It is therefore only a matter of time before modern 'silver' copper-based coins have to be made of less valuable metals, upon which provided they remain silver coloured I expect only the scrap metal dealers will notice the difference. Pinch Another word for stealing, or purchasing something at a heavily discounted rate. Vibe - atmosphere, feeling. It's the best sound in the world to somethe cash register completing a sale. is commonly used to represent that someone is trying to avoid spilling a secret or saying something inappropriate. son of Dermot. Naff - in bad taste, originally gay slang for heterosexual. An obscure point of nostalgic trivia about the tanner is apparently (thanks J Veitch) a rhyme, from around the mid-1900s, sung to the tune of Rule Britannia: "Rule Brittania, two tanners make a bob, three make eighteen pence and four two bob" My limited research suggests this rhyme was not from London. Scunnered - tired or exhausted (Glaswegian). foont/funt = a pound (1), from the mid-1900s, derived from the German word 'pfund' for the UK pound. Chuffed: Pleased, delighted. monkey meaning: 1. an animal that lives in hot countries, has a long tail, and climbs trees. Equivalent to 10p - a tenth of a pound. Filters. nicker = a pound (1). Pint - unit of beer drunk in pubs (0.568 liters). deaner/dena/denar/dener = a shilling (1/-), from the mid-1800s, derived from association with the many European dinar coins and similar, and derived in turn and associated with the Roman denarius coin which formed the basis of many European currencies and their names. Coppers was very popular slang pre-decimalisation (1971), and is still used in referring to modern pennies and two-penny coins, typically describing the copper (coloured) coins in one's pocket or change, or piggy bank. Copyright English TrackersDesigned by Niels Loomans. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. Brewer's 1870 Dictionary of Phrase and Fable states that 'bob' could be derived from 'Bawbee', which was 16-19th century slang for a half-penny, in turn derived from: French 'bas billon', meaning debased copper money (coins were commonly cut to make change). quid = one pound (1) or a number of pounds sterling. Dope - Awesome. Meaning: used to describe a person who is mischievous or silly. That's about 20p. nevis/neves = seven pounds (7), 20th century backslang, and earlier, 1800s (usually as 'nevis gens') seven shillings (7/-). Tom Mix was a famous cowboy film star from 1910-1940. * /There is [] A Dictionary of American Idioms monkey From the 1900s, simply from the word 'score' meaning twenty, derived apparently from the ancient practice of counting sheep in lots of twenty, and keeping tally by cutting ('scoring') notches into a stick. Cheeky Monkey. sobs = pounds. And this is only the tip of the iceberg! dibs/dibbs = money. Her Majesty's Pleasure - in jail; see porridge, inside. Tanner - 6d or sixpence. moola = money. Bung - as a verb meaning to throw as a noun, or a bribe. I am also informed (ack Sue Batch, Nov 2007) that spruce also referred to lemonade, which is perhaps another source of the bottle rhyming slang: " around Northants, particularly the Rushden area, Spruce is in fact lemonade it has died out nowadays - I was brought up in the 50s and 60s and it was an everyday word around my area back then. Bees knees - a highly admired person or thing. How many medals has Great Britain won at the Winter Olympics? Offie - off license (liquor store to Americans). The term has since the early 1900s been used by bookmakers and horse-racing, where carpet refers to odds of three-to-one, and in car dealing, where it refers to an amount of 300. The re-introduction of the groat thus enabled many customers to pay the exact fare, and so the cab drivers used the term Joey as a derisory reference for the fourpenny groats. How much money does a monkey cost? Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony. I am grateful to J Briggs for confirming (March 2008): "I live in Penistone, South Yorks (what we call the West Riding) and it was certainly called a 'Brass Maggie' in my area. What does she say can mean what she generally says or thinks about a particular situation and not just at a particular time in the past; whereas What did she say refers to a specific point of time in the past which youre referring to. British Accents: Tips on Understanding Brits! Cheers - very common alternative for "thank you" or drinking toast. So although the fourpenny groat and the silver threepenny coin arguably lay the major claim to the Joey title, usage also seems to have extended to later coins, notably the silver sixpence (tanner) and the brass-nickel threepenny bit. Strop - displeased, angry, as in "having a strop". dollar = slang for money, commonly used in singular form, eg., 'Got any dollar?..'. Fuzz - old, derogatory slang for the police. Bags (to make a bags of something) Bang on. Pletty (plettie) - Dundonian slang for an open-air communal landing in a block of tenement flats. With dictionary look up. The spondulicks slang can be traced back to the mid-1800s in England (source: Cassells), but is almost certainly much older. Banjaxed. I am grateful also (thanks Paul, Apr 2007) for a further suggestion that 'biscuit' means 1,000 in the casino trade, which apparently is due to the larger size of the 1,000 chip. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. We say a heap of dosh or heaps of dosh. a naughty or mischievous person, esp a child. Pissed - drunk (slang) in British English; "angry" in American English. Other variations occur, including the misunderstanding of these to be 'measures', which has become slang for money in its own right. All rights reserved. Other slang terms: Fiver = 5, Lady Godiva (Cockney rhyming slang for a fiver) = 5, Tenner = 10, Pony = 25, Half a ton = 50, Ton = 100, Monkey = 500, Grand = 1000. I am also informed (thanks K Inglott, March 2007) that bob is now slang for a pound in his part of the world (Bath, South-West England), and has also been used as money slang, presumably for Australian dollars, on the Home and Away TV soap series. Why Do Cross Country Runners Have Skinny Legs? monkey (plural monkeys) . Quid - pound (informal; British currency). Slang. shit faced. Like the 'pony' meaning 25, it is suggested by some that the association derives from Indian rupee banknotes featuring the animal. Doddle - something that is easy to accomplish. McGarret refers cunningly and amusingly to the popular US TV crime series Hawaii Five-0 and its fictional head detective Steve McGarrett, played by Jack Lord. From the early 1900s, and like many of these slang words popular among Londoners (ack K Collard) from whom such terms spread notably via City traders and also the armed forces during the 2nd World War. She is such a cheeky monkey. spondulicks/spondoolicks = money. (Thanks R Maguire for prompting more detail for this one.). This mostly means a deliciously spicy Mexican taco, but is also slang for money. Bless your heart. Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches. Earlier English spelling was bunts or bunse, dating from the late 1700s or early 1800s (Cassells and Partridge). The British population most definitely has an island mentality and this was never more apparent than when the euro was introduced on January 1st 1999. You can find out more about that in this, Pavarotti he was a famous tenor so a Pavarotti is a tenner (10), If you want to read more about cockney rhyming slang and money, read this. Missing beagle limps home with broken leg 10 days after being hit by train, Hundreds of schoolchildren stage more 'TikTok protests' over toilet rules, Fake psychiatrist jailed after conning NHS out of 1,300,000. Once the issue of silver threepences in the United Kingdom had ceased there was a tendency for the coins to be hoarded and comparatively few were ever returned to the Royal Mint. Top 100 Cockney Rhyming Slang Words and Phrases: Adam and Eve - believe Alan Whickers - knickers apples and pears - stairs Artful Dodger - lodger Ascot Races - braces Aunt Joanna - piano Baked Bean - Queen Baker's Dozen - Cousin Ball and Chalk - Walk Barnaby Rudge - Judge Barnet Fair - hair Barney Rubble - trouble Battlecruiser - boozer ". Precise origin unknown. Doss - sleep in rough accommodation or in an improvised bed, spend time idly. Some of the London slang for money is based on animals thought to have originally appeared on ruppe banknotes. There were twenty Stivers to the East India Co florin or gulden, which was then equal to just over an English old penny (1d). Backslang also contributes several slang money words. It was a monkey see, monkey do sort of situation. Huff - to take offense as in "get the huff"; to inhale the vapors of something to become intoxicated as in to huff glue. Use In A Sentence: Wow, it is cold today! Ye - archaic spelling for "the" - the definite article or archaic for "your" - possessive pronoun. The ned slang word certainly transferred to America, around 1850, and apparently was used up to the 1920s. Not pluralised for a number of pounds, eg., It cost me twenty nicker.. From the early 1900s, London slang, precise origin unknown. two and a kick = half a crown (2/6), from the early 1700s, based on the basic (not cockney) rhyming with 'two and six'. Bairn - child (Scottish, northern English). Barmy. The slow way to perfection is years of study and practice; the fast way is to put it into the hands of our professional editors! Also referred to money generally, from the late 1600s, when the slang was based simply on a metaphor of coal being an essential commodity for life. groat = an old silver four-penny coin from around 1300 and in use in similar form until c.1662, although Brewer states in his late 1800s revised edition of his 1870 dictionary of slang that 'the modern groat was introduced in 1835, and withdrawn in 1887', which is somewhat confusing. lolly = money. The word flag has been used since the 1500s as a slang expression for various types of money, and more recently for certain notes. This has confusing and convoluted origins, from as early as the late 1800s: It seems originally to have been a slang term for a three month prison sentence, based on the following: that 'carpet bag' was cockney rhyming slang for a 'drag', which was generally used to describe a three month sentence; also that in the prison workshops it supposedly took ninety days to produce a certain regulation-size piece of carpet; and there is also a belief that prisoners used to be awarded the luxury of a piece of carpet for their cell after three year's incarceration. sovs = pounds. dosh = slang for a reasonable amount of spending money, for instance enough for a 'night-out'. Traditional IPA: mki 'Monkey's uncle' is used as an expression of surprise. The 'where there's much there's brass' expression helped maintain and spread the populairity iof the 'brass' money slang, rather than cause it. British people like to enjoy themselves. . Intriguingly I've been informed (thanks P Burns, 8 Dec 2008) that the slang 'coal', seemingly referring to money - although I've seen a suggestion of it being a euphemism for coke (cocaine) - appears in the lyrics of the song Oxford Comma by the band Vampire weekend: "Why would you lie about how much coal you have? nicker a pound (1). The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include 'pony' which is 25, a 'ton' is 100 and a 'monkey', which equals 500. Cock up: Make a mess of something. clod = a penny (1d). A variation of sprat, see below. Toad in the Hole - traditional English dish of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter. Tea: means gossip, a common phrase used in the US is: "Spill the tea". He is just being a cheeky monkey. A group of monkeys huddled together. Another suggestion (Ack P Bessell) is that pony might derive from the Latin words 'legem pone', which (according to the etymology source emtymonline.com) means, ".. 