And sure, Crocker has a point. We’ve got to draw the line somewhere when these corporate Noahs (“sharks”, from “Noah’s Ark”) claim our names. Over the years there have been many secret languages in ...

I too have wondered about this for a long time. The only connection that I could make was 'Thomas Moore' rhyming with 'whore.' It may be a bit of a leap from 'Thomas' to 'Tom', but then there are ...

Linguists are to focus on rhyming slang in new research for the Australian National Dictionary. They want to add to an existing and impressive lexicon of Aussie slang. Barry Crocker is an Australian ...

Home > Play > Top Ten > Ten examples of disability Cockney rhyming slang by Ouch Team Does it get any more inventive than 'Raspberry Ripple'? We reckon so; check our handy top ten list and find out.

A guy walks into a doctor’s office and says, “Doc, wiv dis Billy Ray Cyrus, I can’t stop Wallace and Gromiting and I ‘ave a ‘orrible on and off. Do you ‘ave any Thomas Edison what won’t hurt me ...

For the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw cash using written prompts in Cockney rhyming slang. It works by replacing a word with a short ...

How did we get the phrase “use your loaf”, meaning “use your head”? Well, it dates to the late-19th century, and is drawn from Cockney rhyming slang; in which head, is “loaf of bread”. Cockney vendors ...

Though most people will be familiar with Cockney rhyming slang, they perhaps won't know that Scotland also has its own version. Keeping up with Scots words, the accent and even regional dialects can ...

We love to celebrate Birmingham - it has a unique and multi-faceted history. What might surprise you to learns is even rhyming slang, taken on by Londoners, began here, according to historian Carl ...