Stand on me!

Believe me!

Stand on me! Would I tell you a lie?

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

GBH

grevious bodily harm

He was lucky he wasn't done for murder, but he had a sharp brief who even got him off the gbh charge.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

doh-ray-me

money, cash, currency

I was totally out of day-ray-me so had to stay home and watch telly

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Pork Pies (also porkies)

Lies (Cockney rhyming slang)

The judge said my defence was nothing but a load of porkies and sent me down for seven.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

wind-up

to tease, usually with some malice

He said he's meet her at 7 o'clock, but after she'd been standing in the rain for an hour she realised it was a wind-up

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Brahms and Liszt (Brahms)

cockney rhyming slang = pissed, intoxicated

two drinks and he was totally Brahms

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

bovver boots

high-laced boots favoured by skinheads and other undesirables

they put their bovver boots in and busted three of his ribs

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003