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Super Deformed
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 Cockney Rhyming Slang
So I was discussing this with a co-worker yesterday. It doesn't make a lick of sense. Can you shed any light on it?
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:46 pm |
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Parka
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Whats to understand?
apples and pears = stairs
dog and bone = phone
etc etc.
try dropping it into everyday conversation.
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:49 pm |
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Super Deformed
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So any rhyme works? There aren't standard rhymes used by those who use this slang? And is it always the second word that rhymes with the word you're referring to?
And also, I thought that often the rhyming word actually gets dropped, leaving only the non-rhyming word. The example my co-worker used was this:
"Bob" is slang for pot because Bob Hope rhymes with dope.
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:54 pm |
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Parka
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there is usually some standards.
The rhyming part can be dropped.
Try these two:
Have a butcher's =
Use your loaf =
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:22 pm |
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Super Deformed
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Parka wrote: Try these two:
Have a butcher's = I don't have a clue. I want to say "Have a try", but I can't think of a word that "try" rhymes with that would come after "butcher's". I'm also assuming that only "butcher's" is the slang, and not the entire term.
Use your loaf = Use your head. (Loaf of bread - head?) I'm also basing my guess to the first example off my guess on this example - "Have a try. Use your head."
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:31 pm |
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Parka
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loaf = head. Have a butcher's is have a 'look' as the full phrase is have a butcher's hook (look).
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:35 pm |
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devilboy
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make this thread go away...british = crazy and my head hurts.
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:38 pm |
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Parka
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interestingly cockney borrowed from Jewish words too. Kosher meaning legit, and shtumm for keeping quiet.
No-one really uses rhyming slang. Not if they want to be taken seriously.
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:41 pm |
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Super Deformed
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Definitely fun stuff! But I sure couldn't converse with someone using this type of slang. I had a hard enough time understanding the Brit and Aussie guys I hung with in Whistler!
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:41 pm |
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Mutonismyfriend
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One of my favorites is: Syrup
taken from "Syrup of figs"
example of usage is:
"Gorblimey, take a butchers at that geezer's SYRUP!"
any non-limeys know what SYRUP means?
Also: "Dog and Bone", occasionally shortened to "dog" , as in he's "on the dog"
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mangakaben
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Mutonismyfriend wrote: One of my favorites is: Syrup
taken from "Syrup of figs"
example of usage is:
"Gorblimey, take a butchers at that geezer's SYRUP!"
any non-limeys know what SYRUP means?
Also: "Dog and Bone", occasionally shortened to "dog" , as in he's "on the dog"
 take a look at that guys "figs"?
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:34 pm |
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Super Deformed
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Wig?
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tavaro
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Twig ? as in "take a look at that guy's twig"
...what, I say that all the time
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Mutonismyfriend
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Yessir!
You are correct!
twig was also close......but, sorry, no. Thanks for participating tho.
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:01 pm |
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Anti Social Andy
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Then of course 'the friendly coloquial 'Septic' . . . as in 'you'll have to excuse my friend he's a septic'
or the slightly obscure 'Tom Tit' (even I have no idea where this is derived from) . . . as in 'I'll be back in a minute, I gotta go for a Tom Tit'
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rhinomilk
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i have no idea what the fook you guys are talking about
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jebcrow
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Scary Andy wrote: Then of course 'the friendly coloquial 'Septic' . . . as in 'you'll have to excuse my friend he's a septic'
harrr harrrrrrrharrrrrrharrrr....
andy,,,is there one for canadians???
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:21 pm |
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Super Deformed
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Scary Andy wrote: 'Septic'
Yank?
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:58 pm |
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Parka
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Tom Tit is good. But there's loads for that particular, er, function.
Douglas Herd?
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Toxic Phantom
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And Bob's your uncle!
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Anti Social Andy
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---NT--- wrote: Scary Andy wrote: 'Septic' Yank?
Well done that man!
Septic Tank = Yank
. . . based on the British view that most fine upstanding citizens of the US of A are full of sh*t too! 
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Anti Social Andy
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Toxic Phantom wrote: And Bob's your uncle!
. . . Fanny's yer Aunt!
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donnierobot
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Scary Andy wrote: Toxic Phantom wrote: And Bob's your uncle! . . . Fanny's yer Aunt!
shit, i say that all the time
not keen of girls with big plates of meat either
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---NT--- wrote: Definitely fun stuff! But I sure couldn't converse with someone using this type of slang. I had a hard enough time understanding the Brit and Aussie guys I hung with in Whistler!
Did you live up there? My friend used to live in staff housing when he taught snowboarding in Whistler and he had 3 Aussie roommates, it was always scary staying up there with them, they made me eat Marmite!
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backtrack
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My pet Aussie is a Vegamite freak. Veg & marmite are gross.
Bob's yer uncle is from Robert Peel (Founder of the Met Police), same as Bobby or Peeler.
Except in this case, if Bob was your uncle, you had nothing to worry about if you were nicked by the rozzers.
Fanny's yer Aunt, but her daughter is Bloody Nora.
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