'E's a mickey mouser [Refers to someone from Liverpool. ]
	Scouts	Brussel Sprouts	He's always been a brussel.
	Scran (food)	Jackie Chan	I’m Hank Marvin. I could use some top Jackie for me Michael Winner
	Sex	Posh ‘n Becks	Had a bit of posh with the missus last night [Posh refers to Posh Spice (Victoria Adams) of the Spice Girls while Becks refers to David Beckham, the famous footballer she married. Another example of Rhyming Slang evolving to reflect the times. See also Decks - Posh ‘n Becks]
	Shabby	Westminster Abbey	He's turned out a bit westminster today
	Shag	Billy Bragg	He's off for a billy [Billy Bragg is a singer/songwriter.]
	Shank (golf term)	J. R.	You really JR'd that one mate. [Abbreviated reference to J. Arthur Rank. In golf, a shank is a ball that goes in a decidedly unexpected direction. ]
	Shave	Chas and Dave	I'm off for a chas
	Shave	Dig in the Grave	A quick shower and dig and I'll be ready to go.
	Shiner (black eye)	Ocean Liner	I punched him right in the mincer and gave him an ocean liner
	Shirt	Dicky Dirt	Put your dicky dirt on before the company gets here.
	Shirt	Uncle Bert	I've got to press my uncle.
	Shit	Brace and Bit	Just off or a brace
	Shit	Brad Pitt	I right need a Brad Pitt
	Shit	Eartha Kitt	I'm going for an Eartha
	Shit	Tom Tit	I'm going for a Tom Tit.
	Shite	Tom Kite	I’m off for a tom
	Shite	Turkish Delight	They’re playing completely Turkish today
	Shite (shit)	Barry White	I need a Barry White
	Shits (diarrhoea)	Two-Bob Bits	I’ve got a real case of the two-bob bits
	Shitter (rectum)	Council Gritter	When I sat down there was a pin on my chair! Right up the council! [a council gritter is the machine that comes around and puts grit on icy roads]
	Shitter (rectum)	Gary Glitter	He kicked him right up the Gary
	Shitter (toilet or rectum)	Rick Whitter	Back in a sec - I'm off to the rick [Rick Whitter is a singer in the group Shed7 - thanks to Dan Collins and Keith Uden]
	Shocker	Barry Crocker	That's a Barry Crocker [Barry Crocker is an Aussie performer - thanks to Dan McGivern]
	Shocker	Costantino Rocca	Played a round of golf yesterday - had a complete Costantino [Costantino Rocca is an Italian golfer - thanks to Christian Martinsen]
	Shoe	Scooby Doo	Where are me Scooby's?
	Shoe	Ghost (Boo)	Get yer ghosts on
	Shoes	One and two's	Where's me one 'n two's?
	Shoes	St. Louis Blues	'e's got himself a new pair of St. Louis'
	Shoes	Rhythm and Blues	Get your rhythm and blues on
	Shoes	Yabba-Dabba-Doo	Nice pair of yabba’s mate [For them what don’t have a classical education, “Yabba-Dabba-Doo” was the catch phrase of Fred Flintstone.]
	Shout (round)	Wally Grout	It's your wally, mate (ie. It's your turn to buy a round of drinks). [Wally Grout was an Australian cricketer who died in 1968]
	Shower	David Gower	I'd just got out of the David Gower
	Shower	Eiffel Tower	I’m going for an Eiffel Tower.
	Sick	Moby Dick	I'm feeling a bit Moby today.
	Sick	Spotted Dick	We don’t have a goalie – John’s spotted [Spotted Dick is a dessert make with]
	Sick	Tom and Dick	He's feeling a bit Tom. [There is also an expression "Feeling a bit dicky" as in not quite right that comes from this slang. Paul Morgan says that it’s also used as “Bob and Dick”]
	Sick	Uncle Dick	I can't come out tonight - I'm feeling a bit Uncle Dick
	Sight	Website	Get out of me website [this was taken from the Human Traffic film]
	Silly	Daffy Down Dilly	'e's a bit daffy. [Daffy Down Dilly is a line of dolls from Madam Alexander.]
	Silly	Piccadilly	I've always said he was piccadilly
	Simple	Dolly Dimple	She’s a bit Dolly Dimple
	Sister	Skin and Blister	She may be his blister but she's nothing like him.
