Thread: SLANG

Into the mist

"Tired and emotional." (Private Eye)

Plastered

Soused

Pickled

Brahms and liszt

Elephants trunk

Too many pigs ears/Britney spears

Minced

Lagged

Franked (Frank the tank)

All good, heard some but never lagged nor Minced where's that from Boney US?

Originally Posted by Shutree

"Tired and emotional." (Private Eye)

Ah yes oft used of George Brown and Boris Yeltsin/Johnson

Originally Posted by david44

All good, heard some but never lagged nor Minced where's that from Boney US?



Ah yes oft used of George Brown and Boris Yeltsin/Johnson

90's London

Lagged pronounced Lagg-ed

MONEY TIGHT?

Bereft

skint

not a pot to piss in

stoney

penniless

impecunious

Brassic Lint

Arse-holed

Spent

Penniless

Gash (but this is a negative term for anything really) do you have any money? no, im gash

Chemist.
Leg less.

Drunk :

Lagging (Cockney)
Mortal (South Wales)
Fvcked ( Hal)
Bollocksed (Hal)

I'm sure Snubbie can regale us with a few, but in the meantime....

"The handbag" was a goodie, introduced to us by Terry57.

Steaming

Female fundamental oriifice. (Clue: It begins with c and ends with a t).

PS. It’s not clit because that would be an appendage, not an orifice.

Cockney rhyming slang new and old was a cant f thieves street traders and bookies popularized by Norman Stanley Fletcher, Alf Garnett ,Arthur Daley and dell Boy the likeable rogues of London soaps and sitcoms.

Often opaque as the second part which reveal the rhyme is omitted

He's a bubble , Bubble and Squeak Greek

Going for a Ruby Ruby Murray Curry

Cobbler's (insult) Cobbler's awls -Balls

He's a Berk, Berkley Hvnt =kvnt

Many many some only heard in London some like Ruby and Jam jar car m0re widespread

One rarely heard today is In the shovel

Shovel and pick = nick /prison / jail

My dad wore a hat like most of generation

Titfa from Tit for Tat = Hat

to have a Butcher's butcher's hook =look

Sweeney Todd (the demon barber of Downing Street) FLYING SQUAD ELITE MET DICKS

Can you guess these, not google the few i picked up, but rarely used but understood as a child

rosie lee?

Strides?

Khyber?

Daisy roots?

And terry mccann's fave which i used to think re boxing but wrong

duck and dive?

Tea
trousers
Pass
boots
Skive

Sheets..

Sky diver
Score
Nifty
Monkey
Bag of sand

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Pass

Yes that cmplete's the phrase but the meaning is ass so you are A 'p' too far,

A kick up the khyber was an Albert Steptoe fave meaning kick up the backside. a jolt

Body parts??


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