Cockney Rhyming Slang

[K99]

I would like to know some Cockney rhyming slang?

[Quizmonster]

Click here for a Cockney dictionary. Once there, click on a letter under the heading 'Slang to English' or vice versa. Remember that the part that rhymes is usually dropped. For example, 'stairs' is 'apples (and pears)', but only the 'apples' part is spoken.

[pega]

plates of meat = feet

apples and pears =stairs

trouble and strife = wife

rosy lee = tea

mince pies= eyes

[SeaJayPea]

So long as you realise that no genuine Cockney has used rhyming slang for years. It's just a media thing these days.

[sddsddean]

Do you mind SeaJayPea! I still use bits and pieces all the time. I always want a  butchers at something and get upset if something I own gets half inched!

[Grunty]

Some of it is only used by the media.  An Eastender would get a kick up the Khyber for saying rosie lea or apples and pears.  He would be more likely to announce that he needs a pony (and trap) when he is on his way to the bathroom.

[missmooncat]

your cheeky David Blunt !!!

[missmooncat]

grunty he prob bustin for a eartha kitt, and got pain in gregory peck,cos he just trod in some barry white.An its throwing sti nking up me pestle n mortar

[Quizmonkey]

People use words that originate in rhyming slang all the time without knowing it: bread for money (bread and honey); use your loaf (loaf of bread = head); a right ding-dong (song); have a butcher's (butcher's hooks = look). Remember this when you next call someone a berk (Berkshire hunt)...

[hotchoc]

one of my favourites is 'its all gone pete tong' (wrong) although i'm sure that it isn't old an cockney rhyming slang phrase.