Canadian American Slang Cockney

Sample Canadian Slang
Canadian Term
Definition
ABM
Automated Bank Machine (used instead of ATM)
Biffy
Toilet
Chesterfield
Sofa
Double-Double
A cup of coffee with two creams and two sugars
Eh?
An interjection, similar to "you know?"
For sure
Definitely
Giv'n'r
Doing something well or enthusiastically
Had the biscuit
Dead; broken
Islander
A person from Prince Edward Island
Jesus Murphy
An exclamation of surprise
Kraft Dinner
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
Loonie
The Canadian one dollar coin
Molson muscle
Beer belly
Nanaimo Bar
A dessert made of egg custard and graham crackers with

a layer of chocolate on top
Oil Town
A nickname for Edmonton which refers to the oil refining

industry in the region
Postal code
The Canadian version of the British postcode or the

American ZIP code.
Queue
A line of people
Runners
Running shoes
Stagette
Bachelorette party
Two-four
A 24-pack of beer
Write (a test or exam)
To take an exam
Zed
The letter "Z"
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A
Idiom / Phrase
American Slang Meaning
abs
stomach muscles
adorbz
adorable
aint
is not
amazeballs
amazing
awesome
very good, great, cool, exiting, tight, enjoyable
B
Idiom / Phrase
baby('s) mama
the mother of someone's child
back pack
a large butt, booty, buttocks
band (as in
rubber band)
$1,000
bank
a very large amount of money
baller
1. someone who is very good at sports (usually basketball or

football)
2. someone who is very successful
bootleg
something that has been recorded illegally (usually movies,

DVDs, etc.)
booty
a butt, rear end, buttocks
booty cleavage
when the top of a buttocks is showing due to clothing being too

small or tight
badinkadink
a small butt, booty, buttocks
badonka
big, large
badonkadonk
badunkadunk
beezy
girl, woman (considered rude)
bejamins
$100 dollar bills
to be bent on
doing something
to be very determined to do something
a big deal
very important
a bill
$100
bizzle
girl, woman (could be considered rude)
to blast music
to play music very loudly
bling
shiny jewelry
bogus
counterfeit, fake, not real
to bounce
to leave
bows
elbows
brawl
a physical fight involving many people
bread
money
brizzle
broad
to break
someone's
pockets
to cost (someone) a lot of money (be very expensive for

someone)
to be broke
to have very little or no money
bubbly
champagne
to bump music
to play music loudly
bucks
dollar bills (money)
to bust something to break something

to get busted
to get in trouble for something
to buy time
to stall or delay something in order to give someone more time

to do something
C
Idiom / Phrase
cake
buttocks, butt, booty, etc.
cash
a way to say money
cell, celly
a cellular phone
change
a lot of money
a cheap shot
a hit or punch when someone is not expecting it
cheddar
a way to say money
cheese
a way to say money
chi-city
chicago
(pronounced "sha
city")
chi-town
chicago
(pronounced "sha
town")
chica
a way to say girl (actually is the Spanish word for girl)
chick
to chill out
to relax, to be relaxing, to be calm
cop
a police officer
to cop something to get something

cougar
a lady that pursues, and is attracted to, significantly younger

men
cray
crazy
cray cray
crazy
crazeballs
crazy
crooked cop
a police officer that acts illegally or unethically
crunk
1. Very fun, exciting, cool, awesome

2. To be under the alcohol and marijuana at the same time
to cut a rug
to dance
D
Idiom / Phrase
deets
details
deez
these
to have deep
pockets
to have a lot of money
dench
awesome/cool
DJ
disk jockey (person who plays the music at a party or club)
diss
an offensive comment
the dirty south
the states in the south east corner of the United States
to diss someone
to say something offensive to someone
donk
a butt, booty, buttocks (same as 'donque' or 'badonkadonk')
donque
a butt, booty, buttocks
dough
a way to say money
dope
1. very cool, exciting, tight, awesome

2. a way to say marijuana
draped up
very darkly tinted car windows
drawers
a way to say underwear
dripped out
very fresh car paint job (appears wet)
to drop money on to spend money on something

something
E
Idiom / Phrase
to eye something to see something, to look at something
F
Idiom / Phrase
fake
counterfeit, not real
fly
very attractive
G
Idiom / Phrase
aG
1. $1,000
2. a gangster
to get into it with

someone
to start arguing or fighting with someone
getting paid
making a lot of money
ghetto
a very poor area of a city
gnarly
very good, cool, awesome, enjoyable (pronounced "narly")
gold digger
a woman that is dating someone for their money
a grand
$1,000
a groupie
a person (usually a girl) that follows a rock band, or rap artist

with the intent of spending time with them
green
a way to say money
grenade
an overweight, unattractive girl (made popular by TV series

Jersey Shore). Also see 'landmine' below.
grill
1. the front (usually metal) section on a car

2. someone's teeth
Idiom / Phrase
hater
someone that is jealous, dislikes something, or does not

approve of something
to hang out
to be speding time somewhere or with someone
hangover
the negative effects of alcohol the day after heavy drinking
hench
very muscular in appearance
to be high
to under the influence of drugs
high tops
a kind of shoe that ends just above the ankle
to hit something
1. to go somewhere
2. to eat, drink, or smoke something
home boy
a friend (male)
honey
an attractive girl or lady (could be considered rude)
homey
a friend (male)
hot mess
someone with an unkept, messy appearance
hustler
a person that does whatever needed to make money (usually

by illegal actions)
I
Idiom / Phrase
ice
diamonds
to be iced out
to be wearing a lot of diamonds
ill
very good, cool, tight, awesome, great
to be "in"
to be in style, stylish, or cool (usually used when talking about

fashion)
J
Idiom / Phrase
j's
jordans (very popular type of basketball shoe named after

Michael Jordan)
jacked up
very excited, full of energy
to jack something to steal something

a jam
a song
a joint
a marijuana cigarette
the joint
prison
junk in the trunk
K
Idiom / Phrase
to keep it real
to not act against ones values or beliefs, to be true
kicks
a way to say shoes
to knock
someone out
to hit someone so hard they lose consciousness
to get knocked up to accidently get pregnant (usually outside of marriage)

knockoff
something that is fake, not real (purse, shoes, etc.)
a knockout
a very attractive person
to kick the bucket to die

kraft singles
dollar bills
kush
a type of marijuana from the kush mountains near pakistan
L
Idiom / Phrase
landmine
a (skinny) unattractive girl (made popular by TV series Jersey

Shore). Also see 'Grenade' above.
legit
1. very good, cool, awesome, tight

2. real, not counterfeit, honest
leggo
let's go
loco
crazy (actually Spanish word for "crazy")
locked up
to be in jail
to be on lock
down
to be forbidden to go anywhere
to be locked in
to be commited to doing something
to lock something when something is guaranteed to happen, something will surely

up
happen due to someone's actions
M
Idiom / Phrase
to mess
something up
to do something wrong, to ruin something
mind bomb
something mind blowing
molly
ecstasy
money maker
someone's best physical feature
to make bank
to make a lot of money
N
Idiom / Phrase
nada

nothing, none (acutally is Spanish word for zero)
O
Idiom / Phrase
to be off the
chain
to be very exciting, cool, enjoyable
to be off the
hinges
to be very exciting, cool, enjoyable
old lady
wife
P
Idiom / Phrase
to be packing
heat

to be carrying a gun
paper
a way to say money
peeps
people
photobomb
when a good photo is ruined by someone or something (usually

in the background of the photo)
pimp
1. very cool, tight, awesome, fun, enjoyable

2. a male that is very successful at attracting females
player
a male with many girlfriends
po po
police, police officer
popping bands
spending large quantities of money
popping tags
shopping
to pop someone
to punch someone
what's popping?
what's going on?
to be popping off
to be very lively, exciting, fun, enjoyable
props
compliments, respect, praise
to punk someone 1. to trick someone

2. to disrespect someone
purp
1. marijuana that has a purple color

2. a cough syrup type drink that contains codine and is often
purple
to push through
something
to struggle through something to the end
R
Idiom / Phrase
rack city
las vegas
rack
slang for breasts
racks
a large amount of money (in thousands)
ratchet
unattractive, unappealing, rude, broken
red eye (flight)
a very late or overnight flight
to rep something 1. to represent something

2. to wear something (clothes)
ride
another way to say car
to take a ride
to go for a drive
the rock
a ball (usually basketball or football)
to rock something to wear something (clothes)

rocks
diamonds
to run your mouth to (continually) say offensive things
S
Idiom / Phrase
salt shaker
selfie
a picture taken by oneself, of oneself
to sell out
to act against your beleifs or values for money
to school someone
to prove your dominance over someone
scrilla
another American Slang way to say money
sha-city (offical term chicago

is "chi-city")
sha-town (offical
term is "chi-town")
chicago
shoes
the rims and/or wheels on a car
shorty
a very attractive female
the slammer
jail or prison
to slang something
to sell something (usually drugs)
slum
a very poor area of a city
sick
very cool, tight, hip, good, impressive, enjoyable
six pack
very defined abs (stomach muscles)
to get socked
to get punched
to spit game
to flirt, talking to get the attention or affection of the opposite

sex
to sport something
to wear something (clothes)
to spot
1. to lend someone something
someone/something 2. to see something
3. to assist someone lifting something (usually weights)
a stash
1. a collection of something (usually secretive)

2. a mustache
to stash something
to hide something, save something
steez
style
stones
diamonds and other jewels
stunna
someone who owns and shows off their expensive things
to sweat someone
to intimidate someone
to sweat something to worry about something
T
Idiom / Phrase
to talk trash
to say offensive things
TDOT
the city of toronto
throwed
to be drunk or high (intoxicated)
thun thun
ecstasy
tight
very cool, sick, hip, good, impressive, enjoyable
toe up
very ugly, unattractive
trill
very good, cool, awesome, tight
to trip, to be
tripping
1. to be unnecessarily mad or angry

2. to be completely wrong about something
twerking
a type of booty shake/booty dance
U
Idiom / Phrase
to be up on
something

to know current information about something
V
Idiom / Phrase
vibe

a feeling given off by a person or place
W
Idiom / Phrase
wack
stupid, not cool, not right
weezy
rapper lil' wayne
wheels
a way to say car
whip
a way to say car
wimp
someone who is not strong, not courageous, not daring
Y
Idiom / Phrase
yeezy
rapper kanye west
yolo
you only live once
Numbers
Idiom / Phrase
24/7
non-stop, never stopping, never ending (pronounced "twenty

four seven")
411
information, news, gossip
5-0
police or police officer (pronounced "five-oh")
6 pack
very defined abs (stomach muscles)
COCKNEY
ENGLISH
USE AND CULTURAL MATTERS
A
Abergavenny
Penny
Abraham
Lincoln
Stinkin
Acker Bilk
Milk
Ackers
Money
Adam and Eve
Believe
I don't Adam and Eve it! [Usually

full slang expression is used]
Adam Ant
Pants
Get your adam's on
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
Adrian Quist
Pissed
Airs and
Graces
Faces
Airs and
Graces
Braces
He's got his new airs on.
Alan Minter
Splinter
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)]
Alan Whickers
Knickers
The 'lastics gone in me alans. Alan

Whicker used to host a TV
programme called Whickers World
Alans
Pants
Alderman's
Nail
Tail
Ali McGraw
Straw
All Night Rave
Shave
All Time Loser
Boozer
Allan Border
Out of Order
Alligator
Later
Almond Rocks
Socks
Alphonse
Ponce
Ancient Greek
Reek
Andy Cain
Rain
Anna Maria
Fire
Anneka Rice
Ice
'appeny dip
Ship
Apple Core
Score (20)
He's always wagging his alderman's.
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.
Wouldn't it be nice if your almonds

matched?
I gave me last apple to that old
paraffin.
Apple Fritter
Bitter (beer)
I've tried that new apple but I

prefer my salmon [Salmon and
trout - stout].
Apple Tart
Fart
Apples and
Pears
Stairs
April fool
Stool
April fool
Tool
April Fools
Football Pools
April in Paris
Arse
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.)
April Showers
Flowers
I forgot it was my anniversary, so I

picked some aprils on the way
home.
Archer
2000
Are you
George?
Are you sure?
Aris
Arse
Aristotle
Bottle
Get yourself up the apples.
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!
Army and Navy Gravy
Can I have some army for my

mashed?
Arnold Palmer
Farmer (see
usage)
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
Artful Dodger
Lodger
She's taken in an artful to help pay

the way.
Arthur Ashe
Cash
That blokes not short of Arthur
Arthur Bliss
Piss
I'm just popping out for an Arthur

.Arthur Bliss was a famous English
composer (1891-1975).
Arthur Scargill
Gargle (drunk)
e's right Authur'd
Ascot Races
Braces
Aunt Nell
Smell
He don't half Aunt Nell
Auntie Annie
Fanny
She's just sitting at home on her

Auntie Annie
Auntie Dot
Hot
Auntie Ella
Umbrella
Auntie Lily
Silly
Auntie Nellie
Belly
I punched him in the Auntie but he

didn't even notice.
Ayrton Senna
Tenner
ere, lend us an aryton me old

china. Ayrton Senna was a Formula
One driver
Babbling Brook
Crook
He's always on the babble. Meaning

he's always planning something
crooked. See also Cook.
Babbling Brook
Cook
My missus couldn't babble to save

her life. See also Crook.
Wonderful - it's starting to rain and

me without my Auntie Ella.
Bacon and Eggs Legs
Lovely set of bacons.
Bacon Rind
Blind
Are you completely bacon?
Bacon Sarnie
Pakistani
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.
Bag of Fruit
Suit
Bag of Sand
Grand
Bag of Yeast
Priest
Baked Bean
Queen
He owes me a bag.
(Elizabeth II)
Baked Potato
Later
I'll see ya baked.
Baker's Dozen
Cousin
Bale of Hay
Gay
Bale of Straw
Raw
Ball of Chalk
Walk
After a heavy meal I like quick ball

round the square.
Balloon Car
Saloon Bar
I'll be at the balloon.
Ballroom Blitz
Tits (breasts)
She's got marvellous ballrooms.

Ballroom Blitz is a song by a group
named Sweet.
Band of Hope
Soap
Bangers and
Mash
Cash
Bar
1000000
Barclays Bank
Wank
He's having a barclays.
Barn Owl
Row
(argument)
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.
Barnaby Rudge
Judge
I'm up in front of the Barnaby

tomorrow morning.
Barnacle Bills
Testicles
Barnet Fair
Hair
Barney Marlin
M'Darlin
Barney Rubble
Trouble
Barry Crocker
Shocker
Don't bother Britany - he's bale.
I knew his cheques were dodgy, so I

got him to pay me in bangers.
She must be going out - she's got

her Barnet done.
Stay away from him. He's really

Barney.
Barry Mcguigan Biggun (big

one)
Barry White
Shite (shit)
I need a Barry White.
Basil Fawlty
Balti
Basil Fawlty
40
Basin of Gravy
Baby
Bat and Wicket Ticket
I've got a bat for tonight's train.
Battle Cruiser
Boozer (liquor
store)
I've got to get to the battle before I

go to the party.
Battle of
Waterloo
Stew
Bazaar
Bar
Beans on Toast Evening Post

bear's paw
Saw
Bed and
Breakfast
26
Beecham's Pill
Bill
(statement)
Beecham's Pill
Still
Bees and
Honey
Money
Bee's Knees
Business
beggar my
neighbour
Labour
Go and buy the beans on toast will

you son.
I got my Beecham's from the tax

people.
Can't go in there without any bees.
Ben Cartwright Shite

Bended Knees
Cheese
Bengal Lancer
Chancer
(someone not
qualified)
Benny Hills
Pills
Berlin Walls
Balls
Bernard
Matthew
Queue
Bernie Flint
Skint
Bernie Winter
Printer
News paper adds would state no

bengal lancers when advertising for
tradesmen.
Me pants are too tight and making

me berlins wobbly.
Betty Grable
Table
Bexley Heath
Teeth
Biffo the Bear
Hair
Big Ben
Ten
Big Dippers
Slippers
Bill Murray
Curry
Billie Jean
Clean
Billie Piper
Windshield
Wiper
Billies Bunter
Punters
Billy Goat
Throat
Bin Lid
Quid
Bird Lime
Time
What's the bird?
Bird's Nest
Chest
I had to punch him in the bird's

nest.
Biscuit and
Cookie
Rookie
Biscuit Tin
Chin
He's got a big biscuit.
Biscuits and
Cheese
Knees
I've been on my biscuits all day.
Me biffo's not looking the best

today. Biffo the Bear was on the
cover of Beano from 1948 to 1974.
I've got a sore billy goat.
bladder of lard Card

Blood Red
Head
She likes to give blood.
Blushing Bride
Girl Guide
Bo Diddley
Kidney
Me bo's are giving me gyp.
Boat Race
Face
Nice legs, shame about the boat.

Also a good song by The Monks.
Bob
1 Shilling (5
pence)
Bob Cryer
Liar
Shut up you Bob - yer talking out

yer aris. Sergeant Bob Cryer is a
character in "The Bill".
Bob Hope
Dope
(marijuana)
I think he's been smoking a bit of

Bob Hope.
Bob Hope
Soap
Bob McNab
Cab
Bob Squash
Wash
Bobble Hat
Laugh
Bobby & Dick
Sick
Bobby Moore
Sure
Bobby Moore
Score
You know the Bobby. Bobby Moore

was a great footballer who died in
1993.
Boiler House
Spouse
Me boiler's always yammerin' on.
Bonney Fair
Hair
She's got beautiful shiny bonney.
Boom and
Mizzen
Prison
e's off to the boom for a bit.
Bo-Peep
Sleep
What I need is a good bo-peep.
Borassic Lint
Skint (broke)
He's right boric.
Boris Karloff
Cough
That's a nasty old boris you've got

there son.
Boris the Bold
Cold
Born and Bred
Bed
Bottle and
Glass
Arse
Bottle and
Glass
Class
Bottle and
Stopper
Copper (Police
Officer)
Bottle of bass
Gas
Bottle of Glue
Bottle of
porter
Daughter
I gave him a good kick up the

bottle.
Bottle of Sauce Horse

Bottles and
Coppers
Blimey - I think the bottles are on
Stoppers
(police)
Boutrous Gali
Charlie
(cocaine)
Bow and Arrow Sparrow
to me!
Little bow and arrow fell out of the

nest. Usually the full slang
expression is used.
Bow and Arrow Barrow

Bow and
Arrows
Farrahs
(trousers)
Nice pair of bow and arrows. Use

your best Cockney accent here.
Bowl of Fruit
Suit
Are you wearing your bowl of fruit

tonight?
Bowler Hat
Chat
Let's get together for a bowler.
Box of Toys
Noise
Hold your box - they can hear you

miles away!
Brace and Bits
Tits (breasts)
Blimey - what a brace!
Brad Pitt
Shit
I right need a Brad Pitt.
Brad Pitt
Tit (breast)
Nice pair of brads.
Brahms and
Liszt
Pissed (drunk)
He's well Brahms and Liszt , don't

give him any more to drink.
Brass Tacks
Facts
Ere, you've got your brass wrong!
Bread & Jam
Van
Bread and
Butter
Gutter
Found him laying in the bread and

butter. Usually full slang expression
is used.
Bread and
Cheese
Sneeze
I hate allergies - one good bread

after another.
Bread and
Honey
Money
Let's drink with him - he's got

bread. This one has enjoyed very
common usage.
Bread knife
Wife
Brenda Lee
Key
Brian Clough
Rough
Bricks and
Mortar
Daughter
Where's me brenda's?
Brigham Young
Tongue
Bright and
Breezy
Easy
Brighton Pier
Queer
(homosexual)
That blokes a bit of a Brighton.
Briney Marlin
Darlin'
You look lovely tonight, me old

briney.
Bristol Cities
Titties
(breasts)
She's got a lovely pair of Bristols.
Bristol Pistol
Brassiere
British Rail
Mail
Brittney Spears Beers
ow about a Brittney?
Brixton Riot
Diet
Bromley by
bow's
Toes
Brown Bread
Dead
I'm telling you, mate. He's brown

bread
Bruce Lee's
Keys
Have you seen me brucies?
Brussel Sprout
Shout
Brussel Sprouts Scouts
He's always been a brussel.
Bubble and
Squeak
Greek
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)
Bubble and
Squeak
Week
Bubble Bath
Laugh
You're 'avin a bubble aren't ya?
Bucket and
Pail
Jail
One drink too many and I get seven

days in the bucket.
Bugle
Nose
Bugs Bunny
Money
I've got some Bugs bunny in me sky

rocket and I'm off down the rub-adub-dub.
Bull and Cow
Row
(argument)
Bullock's Horn
Pawn (as inpawn)
Had a right bull with my misses last

night.
Bungle & Zippy Nippy

Bunny
Talk
Burnt Cinder
Window
Close the bloody burnt. This works

if you mispronounce window...
winda - and cinder... cinda as any
good Englishman would.
Burton on
Trent
Rent
They've raised my burton again.
Bushel and
Peck
Neck
He's got a bushel like tree trunk.
Bushey Park
Joke
Bushey Park
Lark
Buster Keaton
Meetin'
(meeting)
We'll see you at the Buster.
Butcher's Hook
Look
Here - take a butcher's at this.
Cab Rank
Bank
I won't be long - just going to the

cab rank.
Cadbury's
(snack)
Back
Cain and Abel
Table
Callards
Trousers
Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
Fine
Sit yourself at the cain and I'll bring

you your Tommy (Tommy Tucker supper).
I'm calvin today.
Cambridge and Ugly Face

Oxford
Camel's Hump
Dump (shit)
Just going for a quick camels.
Can of Oil
Boil
e'd be nice looking once his canov's

clear up.
canal boat
Tote
Canary
Fairy (Gay)
Candle Wax
Tax
Candlesticks
Zits
Canoes
Shoes
Cape of Good
Hope
Soap
Captain Cook
Look
Captain Hook
Book
Captain Kirk
Work
Cardboard Box
Pox
Carpet
Carpet Pile
Smile
Cash and
Carried
Married
Cat and Cages
Wages
Cat and Dog
Bog (Toilet)
Cat and Mouse
House
Century
100
Chalfont St
Giles
Piles
(hemorrhoids)
Me chalfonts are playing up.
Chalk Farm
Arm
He broke his chalk.
Charing Cross
Horse
Charlie Brown
Clown
Charlie Chan
Tan
Charlie Dicken
Chicken
Charlie Hunt
Cunt (Fool)
Charlie Nash
Slash
Charlie Pride
Ride
Charlie Ronce
Ponce
Go wash yourself - and use the

cape.
I've read this captain.
Poor bloke got cashed on the

weekend.
Went 'round to his cat to wake him

up.
Chas and Dave
Shave
I'm off for a chas.
Cheerful Giver
Liver
Lovely - cheerful for dinner

tonight.
Cheese & Ham
Scram
Cheese &
Kisses
Missus
Cheese and
Rice
Jesus Christ
Cheese Gratter Raver

