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  • Numbers
    Numbers Posts: 834
    Bookies have loads of slang terms for different odds
    bottle 2-1
    a nut 9-4
    carpet 3-1
    rouf 4-1
    ching or a hand 5-1
    half a stretch 6-1
    neves 7-1
    a cockle 10-1
    and many more
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    edited January 2012
    Dog and Bone. Phone
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    edited January 2012
    Never understood "taters" for cold

    Best place to look is online for Rogers Profanisaurus. From Viz. plenty to keep you occupied
    i thought it was meaant as in cold potatoes aint hot

    potatoes - taters

    lol

  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Taters comes from. Taters in the mould...........cold
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    sounds old school
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Let's have a look = let's have a butchers.

    As in butchers hook , look
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    frog & toad - road, jamjar - car, rub a dub -pub, ball of chalk - walk, plates of meat - feet.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    get quite a lot of rhyming slang of rhyming slang now.

    Roberto Donadoni = pony - pony & trap = crap
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    jimmy riddle - piddle, james carrol nash - slash, hit and miss - piss.
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    A Gregory (Peck): cheque.
    Threepenny (thrupney) bits: tits
    Tile: hat (for your roof)

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    James Blunt
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    kettle - watch

    barnet - hair

    ruby - curry

    mutton - deaf

    boat - face

    syrup - wig
  • Dizzle
    Dizzle Posts: 5,190
    Plates of meat = feet

    Done this bird up the Gary once



    Sorry valleygary
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    But what does taters in the mould actually mean?

    could i say typewriters and fleas to mean knees?!
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    But what does taters in the mould actually mean?

    could i say typewriters and fleas to mean knees?!
    I take it to mean potatoes in the mould (earth) which is cold.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,790
    Beef curtains, as in the famous pick up line "come on luv, show us yer beef curtains"
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    Chalfont St Giles = Piles
    Peckham Rye = Tie
    Desmond Hackett = Jacket
    Forsythe saga = Lager
    Pigs ears = Beers
    Nelson Mandela = Stella
    J. Arthur Rank = w*nk
    Donald Duck = ....I think you can figure that one out
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,784
    Up the "Khyber Pass" = Rectal passage. ;-)
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Shit wank scum bags = Palace
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    Shit wank scum bags = Palace
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  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,790
    edited January 2012
    chin wag - chat
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,265
    'Brighton Rock' - C*ck
    'Beatrix Potter' - Rotter
    'Raspberry Ripple' - Nipple
  • Deadred
    Deadred Posts: 1,514
    edited January 2012
    Open your mince pies = eyes
    I'll have some Loop de loop = soup
    I like your 'Toms' as in tom foolery = jewellery
    Where's me 'Gregs' (also as in gregory peck) = specks
    I've got a sore 'Hampton' as in Hampton Wick = Pr*ck
    He's brown bread = dead
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    Buffing up the happy lamp - longer phrase for a J. Arther
    Gogglebox - telly
    Then there's all them awful animal-money ones: monkey, pony...
    Dog (& Bone) - phone
    Holy Ghost - toast


  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    Think if you're researching this properly, you should get a copy of this:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/095485778X/vizcomic-21
  • CatfordCat
    CatfordCat Posts: 218
    Are we talking slang that's used now, or historical or what? And used by who?

    Rhyming Slang has been around for about 100 years or so, some people would argue that any phrase added since X date (X varying depending on the age of who's talking) isn't "proper" but I think that's a load of cobblers.

    But using the word that rhymes as well as the first word in a phrase tends (with some exceptions) to mark you out as a bit of a berk.

    (saying either "cobblers awls" or "berkely hunt" in full would be silly.)

    Before rhyming slang, London Costers used "backslang" - words pronounced (more or less) backwards, but if it was a plural, you'd still put the s at the end of the word. Not many backslang words are still in circulation, about the only one I can think of is "yob" although now tends to mean a hooligan rather than a boy in general.

    http://www.victorianweb.org/history/slang1.html (and further links at the bottom of the page) may be of interest.

    smiley culture's "cockney translation" from the 80s (bound to be on youtube) is less academic but may be of interest. I'm sure some Jamaican slang has become fairly general, can't immediately think of any examples.





  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,181
    edited January 2012
    Syphon The Python - have a wee
    Shake Hands with my wife's best friend - have a wee
    Strain the greens - have a wee
    (Visit the) donut in Granny's greenhouse - (go to the) loo
    (Have a) technicolour yawn - throw up
    (Have word with) Ralph - throw up
    (Have a word with( Hewie - throw up
    Call God on the great white telephone - throw up
    (Couldn't give a) monkey's - couldn't care less
    (Make a) pigs ear (of it) - make a mess of/muck up
    Shag-nasty - cheap and horrible (poor quality)
    Bog-standard - typical
    Ankle-biter - small child
    Snotty - small child
    Chavvy - small child
    (Up the) chutney (locker) - up the ar*e
    The Clap - VD
    (Go for a) dangle - (go) fishing
    Black as Newgates knocker - very dirty (with grime)
    Rat ar*ed - drunk
    (Lost their) Bottle or Bottled it - afraid/cowardly

    Cockney rhyming slang (not yet mentioned I don't think) that I have used or have heard used

    Have a gypsies (gypsies kiss) - go for a p*ss
    Jack and Danny - Fanny
    Richard (The Third) - Bird or Turd
    Lady Godiva - Fiver (five pound note)
    The Sweeny (Todd) - the Flying Squad (Met Police)
    Farmers (Farmer Giles) - piles (haemorrhoids)
    Chalfonts (Chalfont St Giles) - piles (haemorrhoids)
    Jam Tart - fart
    Creamed (Cream crackered) - knackered
    Giraffe - laugh
    China (Plate) - mate
    Me and you - menu
    Bees and Honey - money
    North and South - mouth
    I suppose - nose
    Currant bun - sun
    Joanna - piano (pronounced in cockney "pianna")
    Jack and Jill - Bill
    Trick cyclist - psychiatrist
    Tin tack - sack (as in lost the job)
    Thomas Tilling - shilling
    Dicky Dirt - Shirt
    Tom (and) Dick - sick
    Brahms (& List) - pissed
    Tom Mix - six
    Band of hope - soap
    Two and eight - state (as in a state of anguish)
    Pen and ink - stink
    Whistle (& flute) - suit
    Cain and Abel - table
    Earwig - twig (to listen in and learn)
    Trouble & strife - wife
    Pete Tong - wrong

    Just to fill in the full detail on Threadkiller's list
    kettle (on the hob) - (fob) watch

    barnet (fair) - hair

    ruby (murray) - curry

    mutton (jeff) - deaf

    boat (race) - face

    syrup (of fig) - wig
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,866
    Charlton Athletic = Diabetic = Diabetic Ninja = Ginger = Ginger Wig=Big = Big Bang=Slang
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,790
    edited January 2012
    Lots of slang is regional. Do they still say 'Eeh Ba Gum' up North? Also, do they still use 'cock' a lot? Maybe we should ask our Owlstalk friends. Come to think of it 'Fook off' seems to be one of their favourites. :-)
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    I teach a weekly lesson on slang from various English speaking countries, if you want to PM me your email address I can email you all the work sheets I have used over the last 3-4 months.

    There are some really odd slang terms used around the world.

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