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Barney Rubble 

COCKNEY - trouble; part of the so-callen "rhyming slang" from London. Often the second, rhyming part is left off to confuse outsiders even more.
Ohh, we're in barney rubble now.

or (more commonly)

Now we're really in barney.
Barney Rubble by MikeyC January 20, 2004

Barney Rubble 

The cockney said, "Gee that Barney Rubble got into a barney rubble last night."
Barney Rubble by croz March 7, 2005

barney rubble 

rhymes with trouble - Cockney rhyming slang.
Stop muckin' about or theres gonna be barney.

He got into some barney last night.
barney rubble by Karan "Pin" Saroj December 9, 2004

Barney Rubble Trouble

A person who is intentionally starting trouble, but pretends not to be, is creating Barney Rubble Trouble.
At the football game, Tim belittled the opposing fans by shouting names at them. When the stadium security guard came around, he told Tim to have a good time in the stands, but to not start any trouble. Tim replied, "No trouble, no trouble, Barney Rubble." Tim was creating Barney Rubble trouble because he gave the security guard the impression that he didn't mean to start any trouble when he really did.

Barney Rubble 

A metaphor for crack, (cocaine) birthed on the inner-city streets of Tacoma, WA during the rise and fall of the grunge and hip-hop eras in the early 1990s. Made popular in early 2005 by Seattle-based emo-rap group the Sensitivity Boosters, by their hit single "Barney Rubble."
"Barney Rubble: A metaphor for crack / Put it in your pipe, grrl, don't ever get wack."
Barney Rubble by Dennis A. December 28, 2005

Barney Rubble 

The nick name or alias for Blood Raw a member of Young Jeezy's record label C.T.E.
Man dat nigga Barney Rubble is the rawest shit out!!
Barney Rubble by Yung Dinero August 8, 2007
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