Cheese rind
Four of a Kind
Cheesy Quaver
Favour
Chelsea Pier
Queer
Cheltenham
Bold
Cold
Cheque
Gregory Peck
I never 'ad any bread on me, so I

'ad to pay by Gregory.
Cherry Hogg
Dog
My bloody cherry is off again.
Cherry Ripe
Pipe
Chevy Chase
Face
Chicken & Hen
10
Chicken and
Rice
Nice
Chicken
Oriental
Mental (crazy)
Chicker
Haircut
China Plate
Mate
How are you, my old china?
Chinese Blind
Mind
You're out of you little chinese

mate.
Ching
Chipmunks
Trunks
Chips & Peas
Knees
Chitty Chitty
Cockney
Do us a cheesy, put it on your web

site.
She's got a lovely Chevy Chase.
It was chicken oriental down the

nuclear on Friday night.
We're talking about chitty chitty on
Bang Bang
Rhyming Slang
this web site.
Chocolate
Fudge
Judge
chopsticks
Six
Christian
Slater
Later
Christmas
crackered
Knackered
Church Boys
Customs &
Excise
Cilla Black
Back
Cilla Black
Late
Claire Rayners
Trainers
I've got me new Claire Rayners on.
(running shoes) Claire Rayner is an author.
Claret (red
wine)
Blood
Clement Freud
hemorrhoid
clickety click
Sixty-six
Clothes Peg
Egg
See you Christian Slater.
You're a bit Cilla today, mate.
Oooh, me clements!
Coals and Coke Broke

Coat Hanger
Clanger
(mistake)
He dropped a coat. A clanger is

when you really put your foot in it.
Cobbler's Awls
Balls (testicles) Go on! Kick him in the cobblers!

Can also be used to express
disbelief, such as "Cobblers! That's
not the way it is."
Cock and Hen
Ten
cock linnet
Minute
Cock Sparrow
Barrow
Cockle
Tenner
Cockle and
Mussells
Brussells
(sprouts)
I didn't get much change back from

a cock
He's wheeling his cock 'round the

market.
Colonel
Gadaffi
Cafe
Comedy Dave
Rave (dance)
Comic Cuts
Guts
Conan Doyle
Boil
This one was sent to me - I'm not

familiar with it. Don't know if it
means boil as in hot water or boil
as in 'better see a doctor'
Constantino
Rocca
Shocker
Played a round of golf yesterday had a complete Constantino

.Constantino Rocca is an Italian
golfer
Corn on the
Cob
Job
e can't afford it - 'e ain't got a corn
Cough and
Drag
Fag (cigarette)
I'm going out for a quick cough and

drag
Council Gritter Shitter

(rectum)
You coming to the comedy?

Comedy Dave is a Radio 1 DJ
When I sat down there was a pin on

my chair! Right up the council
gritter! He reports that a council
gritter is the machine that comes
around and puts grit on icy roads
country cousin
Dozen
Cow and Calf
Half (a pint)
I could use a cow and calf. He

reports that there's a pub in
Grenoside (near Sheffield) called
the Cow and Calf
Cows Calf
Laugh
Your having a cows calf, ain't you
Cozzer's
Cops
Cream cookies
Bookies
Cream
Crackered
Knackered
(tired)
I'm cream crackered, mate.
Crosby, Stills,
Nash
Cash
That blokes not short of Crosby
Crown Jewels
Tools
Crust of Bread
Head
Cucumbers
Numbers
Use your crust, mate.
Cuddle and
Kiss
Miss
She's a cute little cuddle.
Currant Bun
Son
He's awfully proud of his currant.
Current Bun
Nun
My meanest teachers were currents
Current Bun
Sun
Old current bun's out today
Custard and
Jelly
Telly (TV)
As usual, nothing on the custard

tonight.
Cuts and
Scratches
Matches
Do you have any cuts?
Daffy Down
Dilly
Silly
e's a bit daffy. Daffy Down Dilly is a

line of dolls from Madam
Alexander.
Daft and
Barmy
Army
He was promoted in the daft.
Daily Mail
Tale
Daisy Dancers
Stairs
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.
Daisy Roots
Boots
You can't go out in the rain without

your daisies.
Dame Judy
Dench
Stench
A right Dame Judy in here
Dancing Bears
Stairs
Get yerself up the dancing bears
Dancing Fleas
Keys
Daniel Boone
Spoon
Pass me a daniel
Danny La Rue
Clue
He ain't got a danny.
Danny Marr
Car (flash one)
Darby and
Joan
Moan
Darling
Daughter
Water
Darren Gough
Cough
This Darren is killing me pants and

vest Darren Gough is one heck of a
cricketer.
David Boon
Spoon
Pass me that David Boon. David

Boon is an Australian cricketer
David Bowie
Blowy (Windy)
David Gower
Shower
David Gowers
Towers
David Mellors
Stellas (beers)
Day's Work
100
Dead Horse
Sauce
Dead Loss
Boss
Dead Ross
Tomato Sauce
I'd just got out of the David Gower.

David Gower is an English cricketer
Pass the dead horse
Deaf and Dumb Bum

Deep Sea Diver Fiver
Deep sea
glider
Cider
Dental Flosser
Tosser
Derby Kelly
Belly
Desmond
Hackett
Jacket
Desmond Tutu
2:2 (lower
second class
degree)
Desperate Dan
Suntan
Desperate
Dans
Cans
(headphones)
Dick Van Dyke
Bike
Dickory Dock
Clock
What's the time on the dickory?
Dicky Bird
Word
He left without so much as a dicky.
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.
He's got his Desmond
ere - put your desperates on
Dicky Dirt
Shirt
Put your dicky dirt on before the

company gets here.
Dig in the
Grave
Shave
A quick shower and dig and I'll be

ready to go.
Ding Dong
Song
Everyone gather round the piano

for a ding dong. Usually the full
slang expression is used
Ding Dong Bell
Hell
Dinky Do
Twenty-two
Dinky Doos
Shoes
Dirty Den
10
Dixie Deans
Jeans
Do me Good
Wood
Doctor Crippen Dripping

Doctor Dre
Gay
(homosexual)
E's a bit of a doctor. Dr. Dre is a

rap artist
Dog and Bone
Phone
She's always on the dog.
Dog's Eye
Meat Pie
Dog's Knob
Job
Me new motor is just the dog's knob
Dolly Dimple
Simple
She's a bit Dolly Dimple
Dolly Mixtures
Pictures
Donald Duck
Luck
Donald Duck
F**k
Donald Peers
Ears
Donald Trump
Dump (shit)
I've got to go for a donald
Donkey Rides
Strides
(trousers)
He's wearing black donkeys
Donkey's Ears
Years
Ain't seen you in donkeys mate.
Dorothy Dicks
Dorothy
Squires
Tyres
Dot and Dash
Cash
How's your Donald?
Dot Cotton
Rotten
Doug McClure
Whore
Douglas Hurd
Turd (shit)
I need to dump a Douglas . Douglas

Hurd is a politician.
Dover Harbour
Barber
I'm off to Dover to get me barnet

sorted
Down the
Drains
Brains
D'Oyly Carte
Fart
Drip Dry
Cry
Drum and Bass
Face
Drum and Fife
Knife
Drum Roll
Hole
Have you done a d'oyly? D'Oyly

Carte is a light opera company
Let's pop 'round to my drum

(referring to someone's house).
Drummond and Knife and Fork

Roce
Duane Eddies
Readies (cash)
Duchess of Fife Wife

Duchess of
Teck
Cheque
Duck and Dive
Skive
Duck's Arse
Grass
(Informant)
Dudley Moore's
Sores
Duke of
Argyles
Piles
Duke of Kent
Rent
Duke of York
Chalk
Duke of York
Fork
Duke Of York
Cork
Now my old dutch, where are we

off to tonight?
I can't afford to pay the Duke of

Kent this week
Keep your fingers out of your grub,

man. Use a duke
Dunkirk
Work
Dunlop Tyre
Liar
'e's a bit of a dunlop
Dustbin Lids
Kids
A nice girl but too many dustbin's.
Dustins
Hoffman
Rothmans
E
Ear'ole (Ear
Hole)
Dole (welfare)
If I get the tin tack I'm going on the

ear'ole
Early Hour
Flower
Eartha Kitt
Shit
I'm going for an Eartha
Eartha Kitts
Tits (breasts)
Nice Eartha's
Earwig
Twig
East and West
Vest
East Ham
Mad
East West
Breast
'ave a look at her easts
Easy Rider
Cider
Pint of Easy Rider please
Eau de cologne Phone

Eddie Grundies Undies
Edgar Alan Poe Tow
Edinburgh
Fringe
Minge
Edna Everage
Beverage
Would you like an Edna? Edna

Everage (aka Dame Edna) is a star,
darling!
Edward Heath
Teeth
He got smacked in the Edwards.

Edward Heath was PM in the early
1970's
Egg Yolk
Joke
Eiffel Tower
Shower
Eighteen
Pence
Sense
Elephant and
Castle
Arsehole
Elephant's
Trunk
Drunk
He shouldn't be driving! He's bloody

elephant's.
Elliot Ness
Mess
My drum's a right Elliot
Elsie Tanner
Spanner
(wrench)
Can I borrow your elsie
Elsie Tanner
Planner
Emma Freuds
Hemorrhoids
Ernie Marsh
Grass
Errol Flynn
Chin
Euan Blair
Leicester
Square
Me Emma's are playing me up.

Emma is a BBC DJ on Radio 1
We're getting off the train at Euan

Blair station
Evening Breeze Cheese

Everton Toffee Coffee
Eyes of Blue
I'll have an everton
True
F
Fainting Fits
Tits (breasts)
Wouldn't mind getting me germans

on her faintings
Faith and Hope Soap
Where's the faith and hope, I

wanna wash me 'ands
Falun Gong
Wrong
It seems to have all gone a bit falun

gong. From semi-obscure evil
Chinese cult with tendency to
inaccuracy, therefore appropriate.
Family Tree
Lavatory
Fanny Blair
Hair
Fanny
Craddock
Haddock
Fanny Hill
Pill
(Contraceptive)
Far East
Priest
Farmer Giles
Piles
(hemorrhoids)
Farmer's
Quarter
Blimey, I ain't 'alf suffering from

me farmers
Daughter
Fat and Skinny
Mini
Fat and Wide
Bride
Fatboy Slim
Gym
Father Ted
Dead
Feathers
33
Fibre of your
fabric
Loot (money)
Fiddle De Dee
Pee / Wee
Field of Wheat
Street
Fine and Dandy Brandy

Finger and
Thumb
Rum
Finlay Quaye
Gay
(homosexual)
Finsbury Park
Mark
Fireman's Hose
Nose
First Aid Kits
Tits
Fish and Chips
Tips
(Gratuities)
Fish Hook
Book
Fisherman's
Daughter
Water
Five to Two
Jew
Flight
Lieutenant
Biggles
Giggles
Flowers and
Frolics
Bollocks
Flowery Dell
Cell
I'm going down to the fatboy

.Fatboy Slim is a recording artist
C'mon, let me feel the fibre of your

fabric. fabric=>suit=>loot]
He out standing in the field,

waiting for a bus.
A small drop of fine would suit me.
That boozer is Finlay ub .Finlay

Quaye is a musician
Look at the size of his fireman's
I've read the new fish by Deighton.
If you're a fiver then today's your

Sabbath.
I've got three more years in this

flower.
Fly-by-Nights
Tights
Foot pump
Dump
Fore and Aft
Daft
Fork and Knife
Wife
Forrest Gump
Dump (shit)
"Off out in 10 minutes?" "Yeah, just

got to have a Forrest first".
Forsythe Saga
Lager
Mines a forsythe
Four by Two
Jew
He's not from around here - he's a

four.
Four Seasons
Reasons
Four Wheeler
Sheila
Francis Drakes
Brakes
Frank Bough
Off
Frankie
Howard
Coward
Frankie
Vaughan
Porn
Frankie
Vaughan
Prawn
Fred Astaire
Hair
Fred
McMurrays
Worries
French Kiss
Piss (Urinate)
Friar Tuck
Luck
Fridge Freezer
Geezer
Frog and Toad
Road
Front Door
Bore
Front Wheel
Skid
Yid (Jew)
He's a front wheel.
Fruit Gum
Chum
How yer doing, my old fruit
Frying Pan
Fan
Is there any Frankie on the telly

tonight?
E always had a bit of friar tuck.
Don't ride your bike on the frog.

See Road => Kermit
Fugly
Ugly
G
Gamma Ray
Stray
That Mary's a bit of a gamma
Gang and Mob
Gob (mouth)
He's got a big gang
Garden Gate
Garden Gate
Magistrate
Garden Gate
Late
Garden Gate
Mate
Gary Abblets
Tablets
(Ecstasy)
Gary Glitter
Bitter (beer)
Give us a pint of gary
Gary Glitter
Shitter
(rectum)
He kicked him right up the Gary
Gary Player
All Dayer (all

day drinking)
Let's make it a Gary Player
Gates of Rome
Home
Gathers
Cops
Gavvers
Police
Gay & Hearty
Party
Gay and Frisky
Whisky
Gay Gordon
Parking Warden
General
Election
Erection
Geoff Hurst
Burst (urinate)
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.
Geoff Hurst
Thirst
I've got a Geoff on tonight Sir Geoff

Hurst was the only footballer to
score three goals in a World Cup
final.
I'll have a gay and I'm off. Be

careful where you use this
Geoffrey
Chaucer
Saucer
George and
Zippy
Nippy (cold)
George
Bernard Shaw
Door
George Best
Chest
George Martin
Farting
George Raft
Draft
Georgie Bests
Breasts
Georgio
Armani
Sarnie
(Sandwich)
German Bands
Hands
Get your germans off my missus.
Gertie Gitana
Banana
I like a gertie on my cereal

.Possibly an old music hall star
Giggle and
Titter
Bitter (beer)
ere. I could use a giggle.
Gin and Tonic
Supersonic
Ginger Ale
Jail
e's doing time in the ginger.
Ginger Beer
Engineer
He knows his stuff. He is a ginger,

after all.
Ginger Beer
Queer (odd)
I don't know about that - sounds a

bit ginger.
Gipsy's
Warning
Morning
Giraffe
Laugh
Girls and Boys
Noise
Glasgow
Ranger
Stranger
Glass of Plonk
Conk (Nose)
Glass of Water
Quarter
It's a bit George. Eli Davenport

reports that George & Zippy are
from an old BBC kids show called
Rainbow
(In football) Over 'ere son, on me

Georgie . George Best is a famous
footballer
There's a bit of a george in here.
You're havin' a giraffe, mate.
Glenn Hoddle
Doddle (easy or That jobs a Glen Hoddle. Glenn

straight
Hoddle is the coach of the English
forward)
football team replacing Terry
Venables.
Gloria Gaynors
Trainers
That's a nice pair of Gloria's
(running shoes)
Gobstopper
Chopper
(Penis)
God Forbids
Kids
Couldn't hear a thing 'cause of all

the Godfor's.
Gold Watch
Scotch
(Whisky)
E enjoys his gold watch
Goldie Locks
(Goldies)
Socks
Goose's Neck
Cheque
Gordon &
Gotch
Watch
Grand
1000
Grass in the
Park
Nark
Grasshopper
Copper (police) He got nabbed by the grasshoppers.
He stuck me with a bouncing goose.
Gravel and grit Shit

Gravy lumps
Dumps
Grease and
Grime
Time
Green eggs
and ham
Exam
Greengages
Wages
I've blown the greengages down at

the dogs
Gregory Peck
Cheque
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.
Gregory Peck
Specs
(spectacles)
Where's me gregs
Gregory Peck
Neck
Wind you Gregory in
Gypsy Nell
Hell
My knee is giving me gyp today.
Gypsy's Kiss
Piss
Blimey - no more beer till I've 'ad a

gypsy's.
H
Habitual
Knitter
Bitter
Haddock and
Bloater
Motor (car)
Hair Gel
Bell
Hairy knees
Please
Hairy Nips
Chips
Half a Gross
Dose
Half Inch
Pinch (steal)
Half inched
Pinched
Half Past
Three
Tea
Ham and
Cheesy
Easy
Ham and Eggs
Legs
Ham Shank
Bank
Ham Shanks
Yanks
Hammer and
Tack
Back
Ooh! Me 'ammer and tack's playing

me up again.
Hampden Roar
Score
You know the hampden. The

Hampden Roar is is a commonly
used term that refers to the noise
made when fans cheer on Scotland
at Hampden Park
Hampstead
Heath
Teeth
His hampsteads (hamps) are a

crime.
Hampton Wick
Prick
He gets on my wick. Don't even try

to understand this one - just accept
it
Hank Marvin
Starvin'
I'm bloody Hank Marvin. I haven't

eaten all day Hank Marvin was the
I've gone and locked me keys in the

haddock
Someone's half-inched me pint!
Where's me bleeding cuppa arf

past?
guitarist for The Shadows from the

1960's to the 1990's.
Hansel and
Gretel
Kettle
Harold Wilson's Stilsons (Pipe

Wrenches)
Harris Tweed
Weed
Harry Bash
Cash
Harry Dash
Flash (natty)
Harry Kewell
Cool
Harry Lime
Time
Harry Lin
Chin
Harry Monk
Spunk (semen)
This glue's as sticky as a load of

Harry. Harry Monk was an old music
hall entertainer.
Harry Nash
Cash
There's a discount if you're paying

Harry Nash - if anyone knows the
origin of this I'd appreciate it
Harry Rag
Fag (cigarette)
Have you got a harry? I don't know

who or what a "Harry Rag is. If you
know please tell me.
Harry Randall
Candle
Look at all the Harry's on his cake.
Harry Wragg
Fag (cigarette)
Have you got a harry? Frank

Baynham reports that Harry Wragg
was a famous jockey
Harvey Nichol
Pickle
Hat Rack
Back
Hay Stack
Back
Heap of Coke
Bloke
Hearts of Oak
Broke
(financial)
Hedge and
Ditch
Pitch (Stall or
Stand)
Henry
Eighth
e was alway a bit of an 'arry
What's the Harry Lime? Harry Lime

is a character in 'The Third Man'
I'm skint mate. Bleedin' hearts.
Henry Moore
Door
They broke the 'enry down at

number thirty two
Here and there Chair

Herring bone
Phone
Hey Diddle
Diddle
Middle
Hide and Seek
Cheek
Highland Fling
Ring
Hillman
Hunters
Punters
Hit and Miss
Piss
hit and miss
Kiss
Hobsons
Choice
Voice
Holly Hox
Pox
Holy Friar
Liar
'e's a bit of a holy friar
Holy Ghost
Toast
How about another round of 'oly.
Holy Ghost
Racing Post
Hopping Pot
Lot (Serving or
share)
Horace
Batchelor
Spatula
Horse and Cart
Fart
Horse and Cart
Heart
Hot Cross Bun
Nun
Hot Cross Bun
Son
Hotpoint
Fridge
Severn Bridge
House to Let
Bet
Housemaid's
Sea
He kissed me on my hide and seek
I've got to have a hit before we go

out.
That's your hopping mate. Meaning,

that's all you get. this may have
originated with Londoners who
traveled to Kent and other districts
to gather hops for beer
Have you just horse & carted?
Knee
How d'you Do
Shoe
How's your
father?
Lather
Hum & Song
Pong (smell)
I
I Suppose
Nose
That rotten drunk gave me a clip

on me I suppose.
Ian Beale
Deal
Ian Wrights
Lights
Ice
cream freezer
Ice Cream
Freezer
Geezer
I'm Afloat
Overcoat
Inky Smudge
Judge
Ins and Outs
Snouts
(Cigarettes)
ere mate, got any ins and outs?

