this is a copy and paste from a dvd extra of the movie"lock,stock,and two smoking barrels"
Forged in Victorian England by the working class laborers, appropriated by the underworld, Cockey Rhyming Slang is ideal for those who wish to talk amongst themselves: secret societies,brotherhoods,gangs, and the like. Suppose your a rob roy in a read-and-write over river ouse....
All right, Let's translate:
Rob Roy=boy
Read-and-write=fight
River ouse=booze
So suppose your a boy in a fight over booze. When telling the story to another lad who's up on his cockney rhyming slang, you can communicate that much quicker(and more in secret) by doing what the natives do: dropping the rhyme portion of the phrase.
Therefore:Adam and Eve it or not
Becomes:Adam it or not
Here are some random examples:
english words-------------------Cockney Rhyming Slang abbreviated(and full rhyme)
Believe--------------------------Adam(and Eve)
Church--------------------------Left(in the lurch)
Deaf-----------------------------Mutt(and Jeff)
Geezer--------------------------Lemon squeezer
Kiss------------------------------Heavenly(bliss)
Pint(of ale)----------------------Ship(in full sail)
Here are some of icons:
Chevy Chase-------------------Face
Mickey Mouse-------------------Scouse
Brad Pitt-------------------------Shit
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