	Six	Tim Mix	He rolled a Tom Mix [this expression is common in casino's when referring to dice games]
	Skin (cigarette paper)	Vera Lynn	Got any vera's?
	Skint (broke)	Borassic Lint	He's right boric.
	Skint (broke)	Larry Flint	I'm completely larry mate [Larry Flint is an American publisher of adult magazines. ]
	Skint (broke)	Polo Mint	I'm polo'd
	Slag (prostitute)	Oily Rag	She's a bit of an oily rag [Oily Rag is also slang for fag (cigarette). One can't help but wonder how many times a simply "Can you spot me an oily?" might have been misinterpreted. ]
	Slag (prostitute)	Toe Rag / Tow Rag	She’s a right toe rag [Mike Lyons adds: It should be 'Tow Rag'. When a car towed another in times past, (broken down car) behind it, it was/is common practice to tie a piece of rag halfway along the rope between the two vehicles. This was to indicate the rope's presence to pedestriams, particularly when stopped in traffic. (i.e. to stop people tripping over it when walking between the cars). As this piece of rag was literally dragging or 'always in' the dirt all the time, it was compared with someone who was shifty, untrustworthy, criminal, loafer, a general 'low life'. Such a person was called a tow rag, example "don't trust him, he's a bit of a tow rag".] Thus, a tow rag could refer to a male or female of dubious character.
	Slap	Watford Gap	I’m gonna give you a Watford ‘round yer chevy
	Slash (piss)	Pat Cash	I'm absolutely dying for a Pat Cash
	Slash (piss)	Pie and Mash	I’m poppin’ out for a pie and mash
	Sleep	Bo-Peep	What I need is a good bo-peep.
	Sleep	Sooty and Sweep	You need a bit of sooty
	Smell	Aunt Nell	He don't half Aunt Nell
	Smoke (cigarette)	Laugh and Joke	I’m going for a laugh
	Sneeze	Bread and Cheese	I hate allergies - one good bread after another.
	Snide	Jeckyll and Hyde	‘e’s a bit Jeckyll
	Snout (cigarette)	Salmon and Trout	'Ere mate, give us a salmon, I'm right out. [If you know where the expression 'snout' for cigarette comes from I'd like to include it][ [Martin McKerrell has written that Snout comes from snout rag meaning handkerchief (I'm thinking snot rag - JA) so Snout Rag = Fag = cigarrette. Also, Richard Beveridge has suggested that the term snout comes from prison life when the prisoners, who would take their daily exercise in silence, would signal a tobacco supplier that he needed cigarettes by touching his nose.] - See "ins and outs"
	Snouts (Cigarettes)	Ins and Outs	'ere mate, got any ins and outs? (See Salmon and Trout)
	Soap	Cape of Good Hope	Go wash yourself - and use the cape.
	Soap	Faith and Hope	Where's the faith and hope, I wanna wash me 'ands
	Socks	Almond Rocks	Wouldn't it be nice if your almonds matched?
	Socks	Bombay Docks	Anyone seen me bombays? [ Phil Diaper suggests the expression is actually Tilbury Docks]
	Socks	Joe Rocks	Pull yer Joe's up
	Son	Currant Bun	He's awfully proud of his currant.
	Song	Ding Dong	Everyone gather round the piano for a ding dong. [Usually the full slang expression is used]
	Soup	Loop de Loop	Nothing like a good loop on a cold day.
	Spanner (wrench)	Elsie Tanner	Can I borrow your elsie
	Sparrow	Bow and Arrow	Little bow and arrow fell out of the nest. [Usually the full slang expression is used]
	Speak	Bubble and Squeak	I won't bubble
	Specs (spectacles)	Gregory Peck	Where’s me gregs
	Specs [Spectacles)	Mikkel Becks	Where did I put me Mikkel's? [Mikkel Beck is a footballer]
	Splinter	Alan Minter	Picked up this wood and got a terrible Alan in me finger [ Alan Minter is a British boxer with a current record of 39-9 (23 by KO)]
	Spoon	Daniel Boone	Pass me a daniel
	Spoon	David Boon	Pass me that David Boon [David Boon is an Australian cricketer]
	Spot (acne)	Randolph Scott	I've got a great big randolph on my chin
	Spouse	Boiler House	Me boiler's always yammerin' on.