(See Salmon and Trout)
Irish Jig
Wig
I think that blokes wearing an Irish
Irish Rose
Nose
She gave me a kiss on my Irish.
Iron Hoof
Poof
(homosexual)
He's a bit of an iron.
Iron Tank
Bank
He lost his house to the iron.
Isle of Wight
Right
Isle of Wight
Light
Itch and
Scratch
Match
Itchy Teeth
Beef
Ivory Band
Hand
e's not a bad old ice cream
J
J. Arthur Rank
Wank
(masturbate)
e's off having a J. Arthur
Jack & Jill
Till (Cash
E got nicked with 'is 'ands in the old
register)
jack and jill
Jack an' Dandy
Handy
Jack and
Danny
Fanny
She's just sitting at home on her

Jack and Danny
Jack and Jill
Bill
(statement)
I'm going home - can I have my

Jack?
Jack and Jill
Pill (birth
control)
She's on the Jack
Jack and Jill
Hill
The store is up the jack. [See also

Bill]
Jack and Jill
Till
Jack Jones
Alone
Jack Jones
Alone
Jack Jones
Own
Jack 'n' Danny
Fanny
Jack Palance
Dance
Jack Tar
Bar (pub)
He went to the pub all Jack.
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"
Jack the Dandy Brandy

Jack the
Ripper
Stripper
Jack the
Ripper
Kipper
Jackanory
Story
jackdaw
Jaw
Jackie Chan
Scran (food)
Jacks alive
Five
Jackson
Pollock
Bollocks
I love me jack the rippers
I'm Hank Marvin. I could use some

top Jackie for me Michael Winner
This modern art's a load of old

Jacksons . Pollock is a "20th
Century strange artist".
Jacobs
Crackers
Knackers
(testicles)
That toe-rag kicked me in the

Jacobs
Jam Jar
Car
Bloody jam is down again.
Jam Roll
Arsehole
That geezer is a right jam roll.
Jam Tart
Heart
James Dean
Obscene
Jamie
Redknapp
Crap
Jazz Bands
Hands
Get yer jazz bands off me
Jeckyll and
Hyde
Snide
'e's a bit Jeckyll
Jekyll and
Hyde
Pride
You lost your jekyll or something?
Jekyll and
Hydes
Strides
[trousers)
Just bought a new pair of Jekylls
Jenny Lee
Key
Jeremiah
Fire
Jerry Cottle
Bottle
Jerry
O'Gorman
Mormon
Jim Skinner
Dinner
Is my Jim ready yet?
Jimmy Hill
Bill
(statement)
Have we paid the Jimmy Hill yet? .

Jimmy Hill is a football pundit and
former player
Jimmy Hill
Pill
Jimmy Hill
Ill
Jimmy Nail
Hell
Jimmy Orner
Corner
Jimmy Riddle
Piddle
(urinate)
I've had three pints - I could use a

jimmy.
Joanna
Piano
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'
Jockey Whips
Chips
Jockey's whip
Kip
Jodrell Bank
Wank
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.
Joe Baxi
Taxi
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.
Joe Blake
Steak
Joe Blake
Snake
Joe Brown
Town
Joe Goss
Boss
Joe Hook
Book
Joe Rook
Crook
John Cleese
Keys
'ave you seen me johns
John Cleese
Peas
Eat yer John Cleese - they're good

for you
John Cleese
Cheese
I'm meeting the big John Cleese

today at work
John Major
Pager
Me John Major's just gone off
John Major
Wager (bet)
John O'Groat
Throat
John Skinner
Dinner
John Wayne
Train
Johnnie Horner Corner

Johnny Horner
Corner
I'll have a large plate of jockey's
Never trust a joe .Joe Goss was a

talented boxer
'e cleared his groat whilst wiping

his mincers with 'is germans
I'll meet you 'round the Johnnie.
Johnny Mutter
Butter
Johnny Vaughn Yawn
Can't hold back a good Johnny

.Johnny Vaughn was the star of The
Big Breakfast
Johnny Vaughn Porn
I enjoy a bit of Johnny .Johnny

Vaughn was the star of The Big
Breakfast
Judge Jules
Tools
Julian Clary
Fairy
Julius Caesar
Geezer
Jumping Jack
Back
ere, look at the 'ampsteads on that

Julius
K
Kareem Abdul
Jabbar
Car
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!
Kate
Steak
Kate and
Sydney
Steak and
Kidney
A lovely Kate and Sydney pie [Not

really rhyming slang - more a
matter of getting your mords wixed
up]
Kate Karney
Army
He's off and joined the Kate.
Kate Moss
Toss
I couldn't give a Kate Moss.
Kate Mossed It
Lost It
Kathy Burke
Work
Keith
(Chegwin)
Pregnant
Keith Deller
Stella (Artois)
Ken Boon
4 Door Saloon
Ken Smee
Pee
Kermit
Road
e took off down the kermit. From

Kermit the Frog => frog and toad =>
road.
Kermit the
Frog
Bog
Kerry Packer
Knackered
(tired)
Kettle and Hob Watch (fob

watch)
I'm right Kerry'd - Kerry Packer is an

Australian media magnate (and
bleeding rich!)
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:
Kevin Keegan
Vegan
Khyber Pass
Arse
Kick and
Prance
Dance
Kick Start
Tart
kidney punch
Lunch
King Lear
Queer
(homosexual)
King Lear
Ear
King Tut
Gut
Kingdom Come
Bum
King's Death
Breath
Kippers
Slippers
Kitchen Sink
Clink (jail)
Kitchen Sink
Drink
Kite
Cheque
Knobbly Knees
Keys
Have you got your knobblies with

you?
Knobbly Knees
Peas
We're havin' sexton and knobblies
Kungfu Fighter
Lighter
Kuwaity
Tanker
Wanker
Stick it up your khyber.
Is this a lads night or are we taking

the kicks
e's a bit King Lear.
He just sat on his kingdom all day
After that last episode he'll be in

the kitchen for a while
L
Lady from
Bristol
Pistol
Lady Godiva
Fiver (5 pound
note)
Ere, that bloke still owes me lady!
Lager and Lime Spine

Lah-di-dah
Star
Lamb & Mint
Skint
Lar-dee-dar
Cigar
Lards
Trousers
'e was caught with 'is lards down.

Lards is from Callards & Bowsers,
makers of fine toffee's.
last card in the Sack

pack
Laugh and
Titter
Bitter (Beer)
Lee Marvin
Starvin'
Left in the
Lurch
Church
Legs
11
Lemon Curd
Girlfriend
Lemon Dash
Flash
Don't act so lemon
Lemon Lime
Crime
Not one lemon reported all night
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.
Lemon Squeesy Easy

Lemon
Squeezer
Geezer
Leo Fender
Bender
(homosexual)
That blokes a bit leo after all. The

late Leo Fender was the inventor of
the Stratocaster guitar
Leo Sayer
All Dayer (all

day drinking
Let's make it a Leo Sayer.
session)
Lesley
Crowthers
Trousers
Lester Piggot
Bigot
Light and
bitter
Shitter
Light and Dark
Park
Lilian Gish
Fish
Lilley &
Skinner
Beginner
Lilley and
Skinner
Dinner
Lillian Gish
Pish
Lilly and
Skinner
Dinner
What's for lilly and skinner
Linda Lusardi
Cardy
(cardigan)
Oh my God - look at that awful

Linda he's wearing
Linen Draper
Paper
(newspaper)
Has the morning linen come yet?
Good day at the stream. Got a pair

of Lilian's.
Ling and Linger Ring on Finger

Lionel Bart
Fart
Lionel Blaire
Flares (wide
bottom
trousers)
Got on his best lionels for the

evening. Lionel Blaire is a
performer.
Lionel Blaire
Nightmare
I'm havin' a right lionel Lionel Blaire

is a performer.
Lion's Lair
Chair
Have a lion's while you wait.
Little and
Large
Marge
Little Critter
Bullshitter
Liz Hurley
Early
'e's never gotten here liz
Liza Minelli
Telly (TV)
What's on the Liza?
Loaf of Bread
Head
Don't just stand there - use your
loaf.
Lollipop
Shop
Long Un
1000
Longers and
Lingers
Fingers
Loop de Loop
Soup
Lord Lovel
Shovel
Lord Mayor
Swear
Lord of the
Manor
Tanner
Lords and
Peers
Ears
Louise Wener
Tenner (10
pound note)
Lousy Brown
Crown
Love and
Kisses
Missus (Mrs)
L-Rig
Girl
Lucy Locket
Pocket
Nothing like a good loop on a cold

day.
ere, lend us a louise. Louise Wener

is a singer with the band Sleeper
Where did your love and kisses go?
Keep it in your Lucy.
M
Macaroni
Pony (25
pound)
Macca
Crap
I'm off for a macca . Comes from

Macaroni => pony; Pony & Trap =>
Crap
Mae West
Best
I'm Mae West at Cockney Rhyming

Slang
Magnus Pike
Dyke (Lesbian)
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
Mahatma
Ghandi
Randy
Major Stevens
Evens (betting)
Man on the
Moon
Spoon
Manchester
Scally
Rally
Manhole Cover
Brother
Mark
Ramprakash
Slash
Mars Bar
Scar
Master
McGrath
Bra
Matheson Lang
Slang (Cockney
Rhyming)
Mavis Fritter
Shitter
Melvyn
Bragged
Shagged
Melvynn Bragg
Fag (cigarette)
Oi, mate. Can I scrounge a melvynn

of you
Merchant
Banker
Wanker
He's a right merchant
Merlyn Rees
Peice (lunch)
Merry Old Soul
Arsehole
Meryl Streep
Sleep
Meryl Streep
Cheap
metric miles
Piles
Michael Caine
Train
Michael Caines
Stains
Michael Miles
Piles
My manhole cover is coming for a

visit. How does manhole cover
rhyme with brother you ask?
Simple... if you pronounce brother
as "bruvver"!
I fell down the apple and pears

trying to answer the dog & bone,
hit my head and ended up with a
mars bar
'e's a bit of a merry old soul
I missed me Michael
Michael Winner Dinner
I'm Hank Marvin. I could use some

top Jackie for me Michael
Winner.Michael Winner is the food
critic for the Sunday Times
Mick Jagger
Lager
How about a couple of Mick Jaggers

over here?
Mick Mills
Pills
'e's always 'ad a weakness for the

Mick Mills . Mick Mills played for
Ipswich in the '70s
Mickey Bliss
Piss (Make fun

of)
He's always taking the mickey out

of someone
Mickey Duff
Puff
(marijuana)
Here, mate. Got any Mickey?
Mickey Most
Toast
Mickey Mouse
House
Mickey Mouse
Scouse
Mickey Rourke
Pork
Midland Bank
Wank
(masturbate)
I'm going for a midland
Mikkel Becks
Specs
[Spectacles)
Where did I put me Mikkel's? Mikkel Beck is a footballer
Milton Keynes
Jeans
Mince Pies
Eyes
She got beatiful minces.
Moby Dick
Sick
I'm feeling a bit Moby today.
Molly O'Morgan
Organ
Monkey
500
Monkey
Wrench
Wench
Monkey's
cousin
Dozen
monkey's tail
Nail
Moriarty
Party
Mental morry mate
Mork and
Windy
Cor, it's bloody mork today, shows
I'm taking my missus to the mickey

tonight. Usually means a theatre
rather than a residence
Mindy
you that the slang is constantly

evolving
Mother
Hubbard
Cupboard
There's nothing in the mother.
Mother of
Pearl
Girl
Mother's Ruin
Gin
Mozambique
Keek
Mrs Chant
Aunt
Mrs Duckett
Bucket
Mrs. Chant
Aunt
He didn't know what to get his Mrs.

Chant for Christmas
Mum and Dad
Mad
He's a bit mum and dad.
Mumbley Pegs
Legs
Stand on your own mumbleys
Murray
mint
Murray Walker
Talker
Murray-mint
Skint
Mutt and Jeff
Deaf
Mutter and
Stutter
Butter
Mystic Meg
Leg
Another mothers would sit well.
She's a real murray 6 just can't get

her to shut up!
Poor buggers mutt and jeff. Usually

full slang expression is used. very
often the expression is shortened
to mutton as in "Poor buggers
mutton".
N
Nails and
Tacks
Fax
Nanny Goat
Throat
Get that down your nanny
Nanny Goat
Boat
I took my nanny out on the river.
Nanny Goat
Coat
Put your nannies on - it's taters

out.
Nat King Cole
Dole (welfare)
I've got to sign on the old Nat King
Natter
Chat
Near and Far
Bar (pub)
Ned Kelly
Telly
Needle and Pin Gin
I saw him at the near.
I'll have a small needle and tonic.
Nelson Eddy's
Readies (pound e's got a pile of nelsons!

notes)
Nelson
Mandelas
Stella (beer)
Nena
99
Nervo
nervo and
Knox
Box
Nervous Wreck
Cheque
Neves
New Delhi
Belly
Newington
Butts
Guts (stomach) My newingtons are giving me some

gyp today. Newington Butts is in an
area of London (SE1?) commonly
known as The Elephant and Castle
Niagara Falls
Balls (testicles) I got him in his niagara's
Niffty
50
Nifty n Frifty
Shifty
Nightboat to
Cairo
Giro
Nix
86
Nix/Nixies
Nothing
No Surrenders
Suspenders
Noah's Ark
Park
Noah's Ark
Shark
Noah's Ark
Lark
Nobby Stiles
Piles
(hemorrhoids)
A couple of nelsons please
I'm taking my misses to the Noah.
Me nobbies are acting up again

.Nobby Stiles was a great footballer
from years gone by
Norman Watts
Pots
North and
South
Mouth
I gave him a punch up the north.
Nose and Chin
Gin
I'll have a drop of nose and chin
Nuclear Sub
Pub
I'll meet you down the nuclear at 5

o'clock
Nuns 'n Habits
Rabbits
Nuremberg
Trials
Piles
Me Nuremberg's are really playing

me up
O
Ocean
Mate
Ocean Going
Squid
Quid
Ocean Pearl
Girl
Oily Rag
Fag (cigarette)
Okey Doke
Poke
Old Bill
Police
Old Pot And

Pan
Husband
Oliver Twist
Fist
Next thing I know he's got his Oliver

in my face.
Oliver Twist
Pissed (drunk)
I 'ad one over the eight last night

and got completely Olivered. See
also 'Fist' and 'Brahms & Liszt'
Omar Sharif
Grief
on the floor
Poor
Once a Week
Cheek
One and
t'other
Brother
ere's me one and t'other now.
One and two's
Shoes
Where's me one 'n two's?
One Time
Looker
Hooker
Ones and Twos
Shoes
Give us an oily.
Ooh Aah
Stella Artois
(beer)
I'll have an ooh aah
Orange Peel
Feel
I fancy an orange of her Bristols!
Orchestra
Stalls
Balls (testicles) He nearly got hit in the orchestra
Oxford Scholar
Dollar
Oxo cube
Tube
(underground)
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
P
Pam Shriver
Fiver
Pants and Vest
Chest
Paper Hat
Prat
Paraffin Lamp
Tramp (hobo)
Pat and Mick
Sick
Pat Cash
Slash
Pat Malone
Alone
Paul Cousins
Baker's dozens
Paul McKenna
Tenner (10)
I'm don to me last Paul McKenna .

Paul McKenna is a famous hypnotist
Paul Weller
Stella (beer)
Give us a Paul Weller - Paul Weller

is (or was) a musician with The
Jam. Stella refers to Stella Artois
Pea shooter
Hooter (nose)
Peanut Butter
and Jelly
Belly
Pear Halved
Starved
Pearly Queen
Seen
Peas in a Pot
Hot
This cough is killing me pants and

vest
I gave me last apple to that old

paraffin
I'm all pat tonight.
"Lunch in a bit?" "Yeah, I'm a bit

pear."
Don't touch that - it's bloody peasy.
Peckham Rye
Tie
I'm putting on me best whistle and

me new peckham.
Peddle and
Crank
Wank
(masturbate)
I'm off for a peddle!
Pen and Ink
Stink
That's a bit of a pen and ink.
Perpetual
Loser
Boozer
Persian Rugs
Drugs
'ere mate. Got any Persians?
Pete Tong
Wrong
It's all gone a bit Pete .Pete Tong is

an English DJ
Peter Pan
Tan
Peter Powell
Towel
Petrol Tanks
Yanks
Philharmonic
Gin and Tonic
Picadilly
Chilly
Piccadilly
Silly
Pie and Apple

Chunk
Drunk
Pie and Liquor
Vicar
Pie and Mash
Slash (piss)
I'm poppin' out for a pie and mash
Pieces of Eight
Weight
She'd better watch her pieces of

eight
Pig's Ear
Beer
Can I buy you a pig?
Pillar and Post
Ghost
Looks like he's seen a pillar
Pillar and Post
Host
Who's the pillar and post for

tonight?
Pimple and
Botch
Scotch
He enjoys a good pimple.
Pineapple
Chapel
Pineapple
Chunk
Bunk (bed)
I could use a couple of hours in the

pineapple
Ping Pong
Strong
I need a ping pong drink
Pinky and
Turkey
I've always said he was piccadilly
Perky
Pins & Pegs
Legs
Pipe your Eye
Cry
Pitch and Toss
Boss
Pittsburgh
Steelers
Peelers (police)
Planet of the
Apes
Grapes
Plaster
Arse
Plates and
Dishes
Misses
Plates of Meat
Feet
Get your plates of the table.
Pleasure and
Pain
Rain
Any more pleasure and we'll be

swimming.
Plimsoll Mark
Park
Plink
Plonk (Wine)
Polo Mint
Bint
Pony
25
Pony and Trap
Crap
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!
Pope in Rome
Home
Let's pop 'round his pope and fetch

him.
Pope on the
rope
Dope
Porcupine
Wine
Pork Chops
Pigs (Police)
Pork Pies
Lies
Blimey - he gets two pigs (beers) in

him and he starts telling porkies.
Porridge Knife
Life (term)
e's doing a stay in the porridge
Posh 'n Becks
Sex
Had a bit of posh with the missus
My bloody pitch kept me late

again.
Where's the porc waiter
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
Posh 'n Becks
Decks
(turntables)
Have you got yer posh 'n becks yet,

see Sex -> Posh 'n Becks
Pot and Pan
Old Man
(Father)
I was talking to me old pot just

yesterday.
Pot and Pan
Old man
(husband)
Pot of Glue
Clue
Potatoes in the Cold

mould
Prairie Hat
Prat
Present and
Past
Last
Prison Time
Bird (Lime)
Profit & Loss
Boss
Cor, taters out there init?
Q
Quaker Oat
Coat
Queen mum
Bum
Queen's Park
Ranger
Stranger
Quid
Pounds
(currency)
Who's that Queen's Park Ranger

standing over there?
R
Rabbit and
Pork
Talk
He's always rabbitting on about

something.
Radio Rental
Mental
He's a bit radio
Rainbow Trout
Kraut (German) Bloody rainbows beat us at football

last night!
Randolph Scott Spot (acne)
I've got a great big randolph on my

chin
Raspberry
Ripple
Nipple
Look at the thup'neys on her,

raspberries like cigar buts!
Raspberry
Ripple
Cripple
The old boy's a raspberry
Raspberry Tart
Fart
He blew a raspberry.
Rats and Mice
Dice
Ravi Shankar
Wanker
Razor
Blazer
Read and
Write
Fight
Red sock
Dock
Reels of
Cotton
Rotten
Reg Grundies
Undies
Reg Varney
Pakistani
Martin's new bird's a Reg .Reg

played Stan Butler on 'On the
Buses', one of the 1970's BritComs
Rex Mossop
Gossip
What's the latest Rex, love? Rex is

an Aussie sports commentator
Rhythm and
Blues
Shoes
Get your rhythm and blues on
Richard the
Third
Bird
Look what that bloody Richard's

done to my car!
Richard the
Third
Turd (shit)
He's a bit of a Richard.
Rick Whitter
Shitter (toilet
or rectum)
Back in a sec - I'm off to the rick.

