Cockney rhyming slang is a dialect originating in East London that uses rhyming phrases to replace words. It was developed so locals could have conversations without outsiders understanding. To create a rhyme, a phrase rhyming with the intended word is used, typically just the first word of the phrase replaces the word. Examples include "bread and honey" meaning money, "daffadown dilly" meaning silly, and "raspberry tart" meaning fart. Exercises are provided to have participants create their own rhyming slang words and sentences.
5. Cockney Meaning Example Adam and Eve believe I don’t Adam and Eve it Apples and pears stairs Get yourself up the apples and pears Army and navy gravy Pass the army, Son Artful dodger lodger I’ve got an artful to help pay the rent Ayrton Senna Tenner ($10 bill) You owe me an Ayrton Brass bands hands I shook him by the brass Bread and honey money He’s got loads of bread Bubble bath laugh I had a right good bubble Butcher’s hook look Take a butcher’s at that!
6. Cockney Meaning Example China plate mate How are you, me old china? Dicky bird word He hasn’t said a dicky bird to me! Donkey’s ears years I haven’t seen you in donkeys Frog and toad road I was walking down the frog Lemon squeezy easy It was lemon, mate Rosie lee tea If you’re brewing a pot, I’ll have a rosie Tom Foolery jewellery I gave me wife some Tom Foolery this Christmas
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