by messypro1 May 18, 2009
Get the Rhyming gaijin mug.Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. Many of its expressions have passed into common language, and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to Cockneys.
Rhyming slang developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang, though it remains a matter of speculation whether this was a linguistic accident, or whether it was developed intentionally to assist criminals or to maintain a particular community.
Rhyming slang works by replacing the word to be obscured with the first word of a phrase that rhymes with that word. For instance, "face" would be replaced by "boat", because face rhymes with "boat race". Similarly "feet" becomes "plates" ("plates of meat"), and "money" is "bread" (a very common usage, from "bread and honey"). Sometimes the full phrase is used, for example "Currant Bun" to mean "The Sun" (often referring to the British Tabloid Newspaper of that name). There is no hard and fast rule for this, and you just have to know whether a particular expression is always shortened, never shortened, or can be used either way.
Rhyming slang developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang, though it remains a matter of speculation whether this was a linguistic accident, or whether it was developed intentionally to assist criminals or to maintain a particular community.
Rhyming slang works by replacing the word to be obscured with the first word of a phrase that rhymes with that word. For instance, "face" would be replaced by "boat", because face rhymes with "boat race". Similarly "feet" becomes "plates" ("plates of meat"), and "money" is "bread" (a very common usage, from "bread and honey"). Sometimes the full phrase is used, for example "Currant Bun" to mean "The Sun" (often referring to the British Tabloid Newspaper of that name). There is no hard and fast rule for this, and you just have to know whether a particular expression is always shortened, never shortened, or can be used either way.
by Santi July 28, 2005
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1) The use of a rhyming word in the place of the original word to obscure the meaning.
2)The chaotic blur that is the soul of the Cockney dialect.
2)The chaotic blur that is the soul of the Cockney dialect.
"Take a butcher's" (butcher's hook = look)
Daisies (shoes) (daisy roots = boots).
"She's a pretty twist" (twist and twirl = girl)
"He's ginger" (ginger beer = queer / homosexual. Derogatory unless uttered by fellow travellers)
"I took the lift to the apples"(apples and pears = upstairs, though not even pensioners use that phrase anymore)
Daisies (shoes) (daisy roots = boots).
"She's a pretty twist" (twist and twirl = girl)
"He's ginger" (ginger beer = queer / homosexual. Derogatory unless uttered by fellow travellers)
"I took the lift to the apples"(apples and pears = upstairs, though not even pensioners use that phrase anymore)
by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003
Get the rhyming slang mug.A system of slang in which words are replaced by rhymes and the second part of the rhyme is dropped. It is most commonly used by cockneys.
Examples of rhyming slang:
Dustbin Lids=Kids
Trouble & Strife=Wife
Plates of Meat=Feet
Apples & Pears=Stairs
Pony & Trap=Crap
Berkeley Hunt=C**t
My trouble sent me to pick up the dustbins from school, and I stepped in a massive pile of pony and trap.
Dustbin Lids=Kids
Trouble & Strife=Wife
Plates of Meat=Feet
Apples & Pears=Stairs
Pony & Trap=Crap
Berkeley Hunt=C**t
My trouble sent me to pick up the dustbins from school, and I stepped in a massive pile of pony and trap.
by Bedlamite10 September 23, 2013
Get the rhyming slang mug.When a rapper, poet, Rapper-Poet, or human beatbox with turrets attempts to rhyme a word or phrase, wheather be it original or common to everyone, with the exact same word or phrase. This can either be a sign of a comedic mind, a sign of little to no tallent for rapping, or a sign of a skitzophrenic conniption.
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it makes the hoes angry
like a hangnail or something
I dunno what makes the hoes angry
it makes the hoes angry
like a hangnail or something
I dunno what makes the hoes angry
by splunger March 6, 2011
Get the Rhyming word with WORD mug.A term used to describe the feeling a rapper gets when they are writing a rap and a bunch of rhymes start flowing in their head. The complete opposite of writer's block.
Lil Wayne: Man this shit hard brah let's smoke some weed I got writer's block.
Eminem: No wait I just got hella rhymes start flowing in my mind I got a Rhyming Orgasm.
Eminem: No wait I just got hella rhymes start flowing in my mind I got a Rhyming Orgasm.
by TheRealA-Bomb November 2, 2012
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Stems from an area in London.
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Stems from an area in London.
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Anyway, I was going off to my Pope in Rome, when the old Trouble and Strife's only gone and left the Horse and Carriage and Cat and Mouse and left me a message next to the Dog and Bone on an Alexander the Great up the Apples and Pairs. She's gone of with another fella with a lot of Poppy Red. Made me so Hit List, you know? So I gos and gets meself a Pigs Ear. Not bothered really, just she dragged her huge Kingdom Come off with my Sue Rider!
by regs_ October 28, 2004
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