Rick Whitter is a singer in the group
Shed7
Ricki Lake
Fake
Riff Raff
Caf
(pronounced
caff)
Rifle Range
Change
That referee is a right Ravi
He'd rather read than walk away.
I'm off to the riff raff
Rink-a-dink
Chink (Chinese) We're going to get rinky take-away.
Rio Grande
1000
Roast Pork
Fork
Roath
Rob Roy
Boy
Robin Hood
Good
That sounds like it's robin
Rock and Roll
Dole (welfare)
e hasn't worked a day in 'is life...

'e's always been on the rock and
roll.
Rockford Files
Piles
(hemorrhoids)
Me Jim Rockford's are giving me

gip! Jim Rockford was the central
character in the TV show The
Rockford Files.
Rocking Horse
Sauce
Rodney Marsh
Harsh
Roger Moore
Door
Roger Moore
Whore
Roger Nellie
Telly
Roland Joffe
Coffee
Roller Coaster
Toaster
Ronald Riches
Bitches
Ronnie &
Reggie (Kray)
Veggie
Ronnie Barker
Marker (pen)
Roof Rack
Back
Rory O'Moore
Door
Rory O'Moore
Floor
Rosy Lea
Tea
Rouf Cinque
45
Round the
Houses
Trousers
Roy Hudd's
Spuds
I've just put the rosy on.
e's got hisself a new set of round

the houses
Rub a Dub
Sub (pay
advance)
Guvnor Give us a rub a dub till pay

day.
Rub-a-dub-dub
Pub
I'm off to the rub-a-dub-dub.
Rubber bands
Hands
Rubber Dub
Sub
Rubber Duck
Cook
Rubber Glove
Love
Rubric's Cube
Pube (pubic
hair)
When your having a shower make

sure you wash your rubric's
Ruby Murray
Curry
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 6 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
Rum and Coke
Joke
Runner Beans
Jeans
Ruof
Russell Harty
Party
Rusty Nail
Jail
I've phoned for a sherbert to take

us to the Russell - Russell Harty is a
TV host
S
Salmon and
Trout
Snout
(cigarette)
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"
Salmon and
Trout
Snout
(cigarette)
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
Salvador Dali
Drink
San Moritz
Shit's
Sandshoe
Thank-you
Sans Fairy Ann
I don't mind
Santa's Grotto
Blotto (drunk)
Saucepan
Handle
Candle
Saucepan Lids
Kids
I'm forever buy clothes for the

saucepan lids
Sausage and
Mash
Cash
I haven't got a sausage. A little bit

different, but fairly common in
many English speaking countries
Sausage and
Mash
Crash
He was in a fearsome sausage.
Sausage Roll
Dole (welfare)
He ain't worked in years - he's on

the sausage.
Sausage Roll
Goal
Scapa Flow
Go
Scapa off! Actually pronounce

'Scarper' - just one example of not
being satisfied with the slang, they
then mispronounce the word to
thoroughly confuse everyone
Schindlers List
Pissed (drunk)
I'm a bit schindlers after a too

many forsythes
Scooby-Doo
Clue
I haven't got a scooby
Scooby-Doo
Subaru
Let's have a go in ya scooby-doo
Score
20
Scotch Mist
Pissed (drunk)
e was completely scotch mist last

night.
Scotch Pegs
Legs
Sit down and take a load off your

pegs. For whatever reason, the
common usage is the rhyming word
rather than the first
Scott Gibbs
Fibs (lies)
He's been telling scotts again. Scott

Gibbs is a rugby star
Scott Mills
Pills
Scratch yer
head
(Scratcher)
Bed
Screaming
Alice
Crystal Palace
Screw
Prison Officer
Scuffers
Police
Sebastion Coe
Toe
Septic Tank
Yank
He's not very bright... septic, you

know.
Sexton Blake
Fake
He wears a Cartier but it's a sexton

See also 'Sexton Blake->cake'
Sexton Blake
Cake
ow about a nice slice of sexton?

Possible that Sexton Blake was a
detective in comic book stories (?)
Shake and
Shiver
River
He jumped right into the shake
Shannon
Tweed
Weed
Shaun Ryder
Cider
Shawshank
Redemption
Pension
Sherbet Dab
Cab (taxi)
e's been on the sherbert for five

years (driving a cab).
Sherman Tank
Wank
(masturbate)
e's a right sherman
Sherman Tank
Yank
Shit
Brace and Bit
Just off or a brace
Shoe
Scooby Doo
Where are me Scooby's?
Shovel and
Pick
Nick (prison)
He's spending a bit of time in the

shovel.
Sieg Heils
Piles
(hemorrhoids)
I'll stand if you don't mind - me sieg

heils are acting up today.
Sigorney
Weaver
Beaver
Simon Said
Dead
Sinbad the
Sailor
Tailor
Single Fish
Pish
Skin and
Blister
Sister
Sky Diver
Fiver
Sky Rocket
Pocket
I've got nothing in my skies.
Slay 'em in the

aisles
Piles
(hemorrhoids)
Me slay 'ems are playing me up.
Slits in a Dress
Mess
Snake's hiss
Piss
Snout
Cigarette
Snout
Informant
She may be his blister but she's

nothing like him.
Snow and Slush Flush

Sock and
Blister
Sister
Soldiers Bold
Cold
Son 'n
Daughter'd
Slaughtered
Sorry and Sad
Bad
Soup and
Gravy
Navy
Sovs
Pounds
That dinner was a bit sorry.
(currency)
Spanish Archer
Elbow
Spark and
Smoulder
Shoulder
Spotted Dick
Sick
We don't have a goalie 6 John's

spotted .Spotted Dick is a dessert
make with raisins
Sprarsy Anna
Tanner
(sixpence)
Lend us a sprarsy - I wanna get

some toe-rags (cigarettes)
St. Martins-LeGrand
Hand
I had it in my St. Martins a minute

ago
Stammer and
Stutter
Butter
Extra stammer for me.
Stand at Ease
Cheese
Wouldn't mind a bit of ease. For

whatever reason this one is
backwards - the only rule is that
there are no rules!
Steak & kidney Sydney

Steam Tug
Mug (fool)
Steffi Graf
Laugh
Steffi Graf
Bath
I'm just going for a steffi
Steffi Graf
Laugh
You're having a Steffi
Stench
Dame Judy
(Dench)
Steve Claridge
Garage
Steve
McGarret
50
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.
Steve
McQueens
Jean's
Me new steves are a bit tight
Stevey Bould
Cold
Stevie
Cinema
Sticky Toffee
Coffee
Stinging nettle
Kettle
Stoke on Trent
Bent (criminal) e's stoke he is
Stoke on Trent
Bent
(homosexual)
That bloke's a bit stoke See also

'Bent (criminal)'
Strange'n'Weird Beard
Strawberry
Rhone
Phone
Strawberry
Split
Git (twit)
Strawberry
Tart
Heart
Suez Canal
Flannel
Sugar Candy
Handy
Supersonic
Tonic
Supersonic
Gin and Tonic
Swanee River
Liver
We're having swanee for dinner

again?
Sweaty Sock
Jock (Scot)
There was an Englishman, an

Irishman and a sweaty on a boat...
Sweaty Sock
Scot
Sweeney Todd
Flying Squad
Sydney
Kidney
Syrup of Figs
Wig
That bloke's a right strawberry
How about a nice Vera and super

(Gin & Tonic)
Here comes the Sweeney [the

Flying Squad are the police]
What a syrup.
T
T and H
Talk and
Butter
Would you like some talk on your
Mutter
toast
Taters in the
Mould
Cold
Tea Caddy
Paddy
Did you know Kevin is a tea caddy?
Tea Leaf
Thief
He's always been a bit of a tea leaf.

[Usually the fully slang expression
is used]
Tea Leafing
Thieving
Teapot Lid
Quid
I'm down a teapot already.
Teapot Lids
Kids
I'm taking my little teapot to

country.
Ted Ray
Gay
(homosexual)
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.
Telecom
Tower
Shower
Ten Furlongs
(Mile and a
quarter)
Water
I'll have a gold watch and ten
Ten Speed
Gears
Ears
Look at the size of 'is ten speeds
Tennis Racquet Jacket
I bought a new tennis racquet
Terry Waite
Late
You're a bit Terry Waite
Texas Ranger
Stranger
This pub is full of Texas Rangers

these days
There you are
Bar
Thirteen Amp
Tramp (hobo)
This and That
Cat
Three Card
Trick
Dick (penis)
Look at that bunch of thirteen

amps over there. thirteen amps is
the standard electrical receptacle
in Britain
She couldn't keep her jazz bands

off my three card trick
Three Wheel
Trike
Dyke (Lesbian)
She's a bit of a three wheeler
Thr'penny Bit
Tits (breasts)
Look at the Thr'penny's on her.
Thumb and
Pinky
Chinky
tic tac
Sack
Tick
Tock
Tick-Tock
Clock
Tiddley Wink
Drink
Tilbury Docks
Socks
Tile
Hairstyle
Tin Bath
Laugh
Tin Flute
Suit
I'll be wearing me tin flute
Tin Lids
Kids
I can't put me foot down without

stepping on one of the tin lids.
Tin Tack
Sack (fired)
He got the tin tack the other day.
Tin Tank
Bank
Tit for Tat
Hat
Tit Willow
Pillow
Toblerone
On My Own
He's over there on his toblerone.
Toby Ale
Rail
'e's traveling by toby.
Toby Jug
Mug (chump)
I'm tired of people taking me for a

toby
Todd Sloan
Alone
Looks like I'm on my Todd tonight.
Todd Sloane
On your own
Toe Rag
Slag
(prostitute)
She's a right toe rag.
Toe-Rag
Fag (cigarette)
Lend us a sprarsy - I wanna get

some toe-rags. Toe-rags refer to
the rags people used to wrap
around their feet when they didn't
have shoes... we used to call our
Just one more tiddley and I'm off;

or, He's popped down to the pub
for a tiddle.
Lovely titfer.
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). Toe rag couls also refer 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", "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.
Tom and Dick
Sick
He's feeling a bit Tom.
Tom and Jerry
Merry
E's a tommy bloke.
Tom Foolery
Jewellery
That bloke looks a flash, look at all

his tom.
Tom Jones
Bones
Ooh, me toms are clicking.
Tom Mix
Tom Tank
Wank
Tom Thumb
Rum
A wee bit of Tom and I'm off.
Tom Tit
Shit
I'm going for a Tom Tit.
Tom, Dick and

Harry
Dictionary
I'll just check the meaning in the

tom.
Tommy Tank
Bank
I'm going 'round the tommy to pay

in a gooses.
Tommy Tank
Wank
(masturbate)
She's probably at home doing a

tommy.
Tommy Tucker
Supper
You can sing for your Tommy.
Ton
100
Tonic
Philharmonic
Tony Blair
Hair
I'll have a Vera and Phil (gin and

tonic).
Tony Slattery
Battery
Top Hat
Chat
Town Halls
Balls
Tramp on a
bench
Wench
Trap One
Toilet
Treacle
Tart
Tree trunk
Skunk
Trombone
Phone
Trouble and
Strife
Wife
I'm taking my trouble dancing

tonight.
Tufnell Park
Lark (fun)
Always one for a tufnell.
Tumble down
the sink
Drink
Turkish Bath
Laugh
He's havin' a turkish.
Turkish Delight Shite

Turtle Dove
Love
All right me old turtle.
Turtle Dove's
Gloves
Where's me turtle dove's.
Twist and
Shouts
Sprouts
I love bubble and squeak made with

Twist and Shouts.
Twist and
Twirl
Girl
She looks like a nice twist.
Two and Eight
State (anguish) He's in a two and eight over it.
Two Bob Bit
Shit
Two Fat Ladies 88

Two Little
Ducks
22
Two-Bob Bits
Shits
(diarrhoea)
I've got a real case of the two-bob

bits.
Uncle Bert
Shirt
I've got to press my uncle.
Uncle Billy
Chilly
Uncle Bob
Knob
'e's a bit proud of his Uncle Bob.
Uncle Dick
Sick
I can't come out tonight - I'm

feeling a bit Uncle Dick.
Uncle Fred
Bread
Hey, mum. Can I have some Uncle

Fred with this?
Uncle Fred
Dead
Uncle Ned
Head
Uncle Reg
Veg
Uncle Sam
Ham
Uncle Ted
Bed
Uncle Toms
Bombs
Uncle Willy
Silly
I'm off to Uncle Ted.
V
Valerie
Singleton
Van Gogh Ear
Left Here
Vera Lynn
Skin (cigarette
paper)
Got any vera's?
Vera Lynn
Gin
I'll have one more Vera before I hit

the frog and toad.
Vincent Price
Ice
Vindaloo
Clue
Vodka and
Tonic
VAT (value
added tax)
Von Trappe
Crap
He hasn't got a bloody vinda.
W
Wallace and
Gromit
Vomit
One more pint and I'll Wallace,

mate.
Wally Grout
Shout (round)
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.
Wally's Scarf
Laugh
He's having a wally.
Walter Mitty
Titty (breast)
She's got a lovely set of walters.
Watford Gap
Slap
I'm gonna give you a Watford 'round

yer chevy.
Weakest Link
Drink
Weasel and
Stoat
Coat
I left my weasel in the pub.
Weavers' Chair
Prayer
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.
Website
Sight
Get out of me website.
Weeping
Willow
Pillow
ere. Get yer head off my weeping

willow.
West End
Thespian
Lesbian
She's a lovely girl but she is west

end, you know.
West Ham
Reserves
Nerves
e's got a bad case of the West

Ham's.
Westminster
Abbey
Shabby
He's turned out a bit westminster

today.
Weston-SuperMare
Nightmare
Went for an interview yesterday - it

was a total Weston-Super. Weston
Super Mare is the main coastal
resort of North Somerset.
Wheeltappers
and Shunters
Punters
Whiskey and
Soda
Voda (mobile
phone)
Whiskey Malt
Fault
Whistle and
Flute
Suit
White Mice
Ice
Widow Twanky
Hanky
Wilson Picket
Ticket
I want to go to New York, but I

can't afford the wilsons.
Wind and Kite
Web Site
Check out me wind and kite.
Windjammer
Hammer
He bought himself a new whistle

for the wedding.
Winona Ryder
Cider
Wobbly Jelly
Telly
Wooden Plank
Yank
Wooly Hat and

Scarf
Laugh
Wyatt Earp
Burp
Can I get two pints of winona

please.
Then this wooden bloke walked in.
Y
Yabba-DabbaDoo
Shoes
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.
You and Me
Tea
Fancy a cup of you and me?
You Must
Crust
You're having a Laugh

Giraffe
Yuri Geller
Stella
Z
Zig and Zag
English
Shag
Slang
1st (first class Geoff Hurst

degree)
2:2 (lower
second class
degree)
3rd (third
class degree)
All Dayer (all
day drinking
session)
All Dayer (all
day drinking)
Alone
Desmond Tutu
Douglas Hurd
Leo Sayer
Gary Player
Jack Jones
Usage
He managed a Geoff [Geoff Hurst was a
soccer player who played for England 49
times - Thanks to L H Webber]
Hes got his Desmond [Thanks to John
Curtis-Rouse]
I got a Desmond but he only managed a
Douglas [Thanks to Tim Herman]
Let's make it a Leo Sayer. [Thanks to
Sean Gillespie]
Let's make it a Gary Player [Thanks to J.
Jeffreys]
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:
Alone
Alone
Arm
Army
Army
Arse
Arse
"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]
Pat Malone
I'm all pat tonight. [Thanks to Alan Little]
Todd Sloan
Looks like I'm on my Todd tonight.
[Thanks to Jeff McCartney. - 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.]
Chalk Farm
He broke his chalk.
Daft and Barmy
He was promoted in the daft. [Thanks to
Alan Little]
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'. - Thanks to Cab for the
information on Kate]
April in Paris
Im 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.) Whew
Thanks to Peter Chrisp]
Aristotle=Bottle=Bottle I gave him a good kick up the Aris
Arse
Arse
Arse
and Glass=Arse;
therefore, Aris=Arse
Bottle and Glass
Khyber Pass
Rolf Harris
Arsehole
Elephant & Castle
Arsehole
Jam Roll
Arsehole
Merry Old Soul
Aunt
Mrs. Chant
Back
Cadbury Snack
Back
Hammer and Tack
Back
Hat Rack
Back
Union Jack
Bad
Balls
(testicles)
Sorry and Sad

Berlin Walls
Balls
(testicles)
Cobbler's Awls
Balls
(testicles)
Coffee Stalls
Balls
(testicles)
Balls
(testicles)
Balls
(testicles)
Banana
Niagara Falls
Orchestra Stalls
Royal Albert Hall
Gertie Gitana
[Thanks to Ray Davis.] See also bottle.

