[Sussex] Rhyming Slang - Do You Use It?

[Paddington Gal]

It’s both

Bubble bath - laugh

Bubble and squeak - Greek

Having a Steffi = as in Steffi Graff

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Having an ‘Oily’ (rag) for a cigarette, although I think ‘Harry’ (Wragg) is the cockney endorsed slang.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Having a Steffi = as in Steffi Graff

And if you can’t have a Steffi, maybe a Sherman instead?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

NO, NO and thrice no! - this is NOT proper Cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang is based on two words that go together, the second word rhymes with the word intended but is never said.
So "laugh" is "tin" [or sometimes "bubble" - so "you're 'aving a tin" [bath] = laugh
"Giraffe" is only one word and sounds like laugh - but is a non-cockney attempt to speak the lingo

Anyone who uses "Giraffe" to mean laugh is an imposter and should be called out ...

 

[The Clamp]

I’ll have the Patrick


Patrick Swayze - Chicken Jalfrezi

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

NO, NO and thrice no! - this is NOT proper Cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang is based on two words that go together, the second word rhymes with the word intended but is never said.
So "laugh" is "tin" [or sometimes "bubble" - so "you're 'aving a tin" [bath] = laugh
"Giraffe" is only one word and sounds like laugh - but is a non-cockney attempt to speak the lingo

Anyone who uses "Giraffe" to mean laugh is an imposter and should be called out ...

The question was "rhyming slang do you use it?" Yes the OP mentioned Cockneys as the most well known purveyors of this medium but the question did not specify it had to be cockney rhyming slang only. Having a giraffe is commonly used rhyming slang so you have made a mistake here.

I will not dwell on the idiocy of attempting to impose laws on something as organic and informal as slang, except to point out that your two word rule for cockney rhyming slang is incorrect. The first example that comes to my head is "tomfoolery" for "jewellery".

 

[METALMICKY]

I’ll have the Patrick


Patrick Swayze - Chicken Jalfrezi

I prefer to order the 'Chicken Tarka'. When they look confused I explain that it's the same as a ' Chicken Tikka' but a little otter

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

The question was "rhyming slang do you use it?" Yes the OP mentioned Cockneys as the most well known purveyors of this medium but the question did not specify it had to be cockney rhyming slang only. Having a giraffe is commonly used rhyming slang so you have made a mistake here.

I will not dwell on the idiocy of attempting to impose laws on something as organic and informal as slang, except to point out that your two word rule for cockney rhyming slang is incorrect. The first example that comes to my head is "tomfoolery" for "jewellery".

I understood the question just fine, thank you.

I was [attempting to] point out that people who say "Giraffe" thinking they are using CRS are not using it properly.
In your one [and only] example of a one-word CRS for jewellery, you are correct BUT the whole word is not said in CRS.
Thus, the bird in Minder back in the 70's confused many when saying: "Ere, he's 'ad it away with my tom" referring to a break-in by a burglar who had stole her jewellery.

So, if Giraffe were to be recognised and used as CRS correctly, folk would say: "you're 'aving a gir" leaving off the affe bit that rhymes [with laugh].

No laws to CRS mate, just a right or wrong way to use it.
If you are claiming there is another type of rhyming slang in use other than the cockney flavour, please post some details as I'm interested in it's origins.

 

[Bracknell_Gull]

I often poke fun at my own 'Derby' which has become more rotund since lockdown.

A lady I used to work with used to state that her favourite was 'Harry on the Boat'. And yes she probably did mean what she was describing as much as the slang itself.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

No laws to CRS mate, just a right or wrong way to use it.

 

[Baldseagull]

The question was "rhyming slang do you use it?" Yes the OP mentioned Cockneys as the most well known purveyors of this medium but the question did not specify it had to be cockney rhyming slang only. Having a giraffe is commonly used rhyming slang so you have made a mistake here.

I will not dwell on the idiocy of attempting to impose laws on something as organic and informal as slang, except to point out that your two word rule for cockney rhyming slang is incorrect. The first example that comes to my head is "tomfoolery" for "jewellery".

Minerals.

 

[prawnsarnies]

If you Pen and Ink jump in the David Gower.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I understood the question just fine, thank you.

I was [attempting to] point out that people who say "Giraffe" thinking they are using CRS are not using it properly.
In your one [and only] example of a one-word CRS for jewellery, you are correct BUT the whole word is not said in CRS.
Thus, the bird in Minder back in the 70's confused many when saying: "Ere, he's 'ad it away with my tom" referring to a break-in by a burglar who had stole her jewellery.

So, if Giraffe were to be recognised and used as CRS correctly, folk would say: "you're 'aving a gir" leaving off the affe bit that rhymes [with laugh].

No laws to CRS mate, just a right or wrong way to use it.
If you are claiming there is another type of rhyming slang in use other than the cockney flavour, please post some details as I'm interested in it's origins.

I honestly thought you were mucking about. But you actually were giving me a lecture on rhyming slang.

Let me know if you ever plan to visit my local and I'll make sure I'm washing my hair that evening.

 

[GT49er]

I understood the question just fine, thank you.

I was [attempting to] point out that people who say "Giraffe" thinking they are using CRS are not using it properly.

People who use 'Giraffe' knowing full well it is not cockney rhyming slang, merely a piece of well known and well used common or garden generic rhyming slang are absolutely fine, and are not appropriate targets for censure.

 

[Motogull]

I honestly thought you were mucking about. But you actually were giving me a lecture on rhyming slang.

Let me know if you ever plan to visit my local and I'll make sure I'm washing my hair that evening.

You're asking for a punch on the Errol you merchant.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I honestly thought you were mucking about. But you actually were giving me a lecture on rhyming slang.

Let me know if you ever plan to visit my local and I'll make sure I'm washing my hair that evening.

I thought it was interesting.

Next week it'll be my turn to deliver my lecture on sarcasm.

 

[BN9 BHA]

You're asking for a punch on the Errol you merchant.

Errol?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Errol?

Flynn.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Flynn.

Doesn’t rhyme with nose

 

[Smillie's People]

Just going for an Eartha.

Or Brad...