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Cockney
Slang |
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Adam and
Eve - Rhyming Slang for
'believe'. |
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Alan
Whicker(s) - Rhyming Slang for
'knickers' |
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Ayrton
Senna - Rhyming Slang for
'tenner' |
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Battle
cruiser - Rhyming Slang for
'boozer' |
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Boat
race - Rhyming Slang for
'face'. |
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Bob Hope - Rhyming Slang for 'dope' |
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Bo Peep - Rhyming Slang for 'sleep' |
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Borasic lint - Rhyming Slang for 'skint' |
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Bread - Rhyming slang for 'money' |
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Brown
bread - Rhyming Slang for
'dead' |
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Butchers - Rhyming Slang , short for for 'butchers
hook' meaning 'look' |
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Chalfont St
Giles - Rhyming Slang meaning
'piles' |
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China - Rhyming Slang, short for 'China
plate','mate' |
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Claire
Rayner's - Rhyming Slang for
'trainers' |
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Cobblers - Rhyming Slang, short for 'cobblers awls',
'balls' |
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Dennis Law - Rhyming Slang for 'draw' |
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Dog and bone - Rhyming Slang for 'phone' |
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Emma Freud's - Rhyming Slang for haemorrhoids. |
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Family jewels - Rhyming Slang for 'balls' |
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Farmer Giles - Rhyming Slang for 'piles' |
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Fridge and
freezer - Rhyming Slang for
'geezer'. |
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Ginger beer - Rhyming Slang for queer |
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Gone for a
Burton - Rhyming Slang for 'to
leave'. |
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Gregory Peck - Rhyming Slang for 'neck' |
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Gypsy's kiss - Rhyming Slang for 'piss' |
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Half inch - Rhyming Slang for 'pinch' |
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Hampstead
Heath - Rhyming Slang for 'teeth' |
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Hampton - short for the Rhyming Slang 'Hampton Wick'
meaning 'prick' |
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Hank Marvin - Rhyming Slang for 'starving' |
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Holy
Ghost - Rhyming Slang for "toast" |
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Iron (hoof) - Rhyming Slang for 'poof' |
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Jack Jones - Rhyming Slang for 'own' |
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Jam jar - Rhyming Slang for 'car' |
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Jimmy Riddle - Rhyming Slang for 'piddle' |
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Kettle (and
hob) - Rhyming Slang for 'fob' |
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Khyber pass - Rhyming Slang for 'arse' |
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Lady Godiva - Rhyming Slang for 'fiver' |
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Lionel Blair's - Modern Rhyming Slang for 'flairs' |
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Loaf (of
bread) - Rhyming Slang for 'head' |
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Mickey (Bliss) - Rhyming Slang for 'piss' |
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Mince pies - Rhyming Slang for 'eyes' |
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Mutt 'n Jeff - Rhyming Slang for deaf. |
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Mystic Meg(s) - Rhyming Slang - for 'legs' |
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North and
south - Rhyming Slang for 'mouth' |
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Oily (rag) - Rhyming Slang for 'fag' |
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Pen and ink - Rhyming Slang for 'stink' |
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Pete Tong - Rhyming Slang for 'wrong' |
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Plates of meat -Rhyming Slang term for 'feet' |
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Porky pies - Rhyming Slang for 'lies' |
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Rabbit (rabbit
and pork) - Rhyming Slang for
'talk'. |
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Radio Rental - Rhyming Slang for 'mental' |
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Raspberry
ripple - Rhyming Slang for
'nipple' |
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Rosie Lee - Rhyming Slang for 'tea' |
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Ruby (Murray) - Rhyming Slang for 'curry' |
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Scarpa /
scarper - Rhyming Slang for
'to run off' |
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Sexton Blake - Rhyming Slang for 'fake'. |
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Steve
Mcqueen's - Rhyming Slang for "bake beans" |
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Sherbert dab - Rhyming Slang for 'cab' |
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Skin diver - Rhyming Slang for 'fiver' |
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Steffi (Graff) - Rhyming Slang for 'laugh' |
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Sweeny Todd - Rhyming Slang for 'The Flying Squad' |
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Syrup of figs - Rhyming Slang for for 'wig' |
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Tea leaf - Rhyming Slang for 'thief' |
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Thrupenny bits - Rhyming Slang for 'tits' |
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Trouble and
strife - Rhyming Slang for 'wife' |
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Weasel and
stoat - Rhyming Slang for 'coat' |
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Whistle and
flute - Rhyming Slang for 'suit' |
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More
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afters - short for the term 'after hours' |
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agro - short for violence |
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all
over the gaff/shop - general term to describe someone that is in a
mess. |
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allright
/ awright - a greeting
literally meaning 'is everything all fine ?' |
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anorak - geek |
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arras - the game darts |
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arse
about / arsing about - to
fool around |
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arse-about-face - something that is in a mess |
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backhander - a dodgy payment |
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ballistic - to go mad |
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banged
up - to be put in prison |
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bangers - another name for sausages |
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banjaxed - meaning drunk or stoned |
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barf - to vomit. |
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barmy - a mad person |
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barney - violent argument. |
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bean flicker - a lesbian. |
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beast
- a common term used to describe an ugly bird. |
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beer monster - a laddish heavy drinker |
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bell - a telephone call. |
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bender - a drinking spree, or a gay bloke |
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bent - stolen |
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bent as
a nine bob note - illegal |
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bimbo - a young woman considered sexually
attractive but of limited intelligence. |
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bird - girlfriend, or is a prison sentence. |
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bit
of awright - used by men to refer to an attractive young lady. |
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bladdered - very drunk |
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blag
- slang word for a robbery |
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blinder - amazing or wonderful |
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bloke - a man of unknown name |
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blower - slang for telephone |
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blow-off - fart |
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bluey - pornographic video |
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bottle - courage |
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botty
boy - offensive slang for
gay man |
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bovver - fighting |
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box - this has many meanings such as
television |
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bread - money |
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brew - for a cup of tea |
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brill - brilliant |
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bum
bandit - gay man |
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bumhole
engineer - a gay man |
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bun in
the oven - meaning pregnant |
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bunk-off - to be absent without permission |
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bunk-up - sexual intercourse |
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cabbage
- bit slow or foolish. |
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cabbaged - used for tired of drunk |
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cack - rubbish |
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cakehole - mouth |