I gave him a good kick up the bottle.
Stick it up your khyber.
She kicked him in the Rolf [Rolf Harris
wrote "My Boomerang Won't Come
Back". See the reference above to
Aristotle. Thanks to Matt Fisher]
He's a bit of an elephant [Thanks to Steve
Fuller]
That geezer is a right jam roll. [Thanks to
Robert Lynch]
es a bit of a merry old soul [Thanks to
Sanor]
He didn't know what to get his Mrs. Chant
for Christmas [Thanks to Alan Little]
Me cadbury's playing me up [Thanks to
Pete Powis]
Ooh! Me 'ammer and tack's playing me up
again. [Thanks to James]
He fell off the roof and broke his hat rack
[Thanks to Martin Hillier]
My old Union Jack's giving me gyp
something chronic [Thanks to Ray Wells]
That dinner was a bit sorry.
Me pants are too tight and making me
berlins wobbly [Thanks to Stephen
Hartwig]
Go on! Kick him in the cobblers! [Can also
be used to express disbelief, such as
"Cobblers! That's not the way it is."]
He gave him a kick in the corfies [Thanks
to Rick Hardy - the pronunciation is
reported to be corfie, not coffee]
I got him in his niagara's [Thanks to Alan
Little]
He nearly got hit in the orchestra [Thanks
to Alan Little]
I kicked this geezer straight in the Royal
Alberts [Thanks to Steve Smith]
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,
Bank
Armitage Shank
Bank
Cab Rank
Bank
Bank
Iron Tank
J. Arthur Rank
Bank
Sherman Tank
Bank
Tommy Tank
Bar (pub)
Jack Tar
Bar (pub)
Barber
Near and Far

Dover Harbour
Barking
(mad)
Three stops down

from Plaistow
Barrow
Cock Sparrow
Bath
Steffi Graf
Bed
Beer
Beers
Uncle Ted
Pig's Ear
Brittney Spears
Believe
Adam and Eve
Belly
Auntie Nellie
Belly
Derby Kelly
spent her early life in Dalston and used to

go and see her at the Hackney Empire.]
Im off to the armitage [Armitage Shank is
the maker of fine porcelain fixtures found
in washrooms everywhere - Thanks to Ed
Leveque.]
I won't be long - just going to the cab rank
[Thanks to Mike Smith]
He lost his house to the iron.
Gotta get a cock & hen from the J Arthur
[Thanks to Aaron Marchant]
He's off to the Sherman [Thanks to Iain
Gordon]
I'm going 'round the tommy to pay in a
gooses. [See also Wank - thanks to
Christopher Webb]
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"]
I saw him at the near.
Im off to Dover to get me barnet sorted
[Thanks to Mark Vernon]
Hes three stops down from Plaistow
[from the London Underground District
Line thanks to Matthew Jackson]
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"]
Im just going for a steffi [Thanks to David
Shea]
I'm off to Uncle Ted.
Can I buy you a pig?
'ow about a Brittney?" [Brittney Spears is
a popular singer. Thanks to Ben Allen]
I don't Adam and Eve it! [Usually full slang
expression is used]
I punched him in the Auntie but he didn't
even notice.
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. Thanks to Christopher
Belly
Bender
(homosexual)
Bent
(criminal)
Bent
(homosexual)
Bent
(homosexual)
Bent
(homosexual)
Best
Beverage
Bill
(statement)
Bill
(statement)
Bill
(statement)
Bird
Webb]
New Delhi
Look at the new delhi on him! [Thanks to
Daniel Williams]
Leo Fender
That blokes a bit leo after all. [The late
Leo Fender was the inventor of the
Stratocaster guitar - thanks to Richard
English]
Stoke on Trent
'e's stoke he is. [Thanks to Alan Little.
See also 'Bent (gay)']
Behind with the Rent You're not behind with the rent? [Thanks
to Gez who heard this in the film 'Layer
Cake'
Duke of Kent
Bet you any money e's a duke [Thanks to
Tom Hoyle]
Stoke on Trent
That bloke's a bit stoke [Thanks to Alex
Wood. See also 'Bent (criminal)']
Mae West
I'm Mae West at Cockney Rhyming Slang
[Thanks to Kris Grissom]
Edna Everage
Would you like an Edna? [Edna Everage
(aka Dame Edna) is a star, darling!
Thanks to Sue Cope.]
Beecham's Pill
I got my Beecham's from the tax people.
Jack and Jill
Jimmy Hill
Richard the Third
Bird (woman) Lemon Curd

Bitter (beer)
Apple Fritter
Bitter (beer)
Gary Glitter
Bitter (beer)
Giggle and Titter
Bitter (beer)
Kitty Litter
Blind
Bacon Rind
Blonde
Magic Wand
Boat
Nanny Goat
I'm going home - can I have my Jack?

[See also Hill]
Have we paid the Jimmy Hill yet? [Thanks
to Magnus Spencer. Jimmy Hill is a
football pundit and former player]
Look what that bloody Richard's done to
my car!
Im off to see me lemon [Thanks to Jesse
Wynne]
I've tried that new apple but I prefer my
salmon [Salmon and trout - stout].
Give us a pint of gary [Thanks to Gareth
Evans]
'ere. I could use a giggle. [Thanks to
Martin McKerrell]
A pint of kitty litter please [Thanks to
Mark]
Are you completely bacon? [Thanks to
Damon]
I pulled a top magic wand last night
[Thanks to Lee Henderson]
I took my nanny out on the river.
Bog (toilet)
Kermit the Frog
Boil
Can of Oil
Boil
Conan Doyle
Bollocks
Jackson Pollock
Bones
Tom Jones
Book
Book
Boots
Captain Hook
Fish Hook
Daisy Roots
Booze
Tom Cruise
Boozer (pub) Battle Cruiser
Boss
Joe Goss
Boss
Bottle
Pitch and Toss

Aristotle
Bra
Tung Chee Hwa
Sorry mate - where's the kermit [Thanks

to Ray Wells]
'e'd be nice looking once his canov's clear
up. [Thanks to Marie Gordon]
'e's got a conan on his bottle the size of
me fist! [Thanks to Marie Gordon. 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]
This modern art's a load of old Jacksons
[Thanks to Justin Ellis. Pollock is a "20th
Century strange artist".]
Ooh, me toms are clicking [Thanks to
Hefin Gill]
I've read this captain.
I've read the new fish by Deighton.
You can't go out in the rain without your
daisies.
I need some Tom [Thanks to Christopher
Loosemore]
I'm going to pop round the battle before I
go to the party [Thanks to Peter Cotterell
and Robert Manikiam]]
Never trust a joe [Joe Goss was a
talented boxer - Thanks to Sanor]
My bloody pitch kept me late again.
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)]
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
Braces
Brandy
Bread
Airs and Graces

Fine and Dandy
Uncle Fred
Bread
(money)
Breast
Broke
(financial)
Brother
Poppy Red
Brother
One and t'other
Brussel
Sprout
Brussel
Sprout
Bug
Doubt
Bum
Bunion
Bunk (bed)
Burst
(urinate)
Bus
Butter
Butter
Cab (taxi)
Cab (taxi)
East West
Hearts of Oak
Manhole Cover
Shout
Steam Tug
Kong.]
He's got his new airs on.
A small drop of fine would suit me.
Hey, mum. Can I have some Uncle Fred
with this?
Where's he stashed his poppy [Thanks to
Emyr Marks]
ave a look at her easts [Thanks to Sanor]
I'm skint mate. Bleedin' hearts.
My manhole cover is coming for a visit.
[How does manhole cover rhyme with
brother you ask? Simple... if you
pronounce brother as "bruvver"!]
'ere's me one and t'other now. [Thanks to
Bernie Albert]
Without a brussel mate [Thanks to Chris
Ducker]
Give us a brussel when you're up to it.
The bed was full of steamers [Thanks to

Roger]
Kingdom Come
He just sat on his kingdom all day
[Thanks to Alan Little]
Spanish Onion
Oooh es stepped on me Spanish onion
[Thanks to Kristin]
Pineapple Chunk
I could use a couple of hours in the
pineapple [Thanks to B. Hygate]
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. Thanks to Stuart Burgess
& Gordon Leel]
So Say All Of Us
hurry - here's the sosay [Thanks to Peter
Duggan]
Stammer and Stutter Extra stammer for me.
Talk and Mutter
Would you like some talk on your toast
[Thanks to Barry Greenaway]
Flounder & Dab
See if you can flag down a flounder
[Thanks to Chris Webb]
Sherbet Dab
'e's been on the sherbet for five years
(driving a cab). [Thanks to John Butt]
Cab (taxi)
Smash & Grab
Caf
Riff Raff
(pronounced
caff)
Cake
Sexton Blake
Let's look for a smash and grab [Thanks

to Simon Inger]
I'm off to the riff raff [Thanks to Mike Leith]
'ow about a nice slice of sexton?

[Possible that Sexton Blake was a
detective in comic book stories (?) thanks to Christopher Webb]
Candle
Harry Randall
Look at all the Harry's on his cake.
Cans
Desperate Dans
'ere - put your desperates on [Thanks to
(headphones)
Chris Hanley]
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! Thanks to Richard English]
Cardy
Linda Lusardi
Oh my God look at that awful Linda hes
(cardigan)
wearing [Thanks to Richard Grieve]
Cash
Arthur Ashe
That blokes not short of Arthur [Thanks to
Andrew Turner]
Cash
Bangers and Mash
I knew his cheques were dodgy, so I got
him to pay me in bangers [Thanks to John
Basquill - see also Sausage and Mash]
Cash
Crosby, Stills, Nash That blokes not short of Crosby [Thanks
to Andrew Turner]
Cash
Harry Nash
Theres a discount if youre paying Harry
Nash [Thanks to Phil Woodford if
anyone knows the origin of this Id
appreciate it]
Cash
Oscar Asche
Haven't got an Oscar [Oscar Asche
(1871-1936) was an actor and producer
or some renown. Thanks to Ruth
Summers]
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 [Thanks to
Anonymous]
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
Bengal Lancer
News paper adds would state no bengal
(someone not
lancers when advertising for tradesmen.
qualified)
Change
Rifle Range
Chat
Bowler Hat
Cheek
Hide and Seek
Cheese
John Cleese
Cheese
Stand at Ease
Cheque
Cheque
Goose's Neck
Gregory Peck
Cheque
Jeff Beck
Chest
Bird's Nest
Chest
George Best
Chest
Child
Molester
Pants and Vest

Charlie Chester
Child
Molester
Chin
Uncle Fester
Chink
(Chinese)
Chink
(Chinese)
Rink-a-dink
Chips
Jockey Whips
Chum
Fruit Gum
Cider
Easy Rider
Cider
Sue Ryder
Biscuit Tin
Tiddley Wink
[Thanks to Ray Davis]

I havent got and rifle for the bus [Thanks
to Claire Reed]
Lets get together for a bowler [Thanks to
Simon Bray-Stacey]
He kissed me on my hide and seek
[Thanks to Gillian White]
I'm meeting the big John Cleese today at
work [Thanks to Mitchell]
Wouldn't mind a bit of ease. [For
whatever reason this one is backwards the only rule is that there are no rules!].
He stuck me with a bouncing goose.
I never 'ad any bread on me, so I 'ad to
pay by Gregory. [Thanks to Peter
Cotterell] or, [another example from Kevin
McKerrell] - I'm going down to the iron to
sausage a gregory.
I'll send you a Jeff Beck [Thanks to Jimmy
Horowitz]
I had to punch him in the bird's nest.
[Thanks to Robert Lynch]
(In football) Over 'ere son, on me Georgie
[Thanks to S. Sexton. George Best is a
famous footballer]
This cough is killing me pants and vest
Have you seen how young is bird
is? Hes a right Charlie Chester [Thanks
to Tim B]
He's a bit of an Uncle Fester [Thanks to
Graham Taylor]
He's got a big biscuit [Thanks to Keith
Cole]
We're going to get rinky take-away.
[Thanks to Sparky James]
es not from around these parts. I think
es a tiddley [Thanks to Stewart
Stallworthy]
I'll have a large plate of jockey's [Thanks
to Paul Aylett]
How yer doing, my old fruit [Thanks to
Nick Williams]
Pint of Easy Rider please [Thanks to Jo
Miller]
Give us a pint of Sue, mate [Thanks to
Cider
Winona Ryder
Cigar
La-di-da
Clanger
(mistake)
Coat Hanger
Class
Bottle and Glass
Clink (jail)
Kitchen Sink
Clock
Dickory Dock
Clue
Danny LaRue
Clue
Pot of Glue
Clue
Scooby-Doo
Clue
Vindaloo
Coat
Nanny Goat
Coat
Weasel and Stoat
Cockney
Rhyming
Slang
Coffee
Chitty Chitty Bang

Bang
Cold
Cold
Cook
Graham Taylor - The Sue Ryder

Foundation works for the sick and
disabled]
Can I get two pints of winona please
[Thanks to Tony Whelan]
I enjoy a good la-di-da after me meal
[Thanks to Sparky James. Lenny wrote to
say that Michael Caine (a somewhat well
known Cockney) once asked if he could
light up a lardy in his taxi.]
He dropped a coat [Thanks to Neil Devlin.
A clanger is when you really put your foot
in it.]
He don't have the bottle [Thanks to Rob
O'Connor]
After that last episode he'll be in the
kitchen for a while [Thanks to Wendy
Shaw]
What's the time on the dickory? [Paul
Millington writes that cabbies used the
expression to refer to the meter [Whats
on the hickory then?)]
He ain't got a danny. [Thanks to Charly
Large]
'e hasn't got a pot of glue [Thanks to
Martin Groves]
I haven't got a scooby [Thanks to
Jonathan Harris]
He hasnt got a bloody vinda [Thanks to
Carla Forbes Pool]
Put your nannies on - it's taters out.
[Thanks to Martin McKerrell]
I left my weasel in the pub. [See also
throat]
We're talking about chitty chitty on this
web site [Thanks to Hywel Jones]
Ill have an everton [Thanks to Andrew

Mkandawire]
Potatoes in the Mould Blimey its taters out there [Thanks to
Sparky James]
Potatoes in the mould Cor, taters out there init? [Thanks to
Ossie Mair]
Babbling Brook
My missus couldn't babble to save her
life. [See also Crook]
Everton Toffee
Copper
(police)
Coppers
(police)
Corner
Cough
Grasshopper
Cough
Boris Karloff
Cough
Darren Gough
He got nabbed by the grasshoppers.
Bottles and Stoppers Blimey - I think the bottles are on to me!

Johnnie Horner
Boris Karloff
Crabs (pubic Marble Slabs

lice)
Crap
Macca
Crap
Pony and Trap
Crash
Crime
Sausage and Mash

Lemon Lime
Cripple
Raspberry Ripple
Crook
Babbling Brook
Cuddle
Mix and Muddle
C**t
C**t
Berkshire Hunt
Ethan Hunt
C**t
Grumble and Grunt
C**t
Cupboard
Curry
Struggle and Grunt

Mother Hubbard
Ruby Murray
I'll meet you 'round the Johnnie.

Thats a nasty Boris youve got there mate
[Thanks to Paul Liney]
Thats a nasty old boris youve got there
son [Thanks to Paul Liney]
This Darren is killing me pants and vest
[Darren Gough is one heck of a cricketer.]
E's got a right case of marbles [Thanks to
Chris Webb]
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]
'Ang on, mate. Just gotta 'ave a pony
[Thanks to Peter Cotterell]. Or, another
usage if something's a bit off (i.e.. not of
good quality) - That's a bit pony mate!
[Thanks to Jon Hughes]
He was in a fearsome sausage.
Not one lemon reported all night [Thanks
to Alan Little]
The old boy's a raspberry [Thanks to
Sparky James]
He's always on the babble. [Meaning he's
always planning something crooked. See
also Cook].
Come and give us a nice mix and muddle
[Thanks to Claire Reed]
He's a right berk.
He's a right Ethan [Ethan Hunt is the main
characters name in the Mission:
Impossible movies. Thanks to Steve
Fuller]
He's after your grumble [Thanks to Chris
Webb]
That ones a right struggle.
There's nothing in the mother.
I'm going for a ruby. [Thanks to Mark
Pearson][Ruby Murray was a singer in
Glasgow back in the 30's or 40's - thanks
Curtains
Darlin'
Daughter
Daughter
Daughter
Dead
Dead
Deaf
Decks
(turntables)
Dick (penis)
Dick (penis)
Dictionary
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
1950s who achieved the rare feat of
having five songs in the top 20 at one
time. Ruby died in 1996]
Richard Burtons
Shut the Richards - I'm trying to get some
kip [Thanks to Ray Wells]
Briney Marlin
You look lovely tonight, me old briney.
Bricks and Mortar
I'm taking me bricks and mortar shopping.
[Thanks to Geoff and Niki Sams]
Didn't oughta
He brought his didn't oughta [Thanks to
Chris Webb]
Lamb to the Slaughter That blokes lamb is a real stunner
[Thanks to Peter Schlosser]
Brown Bread
I'm telling you, mate. He's brown bread
[Thanks to Peter Cotterell]
Hovis Bread
Old Jim is hovis [Thanks to Jeremy
Williams]
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".]
Posh n Becks
Have you got yer posh n becks yet
[Thanks to anonymous see Sex - Posh
n Becks]
Hampton Wick
He got his hampton out in the pub last
night [Thanks to David Agius. 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.]
Three Card Trick
She couldn't keep her jazz bands off my
three card trick [Thanks to Peter Norman]
Tom, Dick and Harry Ill just check the meaning in the tom
[Thanks to Leon Walker]
Dinner
Dinner
Jim Skinner
Lilly and Skinner
Dinner
Michael Winner
Doddle (easy Glenn Hoddle

or straight
forward)
Dog
Cherry Hogg
Dole (welfare) Earole (Ear Hole)
Dole (welfare) Nat King Cole
Dole (welfare) Rock and Roll
Dole (welfare) Sausage Roll

Dollar
Oxford Scholar
Door
Henry Moore
Dope
(marijuana)
Draft
Bob Hope
Drink
Tiddley Wink
Drugs
Persian Rugs
Drunk
Elephant's Trunk
Dump (shit)
Camel's Hump
Dump (shit)
Donald Trump
Dump (shit)
Forrest Gump
George Raft
Is my Jim ready yet?

Whats for lilly and skinner [Thanks to Jud
Chimp]
Im Hank Marvin. I could use some top
Jackie for me Michael Winner. [Thanks to
Simon Rowan. Michael Winner is the
food critic for the Sunday Times]
That jobs a Glen Hoddle. [Glenn Hoddle
is the coach of the English football team
replacing Terry Venables. Thanks to Dave
Brown]
My bloody cherry is off again.
If I get the tin tack Im going on the earole
[Thanks to Paul Liney]
I've got to sign on the old Nat King
[Thanks to Hywel Jones. Ray Wells says
it's also known as Old King Cole]
'e hasn't worked a day in 'is life... 'e's
always been on the rock and roll. [Thanks
to Mark Moule]
He ain't worked in years - he's on the
sausage. [Thanks to Martin McKerrell]
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 - thanks to Jim Williams]
They broke the 'enry down at number
thirty two [Thanks to Alan Little]
I think hes been smoking a bit of Bob
Hope [Thanks to Phil Woodford]
There's a bit of a george in here. [Thanks
to Jim Battman]
Just one more tiddley and I'm off; or, He's
popped down to the pub for a tiddle.
ere mate. Got any Persians? [Thanks to
David Rolph]
He shouldn't be driving! He's bloody
elephant's.
Just going for a quick camels [Thanks to
Kevin Lowther who tells me this one was
used in Abu Dhabi]
I've got to go for a donald [Thanks to
Peter Conway]
"Off out in 10 minutes?" "Yeah, just got to
have a Forrest first". [Thanks to Richard
Dyke
(Lesbian)
Magnus Pike
Dyke
(lesbian)
Dyke
(Lesbian)
Raleigh Bike
Early
Liz Hurley
Earner
Bunsen Burner
Ears
Ten Speed Gears
Engineer
Ginger Beer
Erection
Standing Election
Three Wheel Trike
Evening Post Beans on Toast

