Rhyming slang - do you routinely use any in everyday speech ?

[WildRosie]

I do but only two expressions, namely 'butcher's' (butcher's hook) = look and 'two and eight' = state. I don't think I use anything else. It's not a West Yorkshire thing AFAIK but seems to have minutely invaded my vocabulary.

I use a lot of the ones mentioned here, but I also always call a curry a ruby. My DH (Irish) gets so confused.

Are you having a giraffe?

I say
He's having a 'hairy canary' for tantrum
And my family say 'molly' for molly dancer- cancer, I don't particularly like this one by my Nan and grandad hated the word cancer so always referred to their disease as 'the molly'.

I had no idea scarpered was rhyming slang!! ‘Posh’ RP here and I certainly use porkies, scarpered, half inch and probably some others.

I do like good Berk 😁

Berkeley Hunt - Cunt

Yep often used at work

Not really, grew up in the east end of London but no one in family and school never used cockney rhyming slang.

Is that what berk is from ? I’d no idea 😂

no idea that scarpered and brassic were derived from rhyming slang either.

i say cream crackered and that’s about it.

i love the new ones ! We are all from East london
my favourite is bag for life - wife!!!
My Dh did a job for an old bloke who said "Can I pay you with a nice bit of Tom ?"!
( Tom Foolery - jewellery.)

It’s Berkshire Hunt, not Berkeley.

I'd forgotten about 'half inch'. It's another I use frequently. 'Dustbin lid' or just 'bin lid' are, possibly questionable, rhyming slang for 'Yid', as in Jew. I don't know if these are Cockney or Jewish in origin. Likewise, 'four by two'.

Curious how Berkshire ( pronounced Bark) relates to Berk (pronounced Burk) ?

Ive lived in London for over 40 years and have family here. I know a fair bit but don’t use it daily.

Plates
Butchers
Hank

Hank Marvin but that's about it

But now I read this thread I realise what we say is peppered with this stuff without even realising!

Tom tit

Syrup
Cream crackered
Merchant banker
Porky pies
Scarpered

Nope, I'm in Scotland and we don't really use those here. I do speak a mix of Scot's and English automatically though.

I'm in Scotland and I would regularly use Hank Marvin, Half inch, Pete Tong, brassic, having a giraffe and a couple of others.
Also the Scottish one: "what's the Hampden'" 🤣

Me and DH too. I use a lot of rhyming slang. We live in hampstead (not teeth) and both went to private schools. But we consider ourselves to be hardcore Londoners!

Same here, @Davros . North London born, bred and schooled.

What's the Bobby (Moore) = what's the score ie what's going on?
Saucepan / dustbin lids = kids
Four by two = Jew
Daisies, from Daisy Roots = boots
Sherbert (dab) = cab / taxi
North (& South) = mouth
Irish (jig) = wig
You're having a Steffi / Turkish = having a laugh

We headed out to the pub the other day and as I got into the car, DH asked me if I had forgotten my tit for…..

Tit for tat….. Hat

My favourite is turtles

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