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This is cockney rhyming slang -- with a 21st-century twist.
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The other point that the survey misses is that rhyming slang is not necessarily meant to be understood, at least not immediately or by everyone.
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Yet, still he's the most reviled monarch in our history, his name even finding its way into cockney rhyming slang to denote excrement.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The meaning of the weasel is unclear but the two most likely definitions are: a flat iron used for finishing clothing; or rhyming slang for a coat ("weasel and stoat").
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This contrasts with rhyming slang from which the rhyming portion has been clipped, which is part of the lexicon.
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A cockatoo seems ripe for ribald rhyming slang, while the kangaroo and joey could be from a children's number book.
www.smh.com.au
Language evolves and adapts to the times, and rhyming slang is no exception.
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From the cockney rhyming slang cockle and hen.
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This just goes to illustrate why "merchant banker" has become a piece of rhyming slang.
reneweconomy.com.au
It remains a matter of speculation whether rhyming slang was a linguistic accident, a game, or a cryptolect developed intentionally to confuse non-locals.
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