	Sprouts	Twist and Shouts	I love bubble and squeak made with Twist and Shouts
	Spunk (semen)	Harry Monk	This glue's as sticky as a load of Harry [Harry Monk was an old music hall entertainer.
	Spunk (semen)	Pineapple Chunk	Is that laundry powder on your jeans? Looks like pineapple chunks to me
	Stairs	Apples and Pears	Get yourself up the apples and pears.
	Stairs	Daisy Dancers	Get yerself up the daisy dancers [This one's a bit convoluted: Daisy Dancer = Dancing Bears = Stairs. The daisy dancer reference is a twist on the Dancing Bears=Stairs slang.]
	Stairs	Dancing Bears	Get yerself up the dancing bears
	Starved	Pear Halved	"Lunch in a bit?" "Yeah, I'm a bit pear."
	Starvin'	Hank Marvin	I'm bloody Hank Marvin. I haven't eaten all day [Hank Marvin was the guitarist for The Shadows from the 1960's to the 1990's.
	Starvin'	Lee Marvin	I'm Lee Marvin [if you're really hungry you could say, "I'm Hank, and his brother Lee". Lee Marvin was an American actor. See other entry for starvin' (Hank Marvin). And no - they're not related.]
	State (anguish)	Two and Eight	He's in a two and eight over it. [Usually the full slang expression is used]
	Steak and Kidney	Kate and Sydney	A lovely Kate and Sydney pie [Not really rhyming slang - more a matter of getting your mords wixed up]
	Stella (beer)	Nelson Mandelas	A couple of nelsons please
	Stella (beer)	Paul Weller	Give us a Paul Weller [Paul Weller is (or was) a musician with The Jam. Stella refers to Stella Artois]
	Stella (beer)	Uri Geller	Mines a Uri
	Stella Artois (beer)	Ooh Aah	I’ll have an ooh aah
	Stench	Dame Judy Dench	A right Dame Judy in here
	Stick (walking)	Hackney Wick	I've forgot me hackney wick back at the last pub
	Stink	Pen and Ink	That's a bit of a pen and ink.
	Story	Jackanory	Ye late! What’s the jackanory then?
	Stout (beer)	Salmon and Trout	Stop by and have a salmon.
	Stranger	Queen’s Park Ranger	Who’s that Queen’s Park Ranger standing over there?
	Stranger	Texas Ranger	This pub is full of Texas Rangers these days
	Stray	Gamma Ray	That Mary's a bit of a gamma
	Street	Field of Wheat	He out standing in the field, waiting for a bus.
	Strides (trousers)	Donkey Rides	He's wearing black donkeys
	Strides [trousers)	Jekyll and Hydes	Just bought a new pair of Jekylls
	Stripper	Jack the Ripper	I love me jack the rippers
	Strong	Ping Pong	I need a ping pong drink
	Sub (pay advance)	Rub a Dub	Guvnor Give us a rub a dub till pay day.
	Subaru	Scooby-Doo	Let's have a go in ya scooby-doo
	Suit	Bag of Fruit	He turned up dressed in a bag [while Whistle and Flute can refer to a nice looking suit, Bag of Fruit depicts a very different image of an old and shapeless suit]
	Suit	Bowl of Fruit	Are you wearing your bowl of fruit tonight?
	Suit	Tin Flute	I’ll be wearing me tin flute
	Suit	Whistle and Flute	He bought himself a new whistle for the wedding.
	Sun	Current Bun	Old current bun's out today
	Supper	Tommy Tucker	You can sing for your Tommy.
	Sweetheart	Treacle Tart	She's a right treacle [note that there is reportedly a negative connotation for this expression, meaning a woman of easy virtues, but it's not very commonly used]
	Table	Cain and Abel	Sit yourself at the cain and I'll bring you your Tommy (Tommy Tucker - supper).
	Tablet (pill)	Gary Ablett	He was off his nuts on the old Gary Abletts wasn't he [Gary Ablett was a footballer in the]
	Tail	Alderman's Nail	He's always wagging his alderman's.
