Talk:Rhyming slang

Berk and loaf

I see nobody's included the famous "berk", or is that too near the knuckle? Neither is using one's "loaf" in the list, or is that too twee? Dieter Simon

Probably no-one thought of them- stick 'em in :-) quercus robur 23:40 Jan 7, 2003 (UTC)

You can add "snake's hiss, piss" if you want.

ok should that list of CRS be moved to wiktionary, or is it ok here? -fonzy

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Casting the net a bit wide?

We've cut down on the examples of commonly used CRS and are insetead getting general UK or CRS painted as local to other regions

• "arse, the Scots word for buttocks" Arse = UK word for, um, arse.
• In Republic Of Ireland "Brown bread =>dead" Certainly London/CRS if not near universal.

Rich Farmbrough, 10:23 12 September 2006 (GMT).

Brass

Always thought brass was 'brass door - whore' not what is cited in this page

"Raspberry" used in the US

Anybody willing to find a source that mentions "blow a raspberry"'s use in the United States? That statement comes from an American. BlueCaper (talk), 18 December 2012 (UTC) 02:08

Anybody willing to find a source that mentions the use of dog, bucket, broomstick, umbrella-stand and hootenanny in American usage? No?! Maybe because they speak English in America, like everyone else in the Anglophone world!

Nuttyskin (talk) 17:16, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Aris

This definition is complete nonsense: Aris might be short for Aristotle (i.e., bottle); but it has nothing to do with arse; which likewise has nothing to do with ass, which is a recent American respelling due to a pronunciation change. Nuttyskin (talk) 17:24, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Aris definitely means arse.

April in Paris = aris

Aristotle = bottle

Bottle & glass = arse

Glass rhymes with arse ('glarse') in the dialect 2A00:23C7:E094:DD01:1554:CB69:4ECF:3ED1 (talk) 18:33, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it's unusual as a slang word as it is formed by means of four successive rhymes. Most rhyming slang uses only one rhyme. I think "Aris" is far more common than "April." Additionally, many sources give "April showers" as rhyming slang for flowers. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

I guess as bottle entered standard language (usually as 'lost your bottle') a further rhyme was introduced, and the same again once aris became more widely known. I think april is still very rarely used (despite an appearance in an episode of Only Fools and Horses) 2A00:23C7:E094:DD01:1554:CB69:4ECF:3ED1 (talk) 18:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

There can't be many other rhyming slang words which employ the names of Classical Greek philosophers?! Martinevans123 (talk) 18:54, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

And the article still has a link to donkeys! Which bottle never did mean! (and probs. never will) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:F231:2501:E41C:D857:B016:7B0F (talk) 12:10, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, nonsense. Now corrected. Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:14, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Hank Marvin example?

One of the examples listed is "Marvin" to mean "starving" from "Hank Marvin" ... but isn't that not actually rhyming slang, rather a simple rhyme? 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 (talk) 21:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Agreed, an example would be,

After the battle the other night I was bloody hank.

(Battle cruiser =boozer) 2A01:B340:85:14AB:8E58:2BCE:8290:2419 (talk) 15:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Turkish Bath is not slang for laugh

Avin' a Bubble, a bubble bath is a Laugh

Avin' a Turkish. a Turkish Delight Is a shite

Just so ya kno me ol fruits ;) (Fruit Gum = chum) 2A01:B340:85:14AB:8E58:2BCE:8290:2419 (talk) 15:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm away for a gypsys

Gypsys kiss = piss 2A01:B340:85:14AB:8E58:2BCE:8290:2419 (talk) 15:04, 29 May 2024 (UTC)