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  2. Rhyming slang - Wikipedia

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    The rhyming words are not omitted, to make the slang easier to understand. Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang.

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    American English meanings rabbit (v.) (slang) to talk at length, usually about trivial things; usually to 'rabbit on' (Cockney rhyming slang Rabbit and pork = talk) (n.) the animal rabbit, a lagomorph (rabbit ears) (slang) TV antenna (usage becoming obsolete) rad

  4. Cockney - Wikipedia

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    Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle-class roots. The term Cockney is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End, [1] [2] [3] or, traditionally, born within earshot of Bow Bells.

  5. British slang - Wikipedia

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    London slang has many varieties, the best known of which is rhyming slang. [2] English-speaking nations of the former British Empire may also use this slang, but also incorporate their own slang words to reflect their different cultures. Not only is the slang used by British expats, but some of these terms are incorporated into other countries ...

  6. A load of old cobblers - Wikipedia

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    is British slang for "what nonsense" that is derived from the Cockney rhyming slang for "balls" (testicles), which rhymes with "cobbler's awls". The phrase began to be widely used from the 1960s and is still in use but has become less offensive over time as its origins have been forgotten.

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  8. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (vulgar, rhyming slang) breasts; from football team Bristol City = titty brolly (informal) umbrella brown bread (rhyming slang) dead; "You're brown bread, mate!" browned off Fed up, annoyed or out of patience. bruv clipping of brother, used as a form of address for a man [45] (US: bro, bruh) bubble and squeak

  9. Taking the piss - Wikipedia

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    Taking the piss is a colloquial term meaning to either mock at the expense of others, or to be joking, without the element of offence; or to be 'unfair' and take more than is warranted [1]. It is a shortening of the idiom taking the piss out of, which is an expression meaning to mock , tease, joke, ridicule, or scoff. [ 2 ]