	Talk	Rabbit and Pork	He's always rabbitting on about something [Andrew Black says his sister used to say he had “too much bunny” (or more rabbit than Sainsbury’s!). You can be sure that wasn’t a compliment]
	Talker	Murray Walker	She’s a real murray – just can’t get her to shut up!
	Tan	Peter Pan	I’m off to the pool to top up me peter pan.
	Tanner (sixpence)	Sprarsy Anna	Lend us a sprarsy - I wanna get some toe-rags (cigarettes)
	Tart	Kick Start	Is this a lads night or are we taking the kicks
	Taxi	Joe Baxi	Mind if I share your Joe Baxi? [William Coward says Joe Baxi was a heavyweight boxer who knocked out British champ George Woodcock around 1950.]
	Tea	Half Past Three	Where’s me bleeding cuppa arf past?
	Tea	Rosy Lee	I've just put the rosy on.
	Tea	You and Me	Fancy a cup of you and me?
	Tears	Britney Spears	She's off doing a Britney
	Teeth	Edward Heath	He got smacked in the Edwards [Edward Heath was PM in the early 1970’s]
	Teeth	Hampstead Heath	His hampsteads (hamps) are a crime.
	Telly (TV)	Custard and Jelly	As usual, nothing on the custard tonight.
	Telly (TV)	Liza Minelli	What’s on the Liza?
	Ten	Cock and Hen	I didn't get much change back from a cock
	Tenner (Ј10)	Paul McKenna	I’m don to me last Paul McKenna [Paul McKenna is a famous hypnotist]
	Tenner (10 pound note)	Ayrton Senna	'ere, lend us an ayrton me old china [Ayrton Senna was a Formula One driver]
	Tenner (10 pound note)	Louise Wener	'ere, lend us a louise. [Louise Wener is a singer with the band Sleeper]
	Thief	Tea Leaf	He's always been a bit of a tea leaf. [Usually the fully slang expression is used]
	Think	Cocoa Drink	I should cocoa [Said in a somewhat facetious manner, this phrase actually means "I should think not" ]
	Thirst	Geoff Hurst	I've got a Geoff on tonight [Sir Geoff Hurst was the only footballer to score three goals in a World Cup final.
	Throat	Billy Goat	I've got a sore billy goat
	Throat	John O’Groat	‘e cleared his groat whilst wiping his mincers with ‘is germans
	Throat	Nanny Goat	Get that down your nanny
	Throat	Weasel & Stoat	'is weasel's playing him up
	Thunder	Crash & Blunder	What a storm! Did you hear the crash and blunder
	Ticket	Bat and Wicket	I've got a bat for tonight's train.
	Ticket	Wilson Picket	I want to go to New York, but I can’t afford the wilsons
	Tie	Peckham Rye	I'm putting on me best whistle and me new peckham.
	Till (Cash register)	Jack & Jill	'E got nicked with 'is 'ands in the old jack and jill
	Time	Bird Lime	What's the bird? [Also commonly used to refer to doing time, as in prison.
	Time	Harry Lime	What's the Harry Lime? [Harry Lime is a character in 'The Third Man']
	Time	Lemon & Lime	Oi mate - what's the lemon & lime
	Tit (breast)	Brad Pitt	Nice pair of brads
	Tits (breasts)	Ballroom Blitz	She’s got marvellous ballrooms [Ballroom Blitz is a song by a group named Sweet - thanks to David Rolph]
	Tits (breasts)	Brace and Bits	Blimey - what a brace!
	Tits (breasts)	Eartha Kitts	Nice Eartha's
	Tits (breasts)	Fainting Fits	Wouldn’t mind getting me germans on her faintings
	Tits (breasts)	Thr'penny Bit	Look at the Thr'penny's on her.
	Titties (breasts)	Bristol Cities	She's got a lovely pair of Bristols. [BristolPirate2003 (I'm assuming a nom de plume) sent the following: The saying goes back hundreds of years from when sailors sailed to the "New World", between Bristol, England (the second largest port outside of London at the time) and the USA, traveling on to the tobacco plantations at Bristol, Virginia. It was known as, "Going between the Bristol's" and became a sexual reference for what sailors would do to their women folk on returning to dry land!.
	Titty (breast)	Walter Mitty	She's got a lovely set of walters
	Toast	Holy Ghost	How about another round of 'oly.