Eyes
Fable
Mince Pies
Railway Timetable
Face
Boat Race
Face
Cod & Plaice
Face
Chevy Chase
Face
Jem Mace
Facts
Brass Tacks
Fag
(cigarette)
Fag
(cigarette)
Cough and Drag
Fag
Melvynn Bragg
Harry Wragg
English]
She looks like a right Magnus [Thanks to
Steve Vincent - Magnus Pike was an 'off
the wall' TV personality who would (and
could) explain complex scientific concepts
to kids]
Shes a right Raleigh [Thanks to Claire
Reed]
She's a bit of a three wheeler [Thanks to
Barry Smith. Ray Wells has heard the
expression rusy bike as well]
es never gotten here liz [Thanks to Paul
Woodford
The jobs not much but it's a nice little
bunsen [Thanks to Laurie Bamford]
Look at the size of 'is ten speeds [Thanks
to Billy Wade]
He knows his stuff. He is a ginger, after
all.
He's holding a standing election in his
callards [Thanks to Buddy]
Go and buy the beans on toast will you
son [Thanks to Hefin Gill]
She got beatiful minces.
(After someone tells you a tall tale)
Whats he been doin? Reading a railway
table. [Might also be substituted with bus
timetable Thanks to Paul Island]
Nice legs, shame about the boat. [Also a
good song by The Monks]
It's too cold outside; no good for my cod
[Thanks to Mark Elston]
She's got a lovely Chevy Chase [Thanks
to Adrian Calvin and Paul Beer]
Wipe that look off your jem [Thanks to
Chris Webb - Jem Mace was a boxer in
the late 19th century]
'Ere, you've got your brass wrong!
Im going out for a quick cough and drag
[Thanks to Trevor Baker]
Have you got a harry? [Frank Baynham
reports that Harry Wragg was a famous
jockey]
Oi, mate. Can I scrounge a melvynn of
(cigarette)
Fag
(cigarette)
Fag
(cigarette)
Oily Rag
Fake
Sexton Blake
Fanny
Auntie Annie
Fanny
Jack and Danny
Toe Rag / Tow Rag
you [Thanks to Mark Holmans who

reports that Melvynn was a television
host]
Give us an oily. [Thanks to David Hughes]
Lend us a sprarsy - I wanna get some
toe-rags [Thanks to Mike Smith. 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.]
He wears a Cartier but it's a sexton
[Thanks to Martyn Tracy. See also
'Sexton Blake-cake']
Shes just sitting at home on her Auntie
Annie [Thanks to the boys at CHS]
She's just sitting at home on her Jack and
Danny [Thanks to Glenn Collignon]
Farmer (see
usage)
Arnold Palmer
Farrahs
(trousers)
Bow and Arrows
Fart
D'Oyly Carte
Fart
Horse and Cart
Fart
Fart
Orson (i.e. Horse n

Cart)
Raspberry Tart
Favour
Cheesy Quaver
Feel
Orange Peel
Feet
Dogs Meat
Feet
Fibs (lies)
Plates of Meat
Scott Gibbs
Fight
Fine
Read and Write

Calvin Klein
Fish
Lilian Gish
Fist
Oliver Twist
Fiver (5
note)
Fiver (5
note)
Flares (wide
bottom
trousers)
Flash
Lady Godiva
Taxi Driver
Lionel Blaire
Lemon Dash
Flash (natty) Harry Dash
'e's a right Arnold [Thanks to Nick

Williams. I love this one - it refers to a
golfer who spends a lot of time in the long
grass around a course]
Nice pair of bow and arrows [Use your
best Cockney accent here. The reference
is to Farrah slacks Thanks to Simon
Mahon]
Have you done a doyly? [DOyly Carte is
a light opera company thanks to David
Poulten]
Have you just horse & carted? [Thanks to
Paul Beer]
Hes dropped an orson [Thanks to Paul
Gardner]
He blew a raspberry. [Thanks to Tobias
Bard]
Do us a cheesy, put it on your web site.
[Thanks to Ed Wright]
I fancy an orange of her Bristols! [Thanks
to Chris Webb)
Me dogs are barking [Meaning my feet
are tired. Thanks to Sparky]
Get your plates of the table.
Hes been telling scotts again [Scott
Gibbs is a rugby star thanks to Hefin
Gill]
He'd rather read than walk away.
I'm calvin today. [Thanks to Tony
Alderton]
Good day at the stream. Got a pair of
Lilian's.
Next thing I know he's got his Oliver in my
face.
Ere, that bloke still owes me lady! [Thanks
to Peter Cotterell]
'ere - you owe me a taxi [Thanks to David]
Got on his best lionels for the evening.
[Lionel Blaire is a performer. Thanks to
Josh Holmes]
Dont act so lemon [Thanks to Simon
Mahon]
'e was alway a bit of an 'arry [Thanks to
Sparky James]
Flowers
April Showers
Flying Squad Sweeney Todd

Fork
Duke of York
Function
Garage
Spaghetti Junction
Steve Claridge
Gargle
Arthur Scargill
(drunk)
Gay
Bale of Hay
(homosexual)
Gay
Doctor Dre
(homosexual)
Gay
Finlay Quaye
(homosexual)
Gay
First of May
(homosexual)
Gay
Ted Ray
(homosexual)
Geezer
Geezer
Fridge & Freezer

Ice Cream Freezer
Geezer
Julius Caesar
Geezer
Lemon Squeezer
I forgot it was my anniversary, so I picked

some aprils on the way home.
Here comes the Sweeney [the Flying
Squad are the police]
Keep your fingers out of your grub,
man. Use a duke [Thanks to Sparky
James]
I've just gotta go down the Steve for some
petrol [Thanks to Jon Simmons. 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.]
'e's right Authur'd [Thanks to John Claffey]
Don't bother Britany - he's bale. [Thanks
to Uncle Custard who also provided the
example of usage just who do you
suppose Britany is?]
Es a bit of a doctor [Dr. Dre is a rap artist
Thanks to Will Sowden]
That boozer is Finlay ub [Thanks to
Stuart Taylor Finlay Quaye is a
musician]
He's a right first [Thanks to Jeremy
Williams]
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. Thanks to Stuart Burgess & Gordon
Leel]
Hes a right fridge [Thanks to Tomma]
'e's not a bad old ice cream [Thanks to
Vince Scott]
'ere, look at the 'ampsteads on that Julius
[Thanks to Dudley]
I saw that lemon we met in the rub-a-dub
last night [Thanks to Mark Foster]
Ghost
Pillar and Post
Gin
Gin
Gin
Mother's Ruin
Needle and Pin
Nose and Chin
Gin
Thick & Thin
Gin
Vera Lynn
Girl
Cadbury Swirl
Girl
Twist and Twirl
Git (twit)
Strawberry Split
Gloves
Turtle Dove's
Go
Scapa Flow
Looks like hes seen a pillar [Thanks to

Neil Gemmill]
Another mothers would sit well.
I'll have a small needle and tonic.
I'll have a drop of nose and chin [Thanks
to Philip Hart]
I enjoy a bit of thick and thin [Thanks to
Beanage]
I'll have one more Vera before I hit the
frog and toad. [Thanks to Mark Hamnett]
Come over here, me old Cadbury [Thanks
to Jonathan Burroughs]
She looks like a nice twist [Thanks to Alan
Little]
That bloke's a right strawberry [Thanks to
Dennis Wise]
Where's me turtle dove's [Thanks to John
Ioannou]
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 [Thanks to Dave
Connolly]
Good
Robin Hood
That sounds like it's robin [Thanks to Alan
Little]
Gossip
Rex Mossop
What's the latest Rex, love? [Thanks to
Rebecca Marks who tells me Rex is an
Aussie sports commentator]
Grand (1000) Bag of Sand
He owes me a bag [Thanks to Keith Cole]
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). Thanks to
Mark Pearson]
Guts
Newington Butts
Me Newingtons are playing me up.
(stomach)
[Thanks to Mark Crowe and Martin
McKerrell - 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
Im going down to the fatboy [Fatboy Slim
is a recording artist thanks to Martin
Rowe]
Haddock
Fanny Craddock
Fanny and chips for supper? [Thanks to
Sparky James]
Hair
Barnet Fair
She must be going out - she's got her
Barnet done.
Hair
Biffo the Bear
Me biffos not looking the best today [Biffo
the Bear was on the cover of Beano from
1948 to 1974. Thanks to Gillian White]
Hair
Bonney Fair
She's got beautiful shiny bonney.
Half (a pint) Cow and Calf
I could use a cow and calf [Thanks to Nick
Williams. He reports that 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
Hands
German Bands
Jazz Bands
Hat
Titfer (Tit for Tat)
Head
Head
Head
(fellatio)
Heart
Crust of Bread
Loaf of Bread
Blood Red
Hell
Gypsy Nell
Hemorrhoid
Clement Freud
Strawberry Tart
Hemorrhoids Emma Freuds
Heroin
Vera Lynn
Hill
Hole
Jack and Jill

Drum Roll
Home
Host
Pope in Rome
Pillar and Post
Hot
House
House
Peas in a Pot
Cat and Mouse
Mickey Mouse
Howler
(mistake)
Robbie Fowler
Hymen
Bill Wyman

Get your germans off my missus.
Get yer jazz bands off me [Thanks to
Peter Norman]
Lovely titfer. [This one uses the first two
words - probably because saying "lovely
tit" proved awkward]
Use your crust mate.
Don't just stand there - use your loaf.
She likes to give blood. [Thanks to Kirk
Whitworth]
Me strawberry belongs to you [Thanks to
John Curnow]
My knee is giving me gyp today. [Thanks
to Chris Webb]
Oooh, me clements! [Thanks to Ian
Coppell]
Me Emma's are playing me up. [Emma is
a BBC DJ on Radio 1 - Thanks to Stuart
Burgess & Gordon Leel]
Goodbye Vera Lynn [from Pink Floyd
Goodbye Vera Lynn
I'm leaving you today" meaning Im giving
up heroin, written at that time for
Gilmore. Thanks to Joe Lovick for the
slang and the references]
The store is up the jack. [See also Bill]
Let's pop 'round to my drum (referring to
someone's house). [Thanks to Dave
Hughes]
Let's pop 'round his pope and fetch him.
Whos the pillar and post for tonight?
[Thanks to Dave]
Don't touch that - it's bloody peasy.
Went 'round to his cat to wake him up.
I'm taking my missus to the mickey
tonight. [Usually means a theatre rather
than a residence]
I made a right Robbie yesterday [Thanks
to John Revell Robbie Fowler plays for
Liverpool]
Virgin? Dont think so mate not a bill in
sight [Thanks to Benjamin Smith. 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 [Thanks to John
Gibson]
Jacket
Desmond Hackett
He's sporting a new Desmond [Thanks to
Chris Webb - Mr. Hackett is a renowned
Daily Express sports reporter]
Jacket
Tennis Racquet
I bought a new tennis racquet [Thanks to
Laura Clifford]
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. [Thanks to
Wendy Shaw]
Jeans
Harpers and Queens He's sporting a new pair of harpers
[Thanks to Neale Davison. Harpers and
Queen is a woman's magazine "Published
in London for the World"]
Jeans
Runner Beans
How do you like me new runners [Thanks
to Darren Foreman]
Jeans
Steve McQueens
Me new steves are a bit tight [Thanks to
Mark Holmans]
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. [Thank the Peter Cotterell]
Jive
Duck and Dive
She cant half duck and dive [Thanks to
Podster]
Job
Corn on the Cob
'e can't afford it - 'e ain't got a corn
[Thanks to Mike Smith]
Job
Dog's Knob
Me new motor is just the dog's knob
[Thanks to Nick Williams]
Jock (Scot)
Sweaty Sock
There was an Englishman, an Irishman
and a sweaty on a boat... [This term is
usually derogatory. Thanks to Dave
Brown]
Joke
Rum and Coke
Go on then, tell us another rum and coke
Joker
Double Yoker
Who's this double yoker [Thanks to Joel
Glover]
Judge
Barnaby Rudge
I'm up in front of the Barnaby tomorrow
morning.
Jugs
Carpets and Rugs
That girls has a lovely set of carpets
(breasts)
[Thanks to Benjamin Smith]
Kebab (shish Phil Babb
Bloody hell, boys, I'm proper Oliver'd -
kebab)
Keen
Torvill and Dean
Kettle
Hansel & Gretel
Key
Brenda Lee
Key
Vivian Lee
Keys
Bruce Lees
Keys
John Cleese
Keys
Knobbly Knees
Kidney
Bo Diddley
Kids
Kids
Dustbin Lids
God Forbids
Kids
Saucepan Lids
Kids
Kids
Teapot Lids
Tin Lids
Kiss
Heavenly Bliss
Kiss
Hit and Miss
Knackered
(tired)
Knackered
(tired)
Cream Crackered
Knackers
(testicles)
Knees
Knickers
Jacobs Crackers
Kerry Packer
Biscuits and Cheese

Alan Whickers
anyone fancy a Phil? [Thanks to John

Loveday]
She's a bit torvill on my mate Barry
[Thanks to Darryl Middleton]
I put the Hansel on for a nice cup of Rosy
[Thanks to Peter Robinson]
Wheres me brendas? [Thanks to Nick
Webster]
Where's me Vivian? [Thanks to John
Kitley]
Have you seen me brucies? [Thanks to
Graham Cooper]
ave you seen me johns [Thanks to
Mathew]
Have you got your knobblies with you?
[Thanks to Beeman]
Me bos are giving me gyp [Thanks to
Jay]
A nice girl but too many dustbin's.
Couldn't hear a thing 'cause of all the
Godfor's.
I'm forever buy clothes for the saucepan
lids [Thanks to Peter Cotterell - see also
'Yid']
I'm taking my little teapot to country.
I can't put me foot down without stepping
on one of the tin lids. [Thanks to Bernie
Albert]
Cmon me turtle, give us an eavenly
[Thanks to Rebecca Coonan]
How about a bit of hit and miss [Thanks to
Doosh]
I'm cream crackered, mate. [Thanks to
David Carruthers]
I'm right Kerry'd [Thanks to David Bennett
- Kerry Packer is an Australian media
magnate (and bleeding rich!)]
That toe-rag kicked me in the Jacobs
[Thanks to Bryan Rayner]
I've been on my biscuits all day.
The 'lastics gone in me alans. [Alan
Whicker used to host a TV programme
called Whickers World - Thanks to Peter
Cotterell]
Knob (penis) Uncle Bob

Kraut
(German)
Lager
Rainbow Trout
Lager
Mick Jagger
Lark (fun)
Tufnell Park
Late
Cilla Black
Late
Terry Waite
Later
Baked Potato
Later
Christian Slater
Laugh
Bubble Bath
Laugh
Cows Calf
Laugh
Giraffe
Laugh
Steffi Graf
Laugh
Turkish Bath
Laugh
Legs
Wally's Scarf
Bacon and Eggs
Legs
Dolly Pegs
Legs
Mumbley Pegs
Legs
Nutmegs
Forsythe Saga
es a bit proud of his Uncle Bob [Thanks

to the boys at CHS]
Bloody rainbows beat us at football last
night! [Thanks to Alex Gordon]
Mines a forsythe [Thanks to Den
Frankham]
How about a couple of Mick Jaggers over
here? [Thanks to Colin Reid]
Always one for a tufnell [Thanks to
Michael Mundy]
Youre a bit Cilla today, mate [Thanks to
Justyn Olby who explains that this comes
from Cilla Blacks Blind Date TV
programme that was popular]
Youre a bit Terry Waite [Thanks to Paul
Woodford]
I'll see ya baked. [Thanks to Eric Van
Zanten]
See you Christian Slater [Thanks to Kris
Grissom]
You're 'avin a bubble aren't ya? [Thanks
to Neil Churchard]
Your having a cows calf, ain't you [Thanks
to Graham Todd]
You're havin' a giraffe, mate. [Thanks to
Ed Balch]
You're having a Steffi [Thanks to Peter
Grewal]
He's havin' a turkish. [Thanks to Chris
Baylis]
He's having a wally [Thanks to Keith Cole]
Lovely set of bacons [James Robinson
notes that this can be Ham & Eggs as
well].
'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. Thanks to Simon]
Stand on your own mumbleys [Thanks to
Sanor]
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
Legs
Pins and Pegs
Legs
Scotch Pegs
Leicester
Square
Euan Blair
Lesbian
West End Thespian
Liar
Bob Cryer
Liar
Dunlop Tyre
Liar
Holy Friar
Lies
Pork Pies
Life
Nelly Duff
Life (term)
Porridge Knife
Liver
Cheerful Giver
Liver
Swanee River
the ball again thanks to Allen Keep]

I was so surprised I nearly fell off me pins
Sit down and take a load off your pegs.
[For whatever reason, the common usage
is the rhyming word rather than the first]
We're getting off the train at Euan Blair
station [Thanks to Vix. Mark points out
that Euan Blair (Prime minister's
underage son) was found drunk by police
in Leicester Square earlier this
year. Hence the slang.]
She's a lovely girl but she is west end,
you know. [Thanks to Richard English]
Shut up you Bob - yer talking out yer aris
[Sergeant Bob Cryer is a character in
"The Bill". Thanks to Kelly Webb]
es a bit of a dunlop [Thanks to Donald
Burk]
es a bit of a holy friar [Thanks to Donald
Burk]
Blimey - he gets two pigs (beers) in him
and he starts telling porkies.
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. Thanks to Cathleen
Kelly]
'e's doing a stay in the porridge. [Thanks
to Alan Morgan]
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.]
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
Look
Look
Butcher's Hook
Captain Cook
Loot (money) Fibre of your fabric

Lot (Serving
or share)
Hopping Pot
Love
Turtle Dove
Luck
Donald Duck
Luck
Friar Tuck
Mad
Mum and Dad
Marriage
Horse and Carriage
Married
Matches
Mate
Mate
Cash and Carried

Cuts and Scratches
China Plate
Garden Gate
Meetin'
(meeting)
Mental
Buster Keaton
Mental
(crazy)
Merry
Chicken Oriental
Mess
Elliot Ness
Milk
Acker Bilk
Radio Rental
Tom and Jerry
She's taken in an artful to help pay the

way.
Here - take a butcher's at this.
I just went over there for a captain
[Thanks to Ashleigh Mills]
C'mon, let me feel the fibre of your fabric
[Thanks to Olli Black - fabric=suit=loot]
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]
All right me old turtle [Thanks to Vince
Scott]
How's your Donald? [Thanks to Charly
Large]
'E always had a bit of friar tuck. [Thanks
to Martyn Tracy]
He's a bit mum and dad. [Thanks to Louis
and Natalie Brinks]
e's off to his 'orse and carriage [Thanks to
Emma]
Poor bloke got cashed on the weekend.
Do you have any cuts?
How are you, my old china?
Hes an old garden gate from school
We'll see you at the Buster [Thanks to
Kris Grissom]
He's a bit radio [Thanks to Louis and
Natalie Brinks]
It was chicken oriental down the nuclear
on Friday night [Thanks to Phil Vondra]
Es a tommy bloke [Thanks to Sparky
James]
My drum's a right Elliot [Thanks to Nick
Williams]
Would you like Acker in your coffee?
[Thanks to Barry Greenaway. 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.

