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What rhyming slang have you actually used yourself, or heard being used

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partialderivative · 23/08/2014 13:40

My old man (or should I say pots and pan) used to drop quite a lot of rhyming slang into his conversation, though tbh I always thought it sounded a bit naff and a bit forced.

However there are quite a lot of phrases that are used quite regularly. Here's my list of stuff that I have genuinely used/heard

Loaf (of bread) - Head
Butcher's (hook) - Look
'alf inch - Pinch
Ruby Murray - Curry
Boat (race) - Face
Rock 'n' Roll - Dole
Scapa Flow - go (though I never realised this was rhyming slang until recently, I thought it was just Scarper!)

There are quite a few others that I like and wish were used:
West Ham (reserve) - Nerve

And another more cryptic one that is not rhyming slang, but close to it.

"he's got a bad case of E8" (Postal code of Hackney... think 'ackney)

Anyone else havetheir faves?

OP posts:
SomethingOnce · 13/09/2014 00:20

I use barnet and scooby.

(Scooby Doo - clue.)

CornishYarg · 28/09/2014 10:36

My dad used "whistle" sometimes: "Just saw Dan looking smart in his new whistle." Whistle (and flute) - suit.

Pootrouble · 18/10/2014 21:57

Radio rental - mental

Longdistance · 18/10/2014 22:07

I always call a curry a 'ruby'.

We live norf of London, so lots of Cockney rhyming slang crops up every day.

YogaCats · 16/01/2015 10:06

"Porkies" (porky pies = lies) was one I learned when I worked in London and was used a lot in the office "someone's been tellin' porkies"

Also, "let's have a butcher's". (butcher's hook = look)

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