	Toe	Bromley by Bow	You might want to fight, but I'm going to have it on me bromleys [ie. run away. ]
	Toker	Al Roker	That guy is an Al
	Tonic	Supersonic	How about a nice Vera and super (Gin & Tonic)
	Toss	Kate Moss	I couldn't give a Kate Moss.
	Towel	Baden Powell	'ere, wrap a baden powell around you. Nobody wants to see that!
	Train	Michael Caine	I missed me Michael
	Trainers (running shoes)	Claire Rayners	I've got me new Claire Rayners on
	Trainers (running shoes)	Gloria Gaynors	That's a nice pair of Gloria's
	Tramp (hobo)	Paraffin Lamp	I gave me last apple to that old paraffin
	Tramp (hobo)	Thirteen Amp	Look at that bunch of thirteen amps over there. [thirteen amps is the standard electrical receptacle in Britain]
	Trouble	Barney Rubble (Flintstones)	Stay away from him. He's right Barney.
	Trousers	Lards	‘e was caught with ‘is lards down [Lards is from Callards & Bowsers, makers of fine toffee’s. Thanks to Duncan Reed. Lenny has noted that often the full expression, i.e. "'e was caught with his callards down" is used to avoid confusion with lardy meaning cigar (la-di-da).]
	Trousers	Round the Houses	'e's got hisself a new set of round the houses [Also used is "Council Houses" as in "'is councils haven't seen an pressing this year" - thanks to Gary Chatfield]
	Turd (shit)	Douglas Hurd	I need to dump a Douglas
	Turd (shit)	Richard the Third	He's a bit of a Richard. [this is also used as in "I'm just going for a Richard". Andrew notes that sometimes Edward the Third is also used.]
	Umbrella	Auntie Ella	Wonderful - it's starting to rain and me without my Auntie Ella.
	Voice	Hobson's Choice	What's the matter with 'is 'obsons
	Vomit	Wallace and Gromit	One more pint and I’ll Wallace, mate
	Wages	Greengages	I've blown the greengages down at the dogs
	Walk	Ball of Chalk	After a heavy meal I like quick ball round the square.
	Wank (masturbate)	Armitage Shank	He's havin' an armitage [Armitage Shank are makers of fine porcelain bathroom fixtures]
	Wank (masturbate)	Jodrell Bank	Just off for a Jodrell [Jodrell Bank was the site of a University of Manchester botanical station, about 20 miles south of Manchester, back in the 1940's. Today, Jodrell Bank is a leading radio astronomy facility. ]
	Wank (masturbate)	Barclays Bank	He's having a barclays.
	Wank (masturbate)	J. Arthur Rank	'e's off having a J. Arthur
	Wank (masturbate)	Lamb Shank	'e's having a lamb
	Wank (masturbate)	Midland Bank	I'm going for a midland
	Wank (masturbate)	Peddle and Crank	I'm off for a peddle!
	Wank (masturbate)	Sherman Tank	e's a right sherman
	Wank (masturbate)	Tommy Tank	She's probably at home doing a tommy.
	Wanker	Cab Ranker	'e's a bit of a cab ranker
	Wanker	Kuwaiti Tanker	He’s a bit of a Kuwaiti tanker
	Wanker	Merchant Banker	He's a right merchant
	Wanker	Ravi Shankar	That referee is a right Ravi
	Wanker	Sefton Branker	He’s a right Sefton Branker [Sefton Branker was a Major, and later Air Vice Marshall, who was posted to India in the early 20th century]
	Wanker	Swiss Banker	He’s a bit of a swiss banker
	Wanks	Gordon Banks	They’re a bunch of gordons
	Watch (fob watch)	Kettle and Hob	That's a lovely kettle [I got the following from Dudley who wondered about the connection between a kettle and a watch - he passed on the following story: It was commonplace for everyone to wear a pocket watch and chain in the waistcoat & it was also equally commonplace for the watch to be in the pawn shop as an interim loan security - however no one was keen for people to know that this situation was necessary, so the chain would be kept and worn as normal. In the kitchens of the day the fire would be an open one and there would be a bar or hook above it from which a length of chain would be secured and from there the kettle would be suspended above the fire to boil. So with this in mind, if the pocket watch chain, with no weight on it to hold it in the pocket, fell out and dangled minus the missing watch, there would always be some clever Charlie ready to pipe up "What's that for then, your bleedin' kettle?" Dave Walker provided the following: The origin of "kettle" comes from illicit spirit making, distilled in what were large coppers known as kettles, hence, kettle of scotch = watch. I have always understood this to be the true origin, and it does rhyme, after all.
