 Cockney Rhyming Slang:Z |
Zippy and Bungle
Zippy and Bungle = jungle
Zippy and Bungle were in a 1970s children's TV show. |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:Y |
Yuri Geller
Yuri Geller = Stella Artois, a popular Belgian beer, known as Stella. |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:W |
Wallace and Gromit
Wallace and Gromit = vomit
Wallace and Gromit are characters in claymation films by Aardman Animations.
Weasel and stoat
Weasel and stoat - coat
Whistle and flute
Whistle a |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang: V |
Vauxhall Novas
Vauxhall Novas = Jehovahs
Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian sect who visit people's homes a lot.
A Vauxhall Nova is a car.
Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn = gin
Vera Lynn = skin (cigarette paper) |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:U |
Uncle Billy
Uncle Billy = chilly (cold)
Uncle Toby
Uncle Toby = moby (mobile phone)
Union Jack
Union Jack = back (the Union Jack is the British flag)
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| Cockney Rhyming Slang:T |
T-rex
T-rex = text (SMS, send a message on a mobile phone- the final 't' is often not pronounced)
T-rex- the name of a dinosaur and a 1970s pop group.
Taters in the mould
Taters in the mould = cold ('taters' = pot |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:S |
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein = pain, used in the sense of an 'annoying person'- he's a right Saddam Hussein.
Salmon and trout
Salmon and trout = snout (a prison term for tobacco), used meaning 'cigarette'
Salmon |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:R |
Rabbit and pork
Rabbit and pork = talk
This is often used as a verb, and the first word is normally all that is used.
'He was rabbitin' away.'
Radio rental
Radio rental = mental (crazy)
Raquel Welc |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:Q |
Quaker Oat
Quaker Oat = coat
Queen Mum
Queen Mum = bum (bottom, arse/ass)
Queens Park Ranger
Queens Park Ranger = stranger
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino = vino (wine) |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:P |
Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver = fiver (five-pound note)
Pam Shriver was a tennis player.
Paper hat
Paper hat = prat (idiot, stupid person)
Paraffin lamp
Paraffin lamp = tramp (hobo/bum)
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| Cockney Rhyming Slang:O |
Oil tanker
Oil tanker = wanker ('wanker' is a British English term whose dictionary meaning is a person who masturbates, but generally just implies a low opinion of that person.)
Oily rag
Oily rag = fag (cigarette- i |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:N |
Nails and tacks
Nails and tacks = fax
Nanny goat
Nanny goat = coat
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly = telly (television)
Ned Kelly was an Australian criminal.
Nelly Duff
Nelly Duff = |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:M |
Macaroni
Macaroni = pony (£25)
Macaroni cheese
Macaroni cheese = keys ('Macaronis' is used)
Maggie's den
Maggie's den = Number 10 (10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British |
| Cockney Rhyming Slang:L |
Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva = fiver (five-pound note)
Lawn mower
Lawn mower = Blower (phone)
Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa = car
Leamington Spa is a town in the UK.
Lee Marvin
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| Cockney Rhyming Slang:K |
Kangaroo
Kangaroo = screw (prison officer)
Often shortened to 'kanga'
Kangaroo pouch
Kangaroo pouch = couch (sofa, settee)
Kate Moss
Kate Moss = toss (I couldn't give a toss = I don't care) |
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