[Thanks to Danny O'Sullivan]
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? [Thanks
to Alan Little]
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-dubdub. [Thanks to Nigel Ritson]
Motor (car)
Haddock and Bloater Ive gone and locked me keys in the
haddock [Thanks to Alistair Steadman]
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
[Thanks to Roger Gillespie]
Neck
Bushel and Peck
He's got a bushel like tree trunk.
Neck
Gregory Peck
Wind you Gregory in [Thanks to Graham
Todd]
Nerves
West Ham Reserves e's got a bad case of the West Ham's
[Thanks to Martin Elliot]
News
Wooden Pews
Did you catch the wooden pews
yesterday [Thanks to LO]
Nick (prison) Shovel and Pick
He's spending a bit of time in the shovel.
[Thanks to John Butt]
Nightmare
Lionel Blaire
I'm havin' a right lionel [Lionel Blaire is a
performer. Thanks to Jonathan Harris]
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. Thanks to Christian Martinsen]
Nipple
Raspberry Ripple
Look at the thup'neys on her, raspberries
like cigar buts! [Can also mean cripple.
Thanks to Dave Brown]
Nippy (cold) George and Zippy
Its a bit George [Thanks to Sam Murray
Eli Davenport reports that 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 [Thanks
to Keith Cole]
Nose
Fray Bentos
Nose
I Suppose
Nose
Nun
Irish Rose
Current Bun
Nutter (crazy) Roll and Butter
Off (take off,

leave)
Frank Bough
Old Man
(Father or
Husband)
On My Own
Pot and Pan
Toblerone
Out of Order Allan Border
Paddy
Tea Caddy
Pager
John Major
Pakistani
Bacon Sarnie
Pakistani
Reg Varney
Pants
Adam Ant
Pants
Surrey & Hants
Look at the Fray Bentos on that poor sod

[Fray Bentos is a maker of a fabulous
Steak & Kidney Pie (and other
treats). Thanks to Ray Wells]
That rotten drunk gave me a clip on me I
suppose.
She gave me a kiss on my Irish.
My meanest teachers were currents
[Thanks to Aziz McMahon]
That blokes a bloody roland [Like titfer
meaning hat, this expression uses the first
two words rather than just the
first. Thanks to Rhian]
I'm gonna do the Frank [see 'scoff'. Frank
Bough was a television personality Thanks to Tom Kimber]
I was talking to me old pot just yesterday.
[Thanks to Bernie Albert and Colin]
He's over there on his toblerone [Thanks
to Laura Clifford
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.]
Did you know Kevin is a tea caddy?
[Thanks to Kevin Moynihan]
Me John Majors just gone off [Thanks to
Ian Nelson]
They've hired a new bloke at the shop he's a bacon [Thanks to Nathaniel
Espino. Sarnie is a slang term for
sandwich (and if you haven't eaten a cold
bacon sandwich you haven't lived.
Nathaniel notes that this expression may
be considered offensive]
Martin's new bird's a Reg [Thanks to
Jonny Morris. Reg played Stan Butler on
'On the Buses', one of the 1970's
BritComs]
Get your adams on [Thanks to Mike
Leith]
Blimey, I have no clean surreys [Thanks
Paper
Linen Draper
(newspaper)
Parcel
Elephant and Castle
Park
Party
Noah's Ark
Moriarty
Party
Russell Harty
Peas
John Cleese
Peas
Knobbly Knees
Pee
Gypsy Rose Lee
Pest
Fred West
Tonic
Philharmonic
Phone
Al Capone
Phone
Piano
Dog and Bone

Joanna
Pictures
Dolly Mixtures
Piddle
(urinate)
Piles
Jimmy Riddle
Nuremberg Trials
Piles
Chalfont St Giles
(hemorrhoids)
Piles
Farmer Giles
(hemorrhoids)
Piles
Nobby Stiles
(hemorrhoids)
Piles
Rockford Files
to Oliver Dick]
Has the morning linen come yet?
Wot you got ere then, a bleedin elephant
[Thanks to Paul Island]
I'm taking my misses to the Noah.
Mental morry mate [Thanks to Simon
Mahon]
I've phoned for a sherbert to take us to
the Russell [Thanks to Jo Walker Russell Harty is a TV host]]
Eat yer John Cleese - they're good for
you [Thank to Mike Leith]
Were havin sexton and knobblies
[Thanks to Mathew]
Im off for a gypsy [Thanks to John
Trimmer]
Here comes that Fred West again [Fred
West was and alleged mass murderer
found hanged in his jail sail in
1995. Thanks to Kevin Wade]
I'll have a Vera and Phil (gin and tonic)
[Thanks to Michael Hawkins]
Hes always on the al capone [Thanks to
Mike Agnes]
She's always on the dog.
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']
Going out to the Dolly Mixtures tonight
[Thanks to Philip Hart - Dolly Mixtures are
]
I've had three pints - I could use a jimmy.
Me Nuremberg's are really playing me up
[Thanks to Barry Greenaway]
Me chalfonts are playing up. [Thanks to
Paul Costello]
Blimey, I ain't 'alf suffering from me
farmers [Thanks to David Hughes]
Me nobbies are acting up again [Nobby
Stiles was a great footballer from years
gone by - Thanks to David Hughes]
Me Jim Rockford's are giving me gip! [Jim
(hemorrhoids)
Rockford was the central character in the

TV show The Rockford Files. Thanks to
Paul Darbyshire]
Piles
Sieg Heils
I'll stand if you don't mind - me sieg heils
(hemorrhoids)
are acting up today.
Piles
Slay 'em in the aisles Me slay 'ems are playing me up. [Thanks
(hemorrhoids)
to Stuart Burgess & Gordon Leel]
Pill (birth
Jack and Jill
She's on the Jack [Thanks to Justyn Olby]
control)
Pillow
Weeping Willow
'ere. Get yer head off my weeping willow
[Thanks to Graham Allen]
Pill
Strawberry Hill
I must remember to take my strawberry
tonight [Thanks to Jonathan Wills]
Pills
Jack 'n Jills
Where's me Jack n Jills [Thanks to Brian
Kemp]
Pills
Mick Mills
es always ad a weakness for the Mick
Mills [Thanks to Phil Woodford. Mick Mills
played for Ipswich in the 70s]
Pinch (steal) Half Inch
Someone's half-inched me pint! [Thanks
to Mark Schofield]
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. Thanks to Ben
Murphy et al]
Piss
Arthur Bliss
I'm just popping out for an Arthur [Arthur
Bliss was a famous English composer
(1891-1975). Thanks to Robert Harper]
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
Mickey Bliss
Hes always taking the mickey out of
fun 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.' Thanks to
Brown Terriers]
Pissed
Hit List
I'm really hit today [Thanks to Michael G]
(angry)
Pissed
Brahms and Liszt
He's well Brahms and Liszt , don't give
(drunk)
him any more to drink. [Thanks to Ray
Davis. Sometimes the expression
Pissed
(drunk)
Oliver Twist
Pissed
(drunk)
Pissed
(drunk)
Schindlers List
Plate
Alexander the Great
Play
Grass & Hay
Pocket
Pocket
Poof
(homosexual)
Poof
(homosexual)
Porn
Lucy Locket
Sky Rocket
Iron Hoof
Porn
Johnny Vaughn
Powder
(cocaine)
Prat (arse)
Nikki Lauder
Prayer
Weavers' Chair
Prick
Hampton Wick
Pride
Jekyll and Hyde
Prison
Boom and Mizzen
Pub
Nuclear Sub
Pub
Rub-a-dub-dub
Pube (pubic
Rubric's Cube
Scotch Mist
Tin Roof
Frankie Vaughan
Paper Hat
"Mozart & Liszt is used.]

I 'ad one over the eight last night and got
completely Olivered. [Thanks to Peter
Cotterell]
I'm a bit schindlers after a too many
forsythes [Thanks to Den Frankham]
'e was completely scotch mist last night.
[Thanks to Alan Little. Thanks to Marie
Gordon for the example of usage.]
Dont try and scarper before youve
washed those alexanders [Thanks to Paul
Island]
Let's grass and hay down the park
[Thanks to Oliver Nunn]
Keep it in your Lucy.
I've got nothing in my skies.
He's a bit of an iron. [Also Horses Hoof]
I think he might be a tin roof [Thanks to
Kron]
Is there any Frankie on the telly tonight?
[Thanks to Jason Rankin]
I enjoy a bit of Johnny [Johnny Vaughn
was the star of The Big Breakfast
thanks to Dan Longhurst]
He's off doing a bit of Nikki [Thanks to Jim
Smith)
He's a bit of a paper [Thanks to Justin
Semmens]
Haven't got a weaver's of getting into her
alans. [Thanks to Cormac Kennedy. A
weaver's chair has a low profile back
allowing free movement of the arms.]
He gets on my wick. [Don't even try to
understand this one - just accept it]
You lost your jekyll or something?
[Thanks to Joe Mills]
'e's off to the boom for a bit. [Thanks to
Mike Shepherd]
I'll meet you down the nuclear at 5 o'clock
[Thanks to Robert Lynch]
I'm off to the rub-a-dub-dub. [Comes from
the children's rhyme Rub-a-dub-dub,
three men in a tub...]
When your having a shower make sure
hair)
Puff
Mickey Duff
(marijuana)
Punter
Hillman Hunter
(gambler or
odds maker)
Purse
Gypsy's Curse
Quarter
Farmers Daughter
Queen
(homosexual)
Queer
(homosexual)
Queer
(homosexual)
Queer
(homosexual)
Queer (odd)
Torvill & Dean
Quid
Quid
Rail
Railway
Guard
Rain
Bin Lid
Teapot Lid
Toby Ale
Christmas Card
Brighton Pier
Ginger Beer
King Lear
Ginger Beer
Pleasure and Pain
Rave (dance) Comedy Dave
Readies
Nelson Eddy's
(pound notes)
Rent
Burton on Trent
Rent
Clark Kent
Rent
Duke of Kent
Rich
Scratch & Itch
you wash your rubric's [Thanks to Andrew

Turner]
Here, mate. Got any Mickey? [Thanks to
Nortsqaf2]
ere comes another load of Hillmans [the
Hillman was a fine auto introduced in
1966. Thanks to Steve Trice]
Someone's alf-inched me gypsy [Thanks
to Martin Grove]
My Nan want me to get her three farmers
of rosie (3/4 lb of tea) [Thanks to Peter
Summersgill]
Hes a right old torvill [Thanks to Tony
Johnson]
That blokes a bit of a Brighton [Thanks to
S. Sexton]
He's a bit ginger [Thanks to Steve
Robinson. See Queer (odd) below]
e's a bit King Lear. [Thanks to Leslie
Munday]
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]
Lend us a bin [Thanks to Richard Hall]
I'm down a teapot already.
'e's traveling by toby.
Look out for the christmas [Thanks to
Sparky James]
Any more pleasure and we'll be
swimming.
You coming to the comedy? [Comedy
Dave is a Radio 1 DJ Thanks to Hefin
Gill]
'e's got a pile of nelsons! [Thanks to Julia
Jones]
They've raised my burton again.
I'm having a tough time coming up with
me Clark [Thanks to Richard Robinson]
I can't afford to pay the Duke of Kent this
week [Thanks to Mike Smith]
'e's got scratch [Thanks to Richard Lee]
Right
Isle of Wight
River
Shake and Shiver
Road
Frog and Toad
Road
Kermit
Rotten
Dot Cotton
Row
(argument)
Barn Owl
Row
(argument)
Rum
Sack (fired)
Bull and Cow
Saloon Bar
Sauce
Balloon Car
Dead Horse
Scar
Mars Bar
Scoff (food)
Frank Bough
Score
Bobby Moore
Score
Hampden Roar
Score (20)
Apple Core
Tom Thumb
Tin Tack
Down the High Road to the lights and

make an Isle. [Thanks to Daniel
Maurer. Also seen used as slang for "all
right" but not in common usage]
He jumped right into the shake [Thanks to
Alan Little]
Don't ride your bike on the frog. [See
Road = Kermit]
'e took off down the kermit. [From Kermit
the Frog = frog and toad = road. Thanks
to Gavin Wallace]
Im feeling a bit dot [Dot Cotton is a
character from Eastenders thanks to
Rachel Walmsley]
Went up to the dole office today. 'Ad a bit
of a barney with the geezer behind the
desk. [Thanks to Peter Cotterell][[Not
satisfied with the slang, the word is
extended to 'Barney' to thoroughly
confuse everyone]
Had a right bull with my misses last night.
A wee bit of Tom and I'm off.
He got the tin tack the other day [Thanks
to Duncan Whitesmith]
I'll be at the balloon.
Pass the dead horse [Thanks to Brad
Spencer]
I fell down the apple and pears trying to
answer the dog & bone, hit my head and
ended up with a mars bar [Thanks to
David Bancroft]
Im going to get some frank [see
'off'. Frank Bough was a television
personality thanks to Martin Brewer]
You know the Bobby [Bobby Moore was a
great footballer who died in 1993. Thanks
to Graham Todd]
You know the hampden [Thanks to
Andrew Mkandawire who goes on to
explain that the Hampden Roar is is a
commonly used term that refers to the
noise made when fans cheer on Scotland
at Hampden Park]
I gave me last apple to that old paraffin
Scotch
Gold Watch
Scotch
Scotch
(Whisky)
Scouser
(Liverpudlian)
Scouts
Scran (food)
Pimple and Botch

Gold Watch
Sex
Posh n Becks
Shabby
Westminster Abbey
Shag
Billy Bragg
Shank (golf
term)
J. R.
Shave
Chas and Dave
Shave
Dig in the Grave
Mickey Mouser
Brussel Sprouts
Jackie Chan
Shiner (black Ocean Liner

eye)
Shirt
Dicky Dirt
Shirt
Shit
Shit
Shit
Uncle Bert
Brace and Bit
Brad Pitt
Eartha Kitt
Shit
Tom Tit
I'll have a gold watch and ten [Thanks to

Del Sinnott]
He enjoys a good pimple.
'E enjoys his gold watch [Thanks to
Martyn Tracy]
'E's a mickey mouser [Refers to someone
from Liverpool. Thanks to Csar Lozano]
He's always been a brussel.
Im Hank Marvin. I could use some top
Jackie for me Michael Winner [Thanks to
Simon Rowan]
Had a bit of posh with the missus last
night [Thanks to Iain Sisson 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]
He's turned out a bit westminster today
He's off for a billy [Billy Bragg is a
singer/songwriter. Thanks to Robert
Christian]
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. Thanks to Bern Summers]
I'm off for a chas [Thanks to Conor
Keeling]
A quick shower and dig and I'll be ready
to go.
I punched him right in the mincer and
gave him an ocean liner [Thanks to a
somewhat violent Claire Reed]
Put your dicky dirt on before the company
gets here.
I've got to press my uncle.
Just off or a brace [Thanks to P Loynd]
I right need a Brad Pitt [Thanks to Big Bill]
I'm going for an Eartha [See also 'Tit' Thanks to Peter Cotterell for this variation]
I'm going for a Tom Tit. [Thanks to David
Carruthers.]
Shite
Shite
Tom Kite
Turkish Delight
Shite (shit)
Barry White
Shits
(diarrhoea)
Shitter
(rectum)
Two-Bob Bits
Council Gritter
Shitter
Gary Glitter
(rectum)
Shitter (toilet Rick Whitter
or rectum)
Shocker
Barry Crocker
Shocker
Costantino Rocca
Shoe
Scooby Doo
Shoe
Ghost (Boo)
Shoes
One and two's
Shoes
St. Louis Blues
Shoes
Rhythm and Blues
Shoes
Yabba-Dabba-Doo
Shout (round) Wally Grout
Shower
David Gower
Im off for a tom [Thanks to Denis Daly]

Theyre playing completely Turkish today
[Thanks to Paul Island]
I need a Barry White [Thanks to Oli
Hickman]
Ive got a real case of the two-bob bits
[Thanks to Steven Elder]
When I sat down there was a pin on my
chair! Right up the council! [Thanks to
Uncle Custard. He reports that a council
gritter is the machine that comes around
and puts grit on icy roads]
He kicked him right up the Gary [Thanks
to Neil Churchard]
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]
That's a Barry Crocker [Barry Crocker is
an Aussie performer - thanks to Dan
McGivern]
Played a round of golf yesterday - had a
complete Costantino [Costantino Rocca is
an Italian golfer - thanks to Christian
Martinsen]
Where are me Scooby's? [Thanks to Mark
Chinery & Michael Lloyd]
Get yer ghosts on [Thanks to Richard
Lee]
Where's me one 'n two's? [Thanks to
John Ioannou]
'e's got himself a new pair of St. Louis'
[Thanks to Doug Sammons]
Get your rhythm and blues on [Thanks to
Jack Summers and Neil Devlin]
Nice pair of yabbas mate [For them what
dont have a classical education, YabbaDabba-Doo was the catch phrase of Fred
Flintstone. Thanks to Jon Evans]
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 Thanks to Mark Redding]
I'd just got out of the David Gower
[Thanks to Mark Crowe - David Gower is
an English cricketer]
Shower
Sick
Eiffel Tower
Moby Dick
Sick
Spotted Dick
Sick
Tom and Dick
Sick
Uncle Dick
Sight
Website
Silly
Daffy Down Dilly
Silly
Piccadilly
Simple
Dolly Dimple
Sister
Skin and Blister
Six
Tim Mix
Skin
Vera Lynn
(cigarette
paper)
Skint (broke) Borassic Lint
Skint (broke) Larry Flint
Skint (broke) Polo Mint

Slag
Oily Rag
(prostitute)
Slag
Toe Rag / Tow Rag
Im going for an Eiffel Tower.

I'm feeling a bit Moby today. [Thanks to
Elaine MacGregor]
We dont have a goalie Johns spotted
[Spotted Dick is a dessert make with
raisins thanks to Andrew Black]
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 its also
used as Bob and Dick]
I can't come out tonight - I'm feeling a bit
Uncle Dick [Thanks to Chris Keeley]
Get out of me website [Thanks to Antony
Kennedy who says this was taken from
the Human Traffic film]
'e's a bit daffy. [Daffy Down Dilly is a line
of dolls from Madam Alexander. Thanks
to Peter Bendall]
I've always said he was piccadilly [Thanks
to Martin McKerrell]
Shes a bit Dolly Dimple [Thanks to Simon
Mahon]
She may be his blister but she's nothing
like him.
He rolled a Tom Mix [Thanks to Jude
Saffron who says this expression is
common in casino's when referring to dice
games]
Got any vera's? [Thanks to Paul Cheese]
He's right boric. [Thanks to Peter

Langdale who's a chemist in the UK for
correcting this one]
I'm completely larry mate [Larry Flint is an
American publisher of adult
magazines. Thanks to Rob Haynes]
I'm polo'd [Thanks to Kieran Cooney]
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. Thanks to Matthew
Wilson]
Shes a right toe rag [Thanks to Chris
(prostitute)
Slap
Watford Gap
Slash (piss)
Pat Cash
Slash (piss)
Pie and Mash
Sleep
Bo-Peep
Sleep
Sooty and Sweep
Smell
Aunt Nell
Smoke
(cigarette)
Sneeze
Laugh and Joke
Snide
Snout
(cigarette)
Jeckyll and Hyde

Salmon and Trout
Bread and Cheese
Roberts. 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.
Im gonna give you a Watford round yer
chevy [Thanks to Glenn Buss]
I'm absolutely dying for a Pat Cash
[Thanks to Bryan Rowe]
Im poppin out for a pie and mash
[Thanks to Paul Ingram]
What I need is a good bo-peep. [Thanks
to Bernie Albert]
You need a bit of sooty [Thanks to John
Gowland]
He don't half Aunt Nell [Thanks to Jo
Miller]
Im going for a laugh [Thanks to Winston
Gutkowski]
I hate allergies - one good bread after
another.
es a bit Jeckyll [Thanks to Simon Mahon]
'Ere mate, give us a salmon, I'm right out.
[Thanks to Peter Cotterell] [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
Snouts
(Cigarettes)
Ins and Outs
Soap
Soap
Cape of Good Hope

Faith and Hope
Socks
Almond Rocks
Socks
Bombay Docks
Socks
Son
Song
Joe Rocks
Currant Bun
Ding Dong
Soup
Spanner
(wrench)
Sparrow
Loop de Loop
Elsie Tanner
Speak
Bubble and Squeak
Specs
(spectacles)
Specs
[Spectacles)
Splinter
Gregory Peck
Spoon
Spoon
Daniel Boone
David Boon
Spot (acne)
Randolph Scott
Spouse
Boiler House
Sprouts
Twist and Shouts
Bow and Arrow
Mikkel Becks
Alan Minter
needed cigarettes by touching his nose.] See "ins and outs"

'ere mate, got any ins and outs? [Thanks
to James Hotston] (See Salmon and
Trout)
Go wash yourself - and use the cape.
Where's the faith and hope, I wanna wash
me 'ands [Thanks to Mike Smith]
Wouldn't it be nice if your almonds
matched?
Anyone seen me bombays? [Thanks to
Julie Lanham-Hathaway. Phil Diaper
suggests the expression is actually
Tilbury Docks]
Pull yer Joe's up [Thanks to Jim Hyde]
He's awfully proud of his currant.
Everyone gather round the piano for a
ding dong. [Usually the full slang
expression is used]
Nothing like a good loop on a cold day.
Can I borrow your elsie [Thanks to Alan
Little]
Little bow and arrow fell out of the nest.
[Usually the full slang expression is used]
I won't bubble [Thanks to Justyn Olby
who credits John Le Carre's book "Night
Manager"]
Wheres me gregs [Thanks to Marcia
Woodman]
Where did I put me Mikkel's? [Thanks to
Mark Crowe - Mikkel Beck is a footballer]
Picked up this wood and got a terrible
Alan in me finger [Thanks to Barry
Greenaway. Alan Minter is a British boxer
with a current record of 39-9 (23 by KO)]
Pass me a daniel [Thanks to Andy Powell]
Pass me that David Boon [Thanks to
Mark Crowe - David Boon is an Australian
cricketer]
I've got a great big randolph on my chin
[Thanks to Matt Stammers]
Me boiler's always yammerin' on. [Thanks
to John Butt]
I love bubble and squeak made with Twist
and Shouts [Thanks to Mike Leith]
Spunk
(semen)
Harry Monk
Spunk
(semen)
Pineapple Chunk
Stairs
Stairs
Apples and Pears

Daisy Dancers
Stairs
Dancing Bears
Starved
Pear Halved
Starvin'
Hank Marvin
Starvin'
Lee Marvin
State
(anguish)
Steak and
Kidney
Two and Eight
Stella (beer)
Nelson Mandelas
Stella (beer)
Paul Weller
Stella (beer)
Stella Artois
(beer)
Stench
Uri Geller
Ooh Aah
Stick
(walking)
Hackney Wick
Kate and Sydney
Dame Judy Dench
This glue's as sticky as a load of Harry

[Harry Monk was an old music hall
entertainer. Thanks to Jon Bard]
Is that laundry powder on your
jeans? Looks like pineapple chunks to
me [Thanks to Tom Dowling]
Get yourself up the apples and pears.
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. Thanks to Mike
Tombs]
Get yerself up the dancing bears [Thanks
to Mike Tombs]
"Lunch in a bit?" "Yeah, I'm a bit pear."
[Thanks to Richard English]
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. Thanks to Neil Churchard]
I'm Lee Marvin [Thanks to Peter Conway
who wrote all the way from Dubai - he
adds that 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.]
He's in a two and eight over it. [Usually
the full slang expression is used]
A lovely Kate and Sydney pie [Not really
rhyming slang - more a matter of getting
your mords wixed up]
A couple of nelsons please [Thanks to
Alan Little. Stella refers to Stella Artois]
Give us a Paul Weller [Thanks to Gary
Williams - Paul Weller is (or was) a
musician with The Jam. Stella refers to
Stella Artois]
Mines a Uri [Thanks to Martin Harrison]
Ill have an ooh aah [Thanks to Steve
Kensington]
A right Dame Judy in here [Thanks to
Dean Cavanagh]
I've forgot me hackney wick back at the
last pub [Thanks to Alan Rawling]
Stink
Story
Stout (beer)
Stranger
Stranger
Stray
Street
Strides
(trousers)
Strides
[trousers)
Stripper
Pen and Ink

Jackanory
That's a bit of a pen and ink.

