Thread: Cockney rhyming slang etc

Originally Posted by Hastykiwi

My all time favourite was the 'spanish archer'.

So you just think of Micheal Caine talking and say ' give em the ol spanish archer' or give them the elbow.

cheers
Nick

Talking of movies and the such like, Minder was another great source of these colloquialisms, and that most under rated musician Ian Dury (And the Blockheads) had some fantastic lyrics, some of his tracks such as 'Yellow Jersey' , 'I wanna be straight', 'Wake up and make love to me' and others really appealed to me.

JC

I find This a very interesting thread as my family talk like this all the time particuarly my dad.......we are from the first fleet and convicts...........hhhmmmm


Mrs ho har

Originally Posted by The ho har's

I find This a very interesting thread as my family talk like this all the time particuarly my dad.......we are from the first fleet and convicts...........hhhmmmm


Mrs ho har

The scar on your ankle has been duly noted. You must have been quite young when the first fleet arrived. Told you that I would't keep the brownie points long.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

The scar on your ankle has been duly noted. You must have been quite young when the first fleet arrived. Told you that I would't keep the brownie points long.

One of my ancestors was in a red coat and pointing a Tower musket at your rellie. 80th. of Foot, the Staffordshires. Accepted four pounds, eleven and threepence to be discharged in NSW rather than be returned to Staffs. with his family. James Reid, lived into his eighties, and became a prosperous businessman in Bourke.

Hmmmm, sounds just like a woman, The bigger the capacity, the longer the stroke, Low geared sounds right too High maintenance quick to wear n breaking the back end off your shaft. ,

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

You never worked on the six cylinder ones, did you, proper PIA. Quite long stroke, low geared and high revving, high maintenance, prone to quick wear, and to breaking the back end off crankshafts. The later ones with the US V8's were the pick.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

The scar on your ankle has been duly noted. You must have been quite young when the first fleet arrived. Told you that I would't keep the brownie points long.

I didn't arrive with the first fleet you fool ..I am far too young for that

Mrs ho har

Originally Posted by Chenz

I knew a pommy sheila who was from Essex and she sent me this. We often e-mail each other using these and av a great laugh

