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Post by ARENA on Sept 25, 2020 8:53:18 GMT
People use expressions that were originally rude. Through usage they have become innocent.
The most obvious is 'blowing a raspberry'. This came from the rhyming slang raspberry tart = fart
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Post by aubrey on Sept 25, 2020 11:14:10 GMT
Berk.
(Not you, Arena.)
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Post by ARENA on Sept 25, 2020 13:33:55 GMT
This refers to:"fool," 1936, abbreviation of Berkshire Hunt , rhyming slang for c*** but typically applied only to contemptible persons, not to the body part. |
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Post by ARENA on Sept 25, 2020 13:35:12 GMT
Bottle is also rhyming slang: Bottle and glass = arse
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Post by aubrey on Sept 25, 2020 15:07:34 GMT
Elephant: Elephant and Castle, arsehole (though you'd need to have a London accent for that to work).
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Post by norty on Nov 9, 2021 16:31:38 GMT
Lol, putting on my best London accent wiv carsol 🤔
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Post by maywalk on Apr 27, 2022 20:08:49 GMT
Whistle and Flute ............Cockney rhyme for Suit.
Apple and pears ............. " " for Stairs.
Plates of meat ..................." " for Feet
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Post by ARENA on Apr 28, 2022 9:36:41 GMT
pork pies....lies
ruby murray....curry
threepenny bits.....tits
richard 111.....bird
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Post by goodlookingone on Apr 28, 2022 11:39:44 GMT
Keep your Barnet Fair on... There can't be many Cockneys left (Not many born within the Sound of Bow Bells before the Blitz destroyed the Bells - although there is some doubt about The Bells being the ones at Bow, or the ones that Might have once been heard as far away by Whittington's Hampstead - in a quieter London - from the Other Bow Church by Guilldhall).
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Post by themanwhoknewnothing on Apr 29, 2022 7:51:23 GMT
bottle and glass
brass nail
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Post by ARENA on May 24, 2022 7:06:12 GMT
a 'snitch' = someone in Medieval times who accused one of adultery . The punishment for adultery was very often the amputation of the nose. I guess they chose the nose as it was more publicly obvious than amputating the real offender  |
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