Ye late! Whats the jackanory then?
[Thanks to Podster]
Salmon and Trout
Stop by and have a salmon.
Queens Park Ranger Whos that Queens Park Ranger standing
over there? [Thanks to Danny Robinson]
Texas Ranger
This pub is full of Texas Rangers these
days [Thanks to Danny Robinson]
Gamma Ray
That Mary's a bit of a gamma [Thanks to
Dan Collins and Keith Uden]
Field of Wheat
He out standing in the field, waiting for a
bus.
Donkey Rides
He's wearing black donkeys [Thanks to
Keith Cole]
Jekyll and Hydes
Just bought a new pair of Jekylls
Jack the Ripper
Strong
Ping Pong
Sub (pay
advance)
Subaru
Rub a Dub
Suit
Bag of Fruit
Suit
Bowl of Fruit
Suit
Tin Flute
Suit
Whistle and Flute
Sun
Current Bun
Supper
Sweetheart
Tommy Tucker
Treacle Tart
Table
Cain and Abel
Scooby-Doo
I love me jack the rippers [Thanks to John

Ioannou]
I need a ping pong drink [Thanks to Chris
Keeley]
Guvnor Give us a rub a dub till pay day.
[Thanks to Ray Davis]
Let's have a go in ya scooby-doo [Thanks
to J. Mulroy]
He turned up dressed in a bag [Thanks to
Bill Smith who quite rightly points out that
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]
Are you wearing your bowl of fruit tonight?
[Thanks to Brad Spencer]
Ill be wearing me tin flute [Thanks to
Duncan Whitesmith]
He bought himself a new whistle for the
wedding.
Old current bun's out today [Thanks to
Ray Davis.]
You can sing for your Tommy.
She's a right treacle [Thanks to Kate
Odgers - note that there is reportedly a
negative connotation for this expression,
meaning a woman of easy virtues, but it's
not very commonly used]
Sit yourself at the cain and I'll bring you
Tablet (pill)
Gary Ablett
Tail
Talk
Alderman's Nail
Rabbit and Pork
Talker
Murray Walker
Tan
Peter Pan
Tanner
(sixpence)
Sprarsy Anna
Tart
Kick Start
Taxi
Joe Baxi
Tea
Half Past Three
Tea
Tea
Rosy Lee
You and Me
Tears
Teeth
Britney Spears
Edward Heath
Teeth
Telly (TV)
Telly (TV)
Hampstead Heath
Custard and Jelly
Liza Minelli
Ten
Cock and Hen
Tenner (10) Paul McKenna
your Tommy (Tommy Tucker - supper).

He was off his nuts on the old Gary
Abletts wasn't he [Gary Ablett was a
footballer in the 80's - thanks to Majik
Khan]
He's always wagging his alderman's.
He's always rabbitting on about
something [Andrew Black says his sister
used to say he had too much bunny (or
more rabbit than Sainsburys!). You can
be sure that wasnt a compliment]
Shes a real murray just cant get her to
shut up! [Thanks to Tony Kibble]
Im off to the pool to top up me peter pan.
[Thanks to Lee Henderson]
Lend us a sprarsy - I wanna get some
toe-rags (cigarettes) [Thanks to Mike
Smith - he wonders if Sprarsy might have
something to do with the old Indian coin
called an "anna". If you have any more
info please let me know]
Is this a lads night or are we taking the
kicks [Thanks to Tony Merrington]
Mind if I share your Joe Baxi? [Thanks to
Mike Doles. William Coward says Joe
Baxi was a heavyweight boxer who
knocked out British champ George
Woodcock around 1950.]
Wheres me bleeding cuppa arf past?
[Thanks to Simon Buckridge]
I've just put the rosy on.
Fancy a cup of you and me? [Thanks to
Barry Greenaway]
She's off doing a Britney [Thanks to Jade]
He got smacked in the Edwards [Thanks
to John Curtis-Rouse. Edward Heath was
PM in the early 1970s]
His hampsteads (hamps) are a crime.
As usual, nothing on the custard tonight.
Whats on the Liza? [Thanks to Yorgos
Elissaios]
I didn't get much change back from a
cock [Thanks to Peter Cotterell]
Im don to me last Paul McKenna [Thanks
to Richard Hall. Paul McKenna is a
Tenner (10
pound note)
Ayrton Senna
Tenner (10
pound note)
Louise Wener
Thief
Tea Leaf
Think
Cocoa Drink
Thirst
Geoff Hurst
Throat
Billy Goat
Throat
John OGroat
Throat
Nanny Goat
Throat
Weasel & Stoat
Thunder
Crash & Blunder
Ticket
Ticket
Bat and Wicket

Wilson Picket
Tie
Peckham Rye
Till (Cash
register)
Time
Jack & Jill
Time
Harry Lime
Time
Lemon & Lime
Bird Lime
famous hypnotist]
'ere, lend us an ayrton me old china
[Ayrton Senna was a Formula One driver
- thanks to Tom Harvey]
'ere, lend us a louise. [Louise Wener is a
singer with the band Sleeper - thanks to
Richard English]
He's always been a bit of a tea leaf.
[Usually the fully slang expression is
used]
I should cocoa [Said in a somewhat
facetious manner, this phrase actually
means "I should think not" - thanks to
Kathryn Polley]
I've got a Geoff on tonight [Sir Geoff Hurst
was the only footballer to score three
goals in a World Cup final. Thanks to
Graham Todd]
I've got a sore billy goat [Thanks to Paul
Robinson]
e cleared his groat whilst wiping his
mincers with is germans [Thanks to Mike
Basquill]
Get that down your nanny [Thanks to
Chris Roberts]
'is weasel's playing him up [Thanks to
Roy Sharp. See also Coat]
What a storm! Did you hear the crash
and blunder [Thanks to David Reynolds]
I've got a bat for tonight's train.
I want to go to New York, but I cant afford
the wilsons [Thanks to Tony Merrington]
I'm putting on me best whistle and me
new peckham. [Thanks to Martin
McKerrell]
'E got nicked with 'is 'ands in the old jack
and jill [Thanks to Martyn Tracy]
What's the bird? [Also commonly used to
refer to doing time, as in prison. Thanks
to John Gowland]
What's the Harry Lime? [Thanks to Barry
Greenaway. Harry Lime is a character in
'The Third Man']
Oi mate - what's the lemon & lime
[Thanks to Anonymous]
Tit (breast)
Brad Pitt
Tits (breasts) Ballroom Blitz
Tits (breasts) Brace and Bits

Tits (breasts) Eartha Kitts
Tits (breasts) Fainting Fits
Tits (breasts) Thr'penny Bit
Titties
(breasts)
Bristol Cities
Titty (breast) Walter Mitty

Toast
Holy Ghost
Toe
Bromley by Bow
Toker
Al Roker
Tonic
Supersonic
Toss
Kate Moss
Towel
Baden Powell
Train
Michael Caine
Trainers
(running
shoes)
Claire Rayners
Nice pair of brads [Thanks to Justyn Olby]

Shes got marvellous ballrooms [Ballroom
Blitz is a song by a group named Sweet thanks to David Rolph]
Blimey - what a brace!
Nice Eartha's [Thanks to Louis and
Natalie Brink]
Wouldnt mind getting me germans on her
faintings [Thanks to Phil Woodford]
Look at the Thr'penny's on her. [Thank to
David Carruthers]
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!.
She's got a lovely set of walters [Thanks
to Dean Cavanagh]
How about another round of 'oly. [Thanks
to Jack Summers]
You might want to fight, but I'm going to
have it on me bromleys [ie. run
away. Thanks to David Aqius]
That guy is an Al [Thanks to Andrew
Backs]
How about a nice Vera and super (Gin &
Tonic) [Thanks to Vaughan Hully]
I couldn't give a Kate Moss. [Thanks to
Alex Marsh]
'ere, wrap a baden powell around
you. Nobody wants to see that! [Thanks
to Lord Russell Grineau]
I missed me Michael [Thanks to Mike
Hale]
I've got me new Claire Rayners on
[Thanks to John Tsang - Claire Rayner is
an author]
Trainers
Gloria Gaynors
(running
shoes)
Tramp (hobo) Paraffin Lamp
Tramp (hobo) Thirteen Amp
Trouble
Trousers
Barney Rubble
(Flintstones)
Lards
Trousers
Round the Houses
Turd (shit)
Douglas Hurd
Turd (shit)
Richard the Third
Umbrella
Auntie Ella
Voice
Hobson's Choice
Vomit
Wallace and Gromit
Wages
Greengages
Walk
Ball of Chalk
Wank
Armitage Shank
(masturbate)
Wank
Jodrell Bank
(masturbate)
That's a nice pair of Gloria's [Thanks to

John Ioannou]
I gave me last apple to that old paraffin
Look at that bunch of thirteen amps over
there. [Thanks to Steve Vincent - thirteen
amps is the standard electrical receptacle
in Britain]
Stay away from him. He's right Barney.
e was caught with is lards down [Lards is
from Callards & Bowsers, makers of fine
toffees. 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).]
'e's got hisself a new set of round the
houses [Thanks to Christopher
Webb. Also used is "Council Houses" as
in "'is councils haven't seen an pressing
this year" - thanks to Gary Chatfield]
I need to dump a Douglas [Thanks to
Mathew Dalton. Douglas Hurd is a
politician.]
He's a bit of a Richard. [Thanks to Ray
Davis. Elaine MacGregor reports that this
is also used as in "I'm just going for a
Richard". Andrew notes that sometimes
Edward the Third is also used.]
Wonderful - it's starting to rain and me
without my Auntie Ella.
What's the matter with 'is 'obsons [Thanks
to Roy Sharp]
One more pint and Ill Wallace, mate
[Thanks to Mark Holmans]
I've blown the greengages down at the
dogs [Thanks to Mike Smith]
After a heavy meal I like quick ball round
the square.
He's havin' an armitage [Thanks to Ben
Dear - Armitage Shank are makers of fine
porcelain bathroom fixtures]
Just off for a Jodrell [Jodrell Bank was the
site of a University of Manchester
Wank
(masturbate)
Wank
(masturbate)
Wank
(masturbate)
Wank
(masturbate)
Wank
(masturbate)
Wank
(masturbate)
Wank
(masturbate)
Barclays Bank
Wanker
Cab Ranker
Wanker
Kuwaiti Tanker
Wanker
Merchant Banker
Wanker
Ravi Shankar
Wanker
Sefton Branker
Wanker
Swiss Banker
Wanks
Gordon Banks
J. Arthur Rank
Lamb Shank
Midland Bank
Peddle and Crank
Sherman Tank
Tommy Tank
botanical station, about 20 miles south of

Manchester, back in the 1940's. Today,
Jodrell Bank is a leading radio astronomy
facility. Thanks to P Loynd]
He's having a barclays. [Thanks to Peter
Cotterell]
'e's off having a J. Arthur [Thanks to Mike
Dowding and Sparky James]
'e's having a lamb [Thanks to Alan Heard]
I'm going for a midland [Thanks to
Jonathan Harris]
I'm off for a peddle! [Thanks to Aziz
McMahon]
e's a right sherman [Thanks to David
Hughes]
She's probably at home doing a tommy.
[Thanks to Barbara Wilson from
Thomas the Tank Engine, a child's
program]
'e's a bit of a cab ranker [Thanks to Steve
Tuffin]
Hes a bit of a Kuwaiti tanker [Thanks to
Daryl Egerton]
He's a right merchant [Thanks to Justyn
Olby]
That referee is a right Ravi [Thanks to
Justin Ellis]
Hes a right Sefton Branker [Thanks to
Paul Lundy Sefton Branker was a
Major, and later Air Vice Marshall, who
was posted to India in the early 20th
century]
Hes a bit of a swiss banker [Thanks to
Morris Childers]
Theyre a bunch of gordons [Thanks to
Paul Island]
Watch (fob
watch)
Kettle and Hob
That's a lovely kettle [Thanks to Mark

Sparrow. 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?"
Water
Web Site
Ten Furlongs (Mile

and a quarter)
Wind and Kite
Weight
Pieces of Eight
Whisky
Gay and Frisky
White Wine
Plink Plonk
Whore
Four by Four
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.
I'll have a gold watch and ten [Thanks to
Del Sinnott]
Check out me wind and kite [Thanks to
Mark Holmans]
She'd better watch her pieces of eight
[Thanks to Dave Connolly]
I'll have a gay and I'm off. [Be careful
where you use this]
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. Thanks to Claire Reed]
Shes a bit of a four by four [Thanks to
Dave Collard]
Whore
Roger Moore
Whore
Thomas Moore
Wife
Duchess of Fife
Wife
Wig
Trouble and Strife

Irish Jig
Wig
Window
Syrup of Figs
Burnt Cinder
Windshield
Wiper
Windy
Billie Piper
Wine
Porcupine
Word
Wrong
Dicky Bird
Falun Gong
Wrong
Pete Tong
Yank
Septic Tank
Yank
Wooden Plank
Yawn
Johnny Vaughn
Years
Donkey's Ears
Yid
Front Wheel Skid
Mork and Mindy
I was trying to get my trousers back on,

and the dirty roger is running up the street
with my wallet [Thanks to Mark Adams]
She a right Thomas [Thanks to Pete
Masters]
Now my old dutch, where are we off to
tonight?
I'm taking my trouble dancing tonight.
I think that blokes wearing an Irish
[Thanks to Martin Elliot]
What a syrup. [Thanks to Mark Pearson]
Close the bloody burnt [This works if you
mispronounce window... winda - and
cinder... cinda as any good Englishman
would. Thanks to Sparky James]
Youd better put your billies on [Billie
Piper is a pop singer - Thanks to Deane]
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" - thanks to Sparky James]
Wheres the porc waiter [Thanks to Tony
Merrington]
He left without so much as a dicky.
It seems to have all gone a bit falun gong
[From semi-obscure evil Chinese cult with
tendency to inaccuracy, therefore
appropriate. Thanks to Keith Hale]
It's all gone a bit Pete [Pete Tong is an
English DJ - thanks to Dan Collins and
Keith Uden]
He's not very bright... septic, you know.
[Thanks to Peter Langdale for this
one. Tony Alderton reports that this can
also be shorted to Sepo]
Then this wooden bloke walked in
[Thanks to Ian Coppell]
Cant hold back a good Johnny [Johnny
Vaughn was the star of The Big Breakfast
thanks to Will Sowden]
Ain't seen you in donkeys mate. [Thanks
to Ossie Mair]
Old Mikey's a front wheel [Thanks to
Jan. Note that this expression is

considered offensive]
Dictionary of Cockney Rhyming Slang

Here is a handful of Cockney phrases with some contextual examples of their use. Most of these are the
more commonly used ones though in some cases only regionally in modern English. See also: Slang
Books.
The rhyming slang is shown in blue, and the meaning in red.
Adam and Eve
Believe
Would you Adam and Eve it?
Alligator
Later
See you later alligator.
Apples and Pears
Stairs
Get up those apples to bed!
Army and Navy
Gravy
Pass the army, will you?
Bacon and Eggs
Legs
She has such long bacons.
Barnet Fair
Hair
I'm going to have my barnet cut.
Bees and Honey
Money
Hand over the bees.
Biscuits and Cheese
Knees
Ooh! What knobbly biscuits!
Bull and Cow
Row
We don't have to have a bull about

it.
Butcher's Hook
Look
I had a butchers at it through the

window.
Cobbler's Awls
Balls
You're talking cobblers!
Crust of Bread
Head
Use your crust, lad.
Daffadown Dilly
Silly
She's a bit daffy.
Hampton Wick
Prick
You're getting on my wick!
Khyber Pass
Arse
Stick that up your Khyber.
Loaf of Bread
Head
Think about it; use your loaf.
Mince Pies
Eyes
What beautiful minces.
Oxford Scholar
Dollar
Could you lend me an Oxford?
Pen and Ink
Stink
Pooh! It pens a bit in here.
Rabbit and Pork
Talk
I don't know what she's rabbiting

about.
Raspberry Tart
Fart
I can smell a raspberry.
Scarpa Flow
Go
Scarpa! The police are coming!
Trouble and Strife
Wife
The trouble's been shopping

again.
Uncle Bert
Shirt
I'm ironing my Uncle.
Weasel and Stoat
Coat
Where's my weasel?

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Sample Canadian Slang

Automated Bank Machine (used instead of ATM)

A cup of coffee with two creams and two sugars

An interjection, similar to "you know?"

Doing something well or enthusiastically

Had the biscuit

A person from Prince Edward Island

Kraft Macaroni and Cheese

The Canadian one dollar coin

A dessert made of egg custard and graham crackers with

A nickname for Edmonton which refers to the oil refining

The Canadian version of the British postcode or the

Write (a test or exam)

The letter "Z"

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American Slang Meaning

very good, great, cool, exiting, tight, enjoyable

American Slang Meaning

the mother of someone's child

a large butt, booty, buttocks

a very large amount of money

1. someone who is very good at sports (usually basketball or

something that has been recorded illegally (usually movies,

a butt, rear end, buttocks

when the top of a buttocks is showing due to clothing being too

a small butt, booty, buttocks

a large butt, booty, buttocks

a large butt, booty, buttocks

girl, woman (considered rude)

$100 dollar bills

to be very determined to do something

girl, woman (could be considered rude)

to play music very loudly

counterfeit, fake, not real

a physical fight involving many people

girl, woman (could be considered rude)

girl, woman (could be considered rude)

to cost (someone) a lot of money (be very expensive for

to have very little or no money

to play music loudly

dollar bills (money)

to bust something to break something

to get in trouble for something

to stall or delay something in order to give someone more time

American Slang Meaning

buttocks, butt, booty, etc.

a way to say money

a hit or punch when someone is not expecting it

a way to say money

a way to say money

a way to say girl (actually is the Spanish word for girl)

girl, woman (could be considered rude)

to relax, to be relaxing, to be calm

to cop something to get something

a lady that pursues, and is attracted to, significantly younger

a police officer that acts illegally or unethically

1. Very fun, exciting, cool, awesome

American Slang Meaning

to have a lot of money

disk jockey (person who plays the music at a party or club)

the dirty south

the states in the south east corner of the United States

to say something offensive to someone