Rhyming slang

octatonic

Post me some of the more unusual rhyming slang examples- or make some up.

I have some friends coming over from Oz in a couple of months and I want to be able to pepper my conversation with many obscure bits of rhyming slang and pretend as though everyone talks like that here.

stickyfiddle

Does this help?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgPH0tYXJrA

Col_Decker

Are you having a Giraffe?

VimFuego

secretary of state for health is a good un.

boogieman

An old workmate used to make up his own, but all I can remember is Harold Wilsons = Stilsons. A Stilson Wrench is a kind of heavy duty pipe spanner, might be a bit difficult to smuggle that into the conversation. Sorry :-/

Myranda

You should make an effort to use the truncated versions too..

Boat - as in Boat Race - as in face.

China - as in china plate - as in mate

There is of course a googling that could have helped... first link http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/

Phil_aka_Pip

having a Barclays

frankus

octatonic said:

Post me some of the more unusual rhyming slang examples- or make some up.

I have some friends coming over from Oz in a couple of months and I want to be able to pepper my conversation with many obscure bits of rhyming slang and pretend as though everyone talks like that here.

More important than rhyming slang is to teach the useless rhyming slang.

Go up the apple and stairs, across the frog and road, use the dog and phone, have a ruby curry, drive in your jam car, buy a carton of Acker Milk. Go on, it's a real Turkish Laugh.

Handsome_Chris

There are the classic electronics ones: 

Gypsy - Gypsy camp - Op Amp.

Al - à la mode - diode

Gear - Gear and sprocket - Socket

Tea - Tea and mug - Plug

dogload

My personal fave:

James, as in James Blunt - Singer/Songwriter

On a real level, I was once told  by a London cabbie

"It's bleedin' taters out there" on a particularly chilly evening. I didn't have the bottle to ask, but after years of puzzling, I can only surmise it is something like 'mince and taters - refrigerators'. Correct me if I'm wrong.

CabbageCat

Pizzas are called "Italian Fannies".

CabbageCat

dogload said:

My personal fave:

James, as in James Blunt - Singer/Songwriter

On a real level, I was once told  by a London cabbie

"It's bleedin' taters out there" on a particularly chilly evening. I didn't have the bottle to ask, but after years of puzzling, I can only surmise it is something like 'mince and taters - refrigerators'. Correct me if I'm wrong.

It's apparently "Taters in the mould".

fretmeister

Berk. As in Berkshire Hunt.

CabbageCat

fretmeister said:

Berk. As in Berkshire Hunt.

Is that pronounced "bark".

Bidley

Just preclude everything with "apples and pears", they won't know the difference.

Phil_aka_Pip

@Handsome_Chris are there any other electronics ones, as in

Sister, Twisted Sister, Transistor

frankus

It's bloody going for it out there.... Going For Gold cold.

Oct - simple tell them 3-2-1 is all about cockney rhyming slang and sit them down in front of challenge tv

dogload

@CabbageCat

Thanks for that! 

CabbageCat

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@Handsome_Chris are there any other electronics ones, as in

Sister, Twisted Sister, Transistor

If the truncated slang term rhymes with the thing it's slang for you are very definitely doing it wrong.

Phil_aka_Pip

OK, that should therefore be

Ugly, Ugly Sister, Transistor

Handsome_Chris

A Four - Four Square - Darlington Pair.

Bass - Ambassador - Capacitor

Paralytic - Electrolytic Ambassador

Monté - Monté Cassino - Arduino

Dirty - Dirty deed - Lead.

Dirty Liz - Dirty Deed, and Liz Hurley - curly lead

Kane - Kane and Able - Cable

abba - abattoir - Guitar

The font - Font of wisdom - Gibson

Father - Fatherhood - Firewood (Telecaster)

bba