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caned - drunk or stoned |
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carpet muncher - lesbian |
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char / cha - tea |
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Charlie - cocaine |
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chief - used to address a man |
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chip - to leave. |
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choked - very disappointed |
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chronic - terrible |
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chuffed - very happy |
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chutney
ferret - gay man. |
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ciggy
- slang for cigarette |
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claret - slang for blood |
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clobber - clothes |
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cock - a general term for a man |
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cock and bull
story - a rubbish story |
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cop-shop
- police station |
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copper - policeman |
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crack - something that is a laugh |
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crikey - astonishment |
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crust - money |
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cushy - easy |
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cushty - meaning everything is fine |
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dead cert - definite |
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diamond
geezer - a reliable person |
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dickhead - an idiot |
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diesel dyke - a butch lesbian |
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diggs
- lodgings |
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ding-dong - argument |
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do what? - what did you say ? |
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doddle - something that easy |
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dodgy - dubious person |
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dog
- an ugly girl. |
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dog's dinner - overdressed |
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done over - beaten up |
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Doris - a woman who is plain |
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dosh
- money |
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dosser
- tramp |
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double bubble -double time |
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drop one - to fart |
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duck and dive - to hide from trouble |
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dyke - lesbian |
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earner - a source of unhonest money |
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eppy - go mad |
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er indoors - the wife |
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extracting the urine - taking the piss |
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faced - to be drunk |
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filth
- the police. |
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firm - a gang |
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five finger
discount - shoplifting |
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float an air
biscuit - to fart |
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folding - paper money |
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for crying out
loud ! - frustration |
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fudge packer - a gay man |
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full monty - the whole lot |
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funny farm - mental hospital |
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funny money - counterfeit money |
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fur burger - gross slang term for vagina |
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gabbin - talking |
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gaff - house |
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gander - look |
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geezer - a man |
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got the nod - to receive approval |
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git - word for someone you don't like |
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(to) go down - sent to prison. |
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go/gone/went
down a treat - something that
would be enjoyed |
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goolies
- balls, testicles |
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gooner - an Arsenal fan. |
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goppin' - ugly or disgusting in some way. |
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Gordon Bennet - an exclamation |
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grass - an informer. |
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greaser - slang name for a 50's style bloke |
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grief - trouble, hassle |
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grub
- slang word for food. |
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guff - to pass wind |
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gutted - choked or cut up about something. |
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guv'nor or guv
- meaning 'boss' |
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hacked off - fed up, annoyed |
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"had it away on his toes" - to run away quickly |
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hammered - drunk |
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hanging - horrible or dirty |
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headcase - a mad person |
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Herbert - a foolish person |
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hole in the
wall - cashpoint machine |
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homo - short for homosexual |
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hooter
- nose. |
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hooters
- breasts. |
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how's your
father - a euphemism for sex. |
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hump - to have sex |
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iffy
- dubious, doubtful. |
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in stook - in trouble |
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inside - in prison |
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jaffa - a man who is sterile. |
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jar - pint of beer |
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jazz mag - pornographic magazine |
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(old) joanna - a cockney term for piano |
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jobby
- turd |
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jock
-redneck, Scottish man |
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John - used as a general term for a man |
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Johnny-bag - condom. |
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John
Thomas - an old affectionate term for the penis. |
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jublies
- breasts. |
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jugs - breasts. |
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juiced /
juiced up - very drunk |
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keep your hair
on - keep calm |
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khazi - lavatory |
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kick it off - start a fight. |
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kip - sleep |
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knackered - exhausted, |
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knackers
- testicles. |
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knocking
shop - brothel. |
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Lady Godiva - Rhyming Slang for fiver |
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leave it out - stop doing that |
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leggit - run away fast. |
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leg-over - to have sexual intercourse |
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legless
- very drunk. |
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let
rip - to fart. |
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limp
wristed - a term for a gay man. |
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lip - cheek, |
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loaded - someone with a lot of money. . |
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lolly - money. |
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loose it - to loose ones cool, to go crazy. |
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lost
the plot - gone crazy/mad. |
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luvverly
jubberly - that all is well. |
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malarkey - stuff, nonsense. |
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manor - territory, area, turf. |
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matey - a reference used for an unknown person. |
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mental - to be crazy or get very angry. |
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miffed - fed up |
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minging - drunk, disgusting |
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mint - excellent. |
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missus - bit of a lad's term for the wife |
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mitts - hands. |
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monkey - a term for £500 |
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(don't give) a
monkey's- you couldn't care less.
