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Cockney rhyming slang

Art des Sprechens in Reimen im Cockneydialekt

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English

In cockney rhyming slang it could mean a plate or worried (from the expression in a state).

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This acceptance of swearing might have called time on Cockney rhyming slang, relegating this mischievous, wildly inventive argot to the past.

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Had they known the cockney rhyming slang they might have taken it out.

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The character speaks with a cockney accent and uses cockney rhyming slang.

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Cockney rhyming slang was created to ensure the police couldn't eavesdrop and/or understand the devious plans of London's criminal underworld.

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From the cockney rhyming slang cockle and hen.

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These names have evolved over time in a mixture of Cockney rhyming slang and backslang.

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The use of the word nutmeg to mean leg in Cockney rhyming slang has also been put forward as an explanation.

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In Cockney rhyming slang, the expected derivation would be "syrup of figs".

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And hearing a lie referred to as a porky (this comes from Cockney rhyming slang, in which porky pies stands in for lies).

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