Of+Cockneys
101rabbit — vb, n (to) talk, gossip, (have a) conversation. The term is cockney rhyming slang, from rabbit and pork : talk. The word gained widespread currency through TV come dies of the 1970s and the soundtrack to a 1980s advertisement for Courage Best… …
102Richard the Third — n British 1a. a bird (in the literal sense or as slang for a woman) 1b. a turd The phrase has two senses in cockney rhyming slang; the first is now dated whereas the second achieved limited cur rency among non cockneys in the 1970s and 1980s. 2.… …
103rosie — n British tea. A genuine example of cockney rhyming slang which has been adopted for light hearted use by non cockneys. The term seems to have originated at the turn of the 20th century, from a common proper name, and was rein forced by the later …
104Rosie Lee — n British tea. A genuine example of cockney rhyming slang which has been adopted for light hearted use by non cockneys. The term seems to have originated at the turn of the 20th century, from a common proper name, and was rein forced by the later …
105scarper — vb to leave hurriedly, run away. The word was adopted by cockneys at the turn of the 20th century, from parlyaree, the Ital ianate pidgin used by peddlars, show men, actors, etc. Scappare (to escape) is the original Italian term. Since World War… …
106splosh — n British 1a. a woman or women in general 1b. an act of sexual intercourse Both these related uses are vulgarisms popular in London working class parlance since the late 1970s, often in the form a bit of splosh . 2. money. This sense of the word… …
107toff — n British a socially superior and/or wealthy per son. The word dates from the middle of the 19th century and probably derives from tuft (used of a titled undergradu ate at Oxford or Cambridge who wore a decoration on his cap) rather than the… …
108wick — I. n 1. British the penis. This sense of the word combines the candle wick as a phallic image and the London rhyming slang phrase Hampton Wick (for prick). Hampton Wick is a small community in the Southwest London suburbs, familiar to cockneys of …
109cockney — [[t]kɒ̱kni[/t]] cockneys 1) N COUNT: oft N n A cockney is a person who was born in the East End of London. ...a Cockney cab driver... Pomeroy was a cockney barrow boy at heart. 2) N UNCOUNT Cockney is the dialect and accent of the East End of… …
110cockney — cock·ney || kÉ’knɪ n. dialect spoken in the East End (district of London) n. native of the East End (district of London) adj. of or pertaining to cockneys or the cockney dialect; vulgar, slangy …
