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Cockney Rhyming Slang... These are words that are used because they rhyme with something, or mean the same as something that does. One of the weirdest kinds of slang I know of.
hovis = brown bread = dead
apples and pears = stairs
jack and jill = pill
jack, jack jones = alone
jackson pollocks = bollocks = balls
jacob'= jacob's cream crackers = knackers = balls
barney = barney rubble = trouble
all time loser = boozer = drinker, binge
kitchen = kitchen sink = chink = chinese person
bacon and eggs = legs
Barry White = shite = shit
Beam me up Scotty = totty = babe
buscuit and cheese = knees
plates of meat = feet
Some more regular slang...
knackers = balls
knackered = tired, exhausted
kak = rubbish, nonsense
ken = know
ickle = small
pants = underpants
knickers = women's underpants
knob = penis
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