	Water	Ten Furlongs (Mile and a quarter)	I'll have a gold watch and ten
	Web Site	Wind and Kite	Check out me wind and kite
	Weight	Pieces of Eight	She'd better watch her pieces of eight
	Whisky	Gay and Frisky	I'll have a gay and I'm off. [Be careful where you use this]
	White Wine	Plink Plonk	Open a bottle of plonk [The rhyme here is a bit convoluted – Plink Plonk rhymes with Vin Blanc which is, of course, a white wine]
	Whore	Four by Four	She’s a bit of a four by four
	Whore	Roger Moore	I was trying to get my trousers back on, and the dirty roger is running up the street with my wallet
	Whore	Thomas Moore	She a right Thomas
	Wife	Duchess of Fife	Now my old dutch, where are we off to tonight?
	Wife	Trouble and Strife	I'm taking my trouble dancing tonight.
	Wig	Irish Jig	I think that blokes wearing an Irish
	Wig	Syrup of Figs	What a syrup.
	Window	Burnt Cinder	Close the bloody burnt [This works if you mispronounce window... winda - and cinder... cinda as any good Englishman would.]
	Windshield Wiper	Billie Piper	You’d better put your billies on [Billie Piper is a pop singer]
	Windy	Mork and Mindy	Cor, it's bloody mork today [shows you that the slang is constantly evolving - thanks to Alan Little. Can also refer to someone who is a bit windy - "Don't feed him brussel sprouts again - he gets all Mork & Mindy"]
	Wine	Porcupine	Where’s the porc waiter
	Word	Dicky Bird	He left without so much as a dicky.
	Wrong	Falun Gong	It seems to have all gone a bit falun gong [From semi-obscure evil Chinese cult with tendency to inaccuracy, therefore appropriate. ]
	Wrong	Pete Tong	It's all gone a bit Pete [Pete Tong is an English DJ - thanks to Dan Collins and Keith Uden]
	Yank	Septic Tank	He's not very bright... septic, you know.
	Yank	Wooden Plank	Then this wooden bloke walked in
	Yawn	Johnny Vaughn	Can’t hold back a good Johnny [Johnny Vaughn was the star of The Big Breakfast – thanks to Will Sowden]
	Years	Donkey's Ears	Ain't seen you in donkeys mate.
	Yid	Front Wheel Skid	Old Mikey's a front wheel [Note that this expression is considered offensive]

Archer = £2000 Bag of Sand = £1000 Grand = £1000 Monkey = £500 Ton = £100 Carpet = £30 Pony = £25 Macaroni = £25 Apple Core = £20 Score = £20

Speckled Hen = £10 Uncle Ben = £10 Nigel Ben = £10 Paul McKenna = £10 Ayrton (Senna) = Tenner = £10 Lady (Godiva) = Fiver = £5 Taxi Driver = Fiver = £5 Nicker or Quid = £1 Ten Bob Bit = 50p piece Oxford = 5 shillings Lord of the Manor = Tanner (sixpence) Tanner = sixpence

COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG

NUMBERS 1 = Wunner = 1 1 = Lost & Won 2 = Bottle Of Glue 3 = Holy Sea 4 = Stand in Awe 5 = Jacks Alive 5 = Ching 6 = Fiddle Stick 7 = Exeter in Devon 8 = Harry Tate 8 = Fartoo 9 = Coal Mine 10 = Big Ben 10 = Bill & Ben 10 = Cock & Hen 10 = Foxes Den 10 = Tony Ben 11 = Hell and Heaven 12 = Dig and Delve 13 = Hurt and Be Mean 14 = Sortin' letters 20 = Mussels a Plenty) 30 = Flirty Gertie 50 = Nifty 50 = Bullseye * * * * * * Chineses Dentist = 2:30 = tooth hurty BITS & BOBS Adam and Eve = Believe Apples and Pears = Stairs Aunt Mable = Table Baked Potato = See You Later Ball and Chalk = Walk Barnaby Rudge = Judge Barny Rubble = Trouble Bat and Wicket = Ticket Bees Wax = Tax Bird Lime = Time = Prison Sentence Bob Hope = Dope (Marijuana) Bobble Hat and Scarf = Laugh (You 'avin' a bobble; you can't be serious) Borasic Lint = Skint (broke: no money) Brixton Riot = Diet Brown Bread = Dead Bread and Honey = Money Bubble