British slang words

[taylovesthebeatles]

Id love to hear why "dog and bone" means phone? That one def escapes me. Only british slang i know is from guy ritchie movies, i definately like "proper f**ked". And i dont know why, but i love the word "quid". "give ya 5 quid for that gov'nor" is a lot coller than "ill give you for dollars for that sir". Hands down the coolest thing about the brits is the language or colloquialisms.
- Cheers Mates!!

It is known as ****ney Rhyming Slang.

From Wikipedia:

Rhyming slang is a form of slang in which a word is replaced by a rhyming word, typically the second word of a two-word phrase (so stairs becomes "apples and pears"). The second word is then often dropped entirely ("I'm going up the apples"), meaning that the association of the original word to the rhyming phrase is not obvious to the uninitiated. For example: "Sherman" for an American (Sherman tank = Yank),[1] or "septic" for an American (septic tank = Yank).

Here are some examples, also from Wikipedia:

Complete rhyming phrase Meaning
Apples and pears Stairs
Barney Rubble Trouble
Bees and honey Money
Berkshire Hunt c*nt
Billy lids Kids
Boat race Face
Boracic lint Skint
Bowler hat Chat
Brass cart Tart (prostitute)
Bristol City Titty (breasts)
Bubble bath Laugh
Butcher's hook Look
Chevy Chase Face
China plate Mate (friend)
Cobbler's awls Balls
Dog and bone Telephone
Duke of York Fork
Dutch (for Duchess of Fife) Wife
Eartha Kitt ****
Farmer Giles Piles (hemorrhoids)
Frog and toad Road
God forbid(s) Kid(s)
Hampton Wick Prick (penis)
Hobb Ten bob
J. Arthur Rank Wank (to masturbate)
Jam jar Car
Khyber pass Arse
Merchant banker Wanker
Piccadilly Silly
Pig's ear Beer
Plates of meat Feet
Pony and trap Crap (both to defecate and of poor quality)
Pork pies or porkies Lies
Raspberry tart Fart
Gypsy Rose Lee Tea or gypsy
Ruby Murray Curry
Saucepan lid Kid
Skin and blister Sister
Tom Tit Sh*t (both to defecate and of poor quality)
Tomfoolery Jewellery
Trouble and strife Wife
Water bottle Throttle
Whistle and flute Suit

Rhyming slang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[KaciBlakely]

Very nice information Tay.

Thanks for showing it to us all.

Talking about other peoples cultures, even if it's just the way they speak, is very, very fun.

[eejit101]

I dont click links

[KaciBlakely]

That link that Tay posted did not even lead to anything bad.

Just in case you were worried about getting a virus or something.

[eejit101]

I do not worry about viruses.

I was quoting. Nvm.

[KaciBlakely]

Okay okay.

I didn't get that because it wasn't in a quote.

But it was the same thing for me on the Harry Potter thread, so nvm and we're even on that mistake.

Oops.

[eejit101]

What mistake?

And you realise you dont need to reply to every thread right?