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  2. Rhyming slang - Wikipedia

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    [15]: 29 An example of rhyming slang based only on sound is the Cockney "tea leaf" (thief). [ 15 ] : 29 An example of phono-semantic rhyming slang is the Cockney "sorrowful tale" ((three months in) jail), [ 15 ] : 30 in which case the person coining the slang term sees a semantic link, sometimes jocular, between the Cockney expression and its ...

  3. Cockney - Wikipedia

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    Cockney speakers have distinctive accents and dialects and occasionally use rhyming slang. The Survey of English Dialects took a recording from a long-time resident of Hackney in the 1950s, and the BBC made another recording in 1999 which showed how the accent had changed. [36] [37] One of the characteristic pronunciations of Cockney is th ...

  4. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Slang Cockney rhyming slang for 'dead'. Bought the farm [2] Died Slang Also, shortened to 'bought it' Bucket list List of things to do before dying Popular culture derivation Derived from the older phrase "kick the bucket"; popularized by the 2007 film The Bucket List: Cargo 200: Corpses of soldiers Military slang

  5. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    (v.) (slang) to talk at length, usually about trivial things; usually to 'rabbit on' (Cockney rhyming slang Rabbit and pork = talk) (n.) the animal rabbit, a lagomorph (rabbit ears) (slang) TV antenna (usage becoming obsolete) rad acronym from Radiation Absorbed Dose, an obsolete unit for absorbed ionizing radiation dose abbreviation of radian

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  8. Chalfont St Giles - Wikipedia

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    The cockney rhyming slang term "chalfonts", meaning haemorrhoids (piles), is derived from the name of the village. [3] The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne. The village sign was designed and painted by Doreen Wilcockson ARCA in 2001. [citation needed] Chalfont St Giles is famous for the poet Milton’s only surviving ...

  9. Talk:Rhyming slang - Wikipedia

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    The other examples, as described in the definition, omit the rhyme which is only implied; in this case, if the slang were "Hank", it would fit, but as printed it seems not to match the pattern. Al Begamut 21:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC) Agreed, an example would be, After the battle the other night I was bloody hank.