ASSA COMMONS - Our Parliament Building.
ART ATTACK - Extremely perturbed, as in "Don't tell Sharon, She'll have an
art attack."
ARST - Past tense of ask. "Jordan, I must've arst ya free fazzund times to
clear up yer room."
BANNSA - A person employed to deny access or eject troublemakers at a club.
"Dave's got izself a job as a Bannsa."
BANTY - A chocolate and coconut snack bar.
BAVE - To wash oneself.
BOAF - The two. "Oi Dave, ooja fancy most, Sharon or Tracy?" "Boaf" is the
reply.
BRANSATCH - Motor racing circuit in Kent.
CANCEL - Administrative body of a town. "Darren, wive ad annuvva letter from
the cancel."
CANTAFIT - Fake, as in money.
CHOONA - An edible fish purchased in a tin and usually prepared with
mayonnaise.
CORT A PANDA - A big hamburger (smaller than an arf panda)
DAN TO URF - Sensible, practical.
DANNING STREET - Where the Prime Minister lives.
DANSTEZ - On the ground floor , where the biggest telly is.
DREKKUN - Do you consider? as in "Which dog drekkun'll win the next race?"
EFTY - Considerable. "Ere, Trace, this credit card bill's a bit efty."
(innit)
EJOG - A small, spiky animal (hedgehog).
ERZ - Belonging to her.
EVVY - A big geezer who protects a smaller and more intelligent geezer,
usually for money. "My name's Frank and this is my evvy, Knuckles."
EYEBROW - Cultured, intellectual.
FANTIN - A jet of water for drinking or ornament.
FARVA - A posh way of saying Dad.
FATCHA - Margaret, British Prime Minister 1979 - 1990.
FINGY - A person or object whose name doesn't come to mind. "I ad it off wiv
fingy last night."
FONG - Skimpy undergarment.
FOR CRYIN AT LAAD - Mild expletive showing annoyance or surprise. e.g. "For
cryin at lad, Britney, if I say Yes will you give it a rest?"
GAWON - Go on. "Gawon Darren, eat ya granny's cabbage, it'll do yer good."
GIVE IT LARGE - To be thorough or enthusiastic.
GRAND - A football stadium. "It all wennoff atside the pub near the grand."
HAITCH - Letter of the alphabet between G and I.
IBEEFA - The Spanish holiday island.
IFFY - Dubious. "Ere, Trace, I fink this bread pudding you made last munf's
a bit iffy."
INT - Indirect suggestion. " I gave Darren a sort of int that it was time to
wash iz feet."
IPS - An unknown area of a woman's body to which chocolate travels. "That
Mars Bar will go straight to me ips."
JA - Do you, did you. "Ja like me new airdo, Sharon."
JACKS - Five Pound note. "Lend us a jacks, wilya?"
JAFTA - Is it really necessary? "Oi mate, jafta keep doing that?"
KAF - Eating house open during the day.
KAFFY - A girl's name.
LAD - Noisy. "Jordan, turn that music dan, it's too lad."
LARJ - Enjoying oneself.
LEVVA - Material made from the skin of an animal.
LOTREE - Costs £1 for a ticket.
MA BLARCH - An arch near Hyde Park.
MAFFS - The study of numbers.
MANOR - Local area.
MINGER - An unattractive person (usually woman).
NARRA - Lacking breadth, with little margin. "Mum wannid to come rand but
changed er mind. That was a narra escape."
NARTAMEAN - Do you know what I mean? (sometimes used as janartamean).
NEEVA - Not one nor the other.>
NES - National Elf Service.
OAF - A solemn declaration of truth or committment.
OLLADAY - Time taken away from home for rest and adventure.
ONNIST - Fair and just, without a lie. "I never did it, onnist."
OPPIT - Go away , as in "Oi you, oppit."
PADDA PUFF - Soft, lacking aggression. "They're alright up front but they
got a padda puff defence."
PACIFIC - Specific.
PAFFUL - Having much power or strength.
PAIPA - Sun, Mirror etc.
PANS AN ANNSIS - Imperial weight system.
PLAMMANS - A pub lunch usually made up of cheese and bread.
QUALIDEE - Good, as in "West 'Am's new striker's qualidee."
RAND - A number of drinks purchased for a group.
RANDEER - Locally. "There ain't much call for it randeer."
REBAND - Period of recovery after rejection by a lover. "I couldn't 'elp it.
I was on the reband from Craig."
ROOFLESS - Without compassion.
SAFF - A direction of the compass, opposite north.
SAFFEND - An Essex seaside town.
SAWTED - Done, arranged, resolved.
SEEVIN - Very angry. "I woz seevin when I urd wot 'e sed."
TALENT - Attractive members of the opposite sex. "Dave's gan dan tan to eye
up the talent."
TAN ASS - A modern terraced house.
TOP EVVY - A woman of plentiful bosom. "Ere look at that, Darren, she's well
top evvy."
UG - An unattractive person. "Sharon's new geezer's a bit of an ug."
UMP - Upset, as in Got the Ump.
VACHER - A document which can be exchanged for goods or services. "I got a
vacher to get in cheap at Forp Park."
WANNED UP - Tense. "I'm all wanned up at the moment."
WAWAZUT? - I beg your pardon.
WENNOFF - A fight commenced as in "It all wennoff".
YAFTA - You must : "Even if yer guilty, yafta av mitigating circumstances."
YOOF OSTALL - A place where holidaymakers can stay the night.
ZAGGERATE - To suggest something is better or bigger than is true. "Craig, I
must've told ya a fazzund times already." "Don't zaggerate."

Sounds like Eastenders...

I enjoy seeing/hearing this language in use -

and to do that...

just borrow some old Minder DVDs from the local council library