The form of Cockney slang is made clear with the following example. The rhyming phrase "apples and pears" is used to mean "stairs". Following the pattern of omission, "and pears" is dropped, thus the spoken phrase "I'm going up the apples" means "I'm going up the stairs".
The “apples and pears” is cockney rhyming slang for “stairs.” When you're telling someone to get up the apples and pears, you're telling them to go up the stairs. This slang comes from cockney, a subculture in England that resides around London's east end.
Apple Pie is Cockney slang for Sky.
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Sometimes "Gertie Gitana" (a music hall entertainer) was substituted for the refrain, leading to "Gertie" becoming Cockney rhyming slang for banana the usage of which continues to the modern day.
'Man' in cockney rhyming slang, heard almost exclusively in the phrase 'my old pot and pan', meaning one's husband ...
Pissed / Pished
If you spend any time in the UK, you will hear it all the time.
Trouble and Strife is cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Soz is Cockney slang for Sorry.
In British slang, a "jam sandwich" or "jam butty" is a police car with a red stripe applied to the side.
292. 292. Many of us know that "brown bread" is Cockney rhyming slang for dead, "china plate" for mate, and "bubble bath" for laugh.
Doris (plural Dorises) (Britain, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
The title is a reference to the sexual act of ejaculating on the face ('Harry Monk', often shortened just to 'Harry', is Cockney rhyming slang for "spunk" (a British slang term for semen) and 'boat race', or just 'boat', is rhyming slang for 'face').
Adam and Eve: English rhyming slang for "believe".
The term "raspberry" derives from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart" for "fart" (that is, "blowing a fart").
2/5: 'Jack and Jill' is Cockney rhyming slang for a till - a shopkeeper's till.
Plum = idiot “You're a plum!”, “Don't be a plum!”
Sense of “desirable woman” attested 1936, possibly as cockney rhyming slang for strumpet; alternatively, compare tart (“loose woman, prostitute”) (itself possibly cockney rhyming slang for heart or sweetheart).
'Socks' in cockney rhyming slang; usually rendered as 'almonds'.
dry lunch (plural dry lunches) A lunch that is not accompanied by alcohol. ( England, slang) A contemptible or uncool person quotations.
. 'Hiya' or 'Hey up' – these informal greetings both mean 'hello' and are especially popular in the north of England. 'What about ye?'
“Satin and Silk” = Milk. Check out more general British slang words here, and useful Scottish slang words here.
Early ideas included Kindred (somebody else had it) and Brave (thanks for nothing, Pixar), before settling on the cockney rhyming slang for sister, Skin and Blister. Skin and Blister is born.
Hit and Miss is Cockney slang for Kiss.