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moolar
- a slang term for money of uncertain origin. |
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motor / motah - a car. |
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mouthy - someone who shouts a lot ot talks too much.
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mug / muggins - a fool or victim. |
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muppet - a foolish or stupid person |
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mush - face |
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nadds, nadgers - testicles. |
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naff - cheap and nasty |
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nancy
boy - a gay man. |
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(the) nick - police station, or prison. |
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naff off - "go away" |
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night
out on the tiles - a late night out, usually drunk. |
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nipper
- a small child. |
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nonce - a sex offender |
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nosh - food, a meal |
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notes
- a term used to mean money in general. |
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nugget - a pound coin |
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nutter - someone crazy |
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offie - very common term for an off-licence |
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(do the)
off /frank - to leave, |
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off
your face - to be drunk |
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off
your trolley / rocker - a bit mad, crazy. |
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old fruit - an affectionate address. |
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on
the game - to be prostitute. |
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on the job - to be involved in sexual activity. |
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out
of your tree - crazy, drunk or stoned. |
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pan handle - an erection. |
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pants ! - an exclamation of frustration |
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parky - chilly |
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pear-shaped - it has gone wrong. |
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pictures of
the Queen - paper money. |
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pillow biter - a homosexual. |
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plonker - an idiot, fool |
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pony - slang term for £25. |
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powder your
nose - taking cocaine. |
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pro
- short for prostitute. |
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propellerhead - a geek, nerd. |
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pukka - means 'authentic' or 'first-rate'. |
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punter - the paying public, a customer. |
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queer
- very common term for a gay man. |
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queer street - to be in trouble |
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quickie - to quick act of sexual intercourse. |
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ramped - drunk |
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rat-arsed - drunk |
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readies - cash |
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result - a successful outcome |
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ring-piece - relatively common term for the anus. |
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ropey - dodgy, of poor quality, horrible |
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ruck - a fight. From the word 'ruckus'. |
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rug
- wig, toupee. |
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(do a) runner - leave an
area unexpectedly |
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safe - good |
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sausage jockey - a gay man |
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scrounge - to beg or sponge |
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seeing-to - sexual intercourse |
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shafted - to be treated badly |
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shafting - sexual intercourse |
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shag
- sexual intercourse. |
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shagged-out
- to feel tired. |
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shed-load - a huge amount |
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shell-like - the ear. |
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shell-out - to have to pay for |
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skint - to have no money |
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skirt - young attractive woman. |
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skunk - strong variety of marijuana |
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slaphead
- a bald per son. |
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slapper
- a common term for a loose woman. |
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solid - reliable, dependable |
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sort
- see salt |
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spanner
- a fool, weak individual. Popular 90's term. |
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spondulics - money. |
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spliff - common term for a cannabis cigarette |
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stuffing - to perform sexual intercourse |
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stunner
- A very good looking bird. |
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suss - savvy/know how |
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sussed /
sussed out - can mean found out |
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tadger,
tadge - the penis. |
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tanked
(up) - to get very drunk . |
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that
old chestnut - see chestnut |
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tits-up - all gone wrong |
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tooled-up - to arm oneself, |
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tooled
- a euphemism for drunk. |
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top ! - brilliant, excellent |
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trog
- common word for an ugly girl. |
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trouser
action - a euphemism for sexual activity. |
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up for it - to have a good time. |
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Uncle Tom
Cobley and all - everyone |
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wank
stain - general term of abuse. |
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wazz - to urinate |
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wedge - money |
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weed - cannabis leaf |
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well ard/hard - someone or something that is very tough |
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well
I go to the foot of my stairs ! - an archaic exclamation of surprise.
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wicked - excellent, cool. |
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wind up - to tease, to perform a prank. |
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wind-up
merchant - someone who specializes in teasing. |
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winner
- something that is a potential success. |
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wonga - money. |