Cockney Rhyming Slang 2D en 2E

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Cockney Rhyming Slang

What do you think that "Rhyming Slang" means?

Cockney

'Cockney' or 'cock's egg' was a 14th century insult used by rural people to describe native Londoners. In time, the term came to refer to any working class Londoner born within hearing distance of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside.

Rhyming Slang

Rhyming Slang originated in the 1840s, a time when the East Enders of London were trying to make a living through various means and needed a way to communicate so that passers-by, particularly anyone from the police, would not be able to understand what they were saying.

Rhyming Slang - example

The result was an often humorous word play rhyming slang which typically used two nouns with the latter rhyming with the word which was replaced, for example “apple and pears” meaning stairs. To make it more confusing most people leave out the last part of the frase. So you'd say: "why don't you take the apple and?".

04:27

What do you think "Aristotle" means?

05:06

What do you think "Bo Beep" means?

1. creep
2. cheap
3. steep
4. sleep

05:42

What do you think "Cock and Hen" means?

1. when
2. ten
3. pen
4. friend

06:11

What do you think "Dustbin Lids" means?

06:34

What do you think "Elephant's Trunk" means?

1. drunk
2. hunk (handsome man)
3. punk
4. monk

07:23

What do you think "Frog and Toad" means?

1. showed
2. explode
3. road
4. code

08:02

What do you think "Giraffe" means?

08:41

What do you think "Hamstead Heath" means?

1. teeth
2. beneath
3. delete
4. compete

10:27

What do you think "Jockey's Whips" means?

1. lips
2. chips
3. ships
4. hips

12:02

What do you think "King Lears" means?

12:54

What do you think "Lollipop" means?

1. shop
2. top
3. drop
4. stop

Other examples of Rhyming Slang:

Dog and bone = ?                hint: sshtt... I'm on the dog and.

Bees and Honey = ?                     hint: it doesn't make you happy.

Brown Bread = ?                            hint: when you're this... people cry.

Adam and Eve = ?                    hint: used as: "can you Adam and eve this?!"

Other examples of Rhyming Slang:

He said he was telling the truth, but I knew he was telling porkies. (Porky pie)

You’ll have to work it out for yourself: use your loaf! (Loaf of bread)

That looks interesting! Let’s have a butchers! (Butcher’s hook)

Open your mincers! She’s right in front of you. (Mince pies)

Now it's your turn!

Think of at least two of your own Rhyming Slangs (tip: use the site rhymezone) and have your classmates guess what they mean!