Barf/Bath = laugh (you 'avin' a bubble..) Bubble and Squeak = Speak Bull and Cow = Row Bunny Ears = Tears Butchers Hook = Look Cain and Abel = Table Candle Wax = Tax Cape of Good Hope = Soap Cash & Carry = Hari Kari / Suicide Cat and Mouse = House Cellar Flap = Tap (to borrow) Cherry Hog = Dog Cloud Seven = Heaven Coffee and Cocoa = Say So (I should cocoa) Collar and Tie = Pie Currant Bun = Sun Custard & Jelly = Telly (TV) Daily Mail = Tale Dicky Bird = Word (Don't say a Dicky Bird) Ding Dong = Sing Song (now means argument or fight) Dog and Bone = Telephone Duke of Cork = Talk Duke of Kent = Rent Duke of York = Fork Dunlop Tyre = Liar Earwig = twig (understand, to catch on) Earwigging = To Eavesdrop (evolved from earwig) Elephant and Castle = Parcel Flowery Dell = Cell (Prison Cell) Fore and Aft = Daft Frog and Toad = Road Gary Glitter = Shitter Greengages = Wages / Money Gregory = Cheque (Peck) Half-inch = pinch (to steal) Highland Fling = Ring Holy Ghost = Toast Jack Jones = Alone (On your Jack) Jam Jar = Car Jack and Jill = Hill or Bill or even Cash Register(till) Jack the Ripper = Kipper Jackanory = Story / Tall Tale Jiminee Cricket = Ticket Joanna = Piano Johnny Horner = Corner Kick and Prance = Dance Lemonade = Spade Lemon Dash = Flashy Linen Draper = Newspaper (Reading the Linen) Little White Mice = dice Mickey Bliss = Piss (Taking the Mickey/ Piss = jovial sarcasm) Mutt and Jeff = Deaf Oily Rag = Fag (cigarette) On The Floor = Poor Oxford Scholar = Dollar Oxo Cube = tube = the London Underground Pen and Ink = Stink Peter Pan = Tan Pipe Your Eye = Cry Pork Pies = Lies Potatoes in the Mould = cold (It's taters, aint it !) Rabbit and Pork = Talk (Rabbit's too much) Rory O'Moore = Door Ruby Murray = Curry Sausage and Mash = Cash Scapa Flow / Scarper = run away/go Scooby Doo = Clue (Ain't got a Scooby) Sherbet Dab = Cab Steam Tug = Mug Sweeny Todd = Flying Squad (Police) Syrup of Fig = Wig Tin Tack = Sack Todd Sloane = On your own (on yer Todd) Tomfoolery = Jewellery (A nice piece of Tom) Tom Mix = Six Trick Cyclist = Psychiatrist Trombone = Phone Uncle Ned = Bed

OF THE PERSON

Aldermans Nail = Tail April in Paris = Arse Barnet Fair = Hair Berkshire Hunt = Cunt (He's a right Berk) Boat Race = Face Bottle and Glass = Arse Bristol City = Titty (breast) Bunny Ears = Tears Bushel & Peck = Neck Chalfont St Gyles = Piles Chalk Farm = Arm Cobblers Awls = Balls (A load of old cobblers) Corn Beef = Teeth Dipstick = Prick/Penis Derby Kelly = Belly Douglas Hurd = Turd Eartha Kitt = Shit Farmer Giles = Piles Fife and Drum = Bum Friar Tuck = Fuck German Bands = Hands Ghunga Dhin = Chin Gregory Peck = Neck Grumble & Grunt = Cunt Gypsies Kiss = Piss Ham and Eggs = Legs Hampstead Heath = Teeth Hampton Wick = Prick (penis) Hit and Miss = Kiss or Piss (could be complicated!!) Hobson's Choice = Voice Holly Reath = Teeth Ivory Band = Hand J. Arthur Rank = Wank (Having a J. Arthur) Jimmy Riddle = Piddle (urinate) Khybur Pass = Arse Loaf of Bread = Head Mince Pies = Eyes Nellie Duff = Puff = Breathe = Life Newington Butts = Guts Niagra Falls = Balls / Testicles North and South = Mouth Oliver Twist = Wrist Orchestra Stalls = Balls Outings and Festivals = Testicals Pipe and Drum = Bum Plates of Meat = Feet Pony and Trap = Crap Raspberry Ripple = Nipple Raspberry Tart = Fart (blowing raspberries) Richard the 3rd = Turd Sherman Tank = Wank Tom and Dick = Sick Tom Tit = Shit Tommy Rollocks = Bollocks Turkish Delight = Shite (speaking shite/rubbish) Two and Eight = state (in a right old two and eight/hypo mood) Uncle Dick = Sick ON THE PERSON Airs and Graces = Braces Almond Rocks = Socks Daisy Roots = Boots Dicky Dirt = Shirt East and West = Vest Fly-By-Nights = Tights Kippers = Slippers Lional Blairs = Flares (flared trousers) Peckham Rye = Tie Round the Houses = Trousers Sky Rocket = Pocket Syrup of Fig = wig (golden syrup an awful wig) Tit for Tat (Titfer) = Hat Turtle Doves = Gloves Weasel and Stoat = Coat Whistle and Flute = Suit PEOPLE Artful Dodger = Lodger Bottle of Porter = Daughter Bricks and Mortar = Daughter China Plate = Mate Duchess of Fyfe = Wife Dustbin Lid (Bin Lid) = Kid Four by Two = Jew Ginger Beer = Queer Hillman Hunter = Punter/Customer Horse & Cart = Tart Iron Hoof = Poof Joe Soap = Dope / Stupid Person Love and Kisses = Mrs. Merchant Banker = Wanker Mother of Pearl = Girl Old Bag = Hag = Horrible Woman Old Pot and Pan = Old Man One Time Looker = Hooker = Prostitute Paraffin Lamp = Tramp Septic Tank = Yank Silver Spoon = Coon Skin and Blister = Sister Spiders & Bugs = Thugs Tea Leaf = Thief Toe Rag = Slag = Female of Easy Virtue Tin Lid = Yid = Jewish Person Treacle Tart = Sweetheart Trouble and Strife = Wife DRINKING Aristotle = Bottle Brahms and Liszt = Pissed Battlecruiser = Boozer (Pub) Chewy Toffee = Coffee Elephants Trunk = Drunk Fine and Dandy = Brandy Finger and Thumb = Rum Fishermans Daughter = Water Gold Watch = Scotch Nelson Mandella = Lager (stella) Pigs Ear = Beer Plink-Plonk = vin Blanc (Wine, A bottle of plonk) Rosie Lee = Tea Rub-a-Dub-Dub = Pub Salmon and Trout = Stout Tiddlywink = Drink Tiddly = Drunk Vera Lynn = Gin

Euphemisms as slang terms

Bethany K. Dumas and Jonathan Lighter argue that an expression should be considered "true slang" if it meets at least two of the following criteria:

It lowers, if temporarily, "the dignity of formal or serious speech or writing"; in other words, it's likely to be considered in those contexts a "glaring misuse of register."
Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a group of people who are familiar with it and use the term.
"It's a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a higher social status or greater responsibility."
It replaces "a well-known conventional synonym". This is done primarily to avoid discomfort caused by conventional phrases or by further elaboration.

The use of slang usually involves deviation from standard language, and tends to be very popular among adolescents. However, it is used to at least some degree in all sectors of society. Although slang does not necessarily involve neologisms (some slang expressions, such as quid, are very old), it often involves the creation of new linguistic forms or the creative adaptation of old ones. It can even involve the creation of a secret language (perhaps the origins of the word: s-ecret lang-uage) understood only by those within a particular group (an antilanguage). As such, slang sometimes forms a kind of sociolect aimed at excluding certain people from the conversation. Slang words tend to function initially as a means of obfuscation, so that the non-initiate cannot understand the conversation. The use of slang is a means of recognizing members of the same group, and to differentiate that group from society at large. In addition to this, slang can be used and created purely for humorous or expressive effect.

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