'payment of money, cash down,' [which interpretation apparently first appeared in] 1573, from first two words [and also the subtitle] of the fifth division of Psalm cxix [Psalm 119, verses 33 to 48, from the Bible's Old Testament], which begins the psalms at Matins on the 25th of the month; consequently associated with March 25, a quarter day in the old financial calendar, when payments and debts came due." The words 'Legem pone' do not translate literally into monetary meaning, in the Psalm they words actully seem to equate to 'Teach me..' which is the corresponding phrase in the King James edition of the Bible. What does ? Brown bread - dead from Cockney rhyming slang. MONKEY. tray/trey = three pounds, and earlier threpence (thruppeny bit, 3d), ultimately from the Latin tres meaning three, and especially from the use of tray and trey for the number three in cards and dice games. Smackers (1920s) and smackeroos (1940s) are probably US extensions of the earlier English slang smack/smacks (1800s) meaning a pound note/notes, which Cassells slang dictionary suggests might be derived from the notion of smacking notes down onto a table. Shade - to show disapproval or contempt (US origin). Before decimalisation, British money was made up of pounds, shillings, and pence as follows: 1 pound = 20 shillings. Might could. Wor lass - my girlfriend. cock and hen = ten pounds (thanks N Shipperley). The Jack Horner nursery rhyme is seemingly based on the story of Jack Horner, a steward to the Bishop of Glastonbury at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries (16th century), who was sent to Henry VIII with a bribe consisting of the deeds to twelve important properties in the area. Rhymes: -ki Hyphenation: monkey Noun []. beehive = five pounds (5). The connection with coinage is that the Counts of Schlick in the late 1400s mined silver from 'Joachim's Thal' (Joachim's Valley), from which was minted the silver ounce coins called Joachim's Thalers, which became standard coinage in that region of what would now be Germany. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. Yennep is backslang. Also relates to (but not necessairly derived from) the expression especially used by children, 'dibs' meaning a share or claim of something, and dibbing or dipping among a group of children, to determine shares or winnings or who would be 'it' for a subsequent chasing game. Given that backslang is based on phonetic word sound not spelling, the conversion of shilling to generalize is just about understandable, if somewhat tenuous, and in the absence of other explanation is the only known possible derivation of this odd slang. Presumably there were different versions and issues of the groat coin, which seems to have been present in the coinage from the 14th to the 19th centuries. NEET - Not in Education, Employment, or Training. Dosh appears to have originated in this form in the US in the 19th century, and then re-emerged in more popular use in the UK in the mid-20th century. Lass - young woman (Scotland and northern England). Initially suggested (Mar 2007) by a reader who tells me that the slang term 'biscuit', meaning 100, has been in use for several years, notably in the casino trade (thanks E). ? a monkey bridge. Dough . These are just a few examples of British slang words for being drunk. Notes: Money in general; reference to banknotes from a bank. Dib was also US slang meaning $1 (one dollar), which presumably extended to more than one when pluralised. Not actually slang, more an informal and extremely common pre-decimalisation term used as readily as 'two-and-six' in referring to that amount. 3. ton = commonly one hundred pounds (100). It never really caught on and has died out now". See yennep. More rarely from the early-mid 1900s fiver could also mean five thousand pounds, but arguably it remains today the most widely used slang term for five pounds. Dunce - an unintelligent person, so called after the much-ridiculed 13th century Scottish theologian John Duns Scotus. Cockney rhyming slang for pony. Bail - To cancel plans. half, half a bar/half a sheet/half a nicker = ten shillings (10/-), from the 1900s, and to a lesser degree after decimalisation, fifty pence (50p), based on the earlier meanings of bar and sheet for a pound. 23. Monkey business means doing something mischievous. Not used in the singular for in this sense, for example a five pound note would be called a 'jacks'. Jiffy - a very short time, a moment as in "Back in a jiffy.". In the same way a ton is also slang for 100 runs in cricket, or a speed of 100 miles per hour. From the Hebrew word and Israeli monetary unit 'shekel' derived in Hebrew from the silver coin 'sekel' in turn from the word for weight 'sakal'. And some further clarification and background: k/K = a thousand (1,000 or $1,000). 10. Below is the UK transcription for 'monkey': Modern IPA: mkj. Some non-slang words are included where their origins are particularly interesting, as are some interesting slang money expressions which originated in other parts of the world, and which are now entering the English language. Proper - done well; cf. ", "They have been monkeying around so they did not get anything done.". 4. yennaps/yennups = money. Whinge - to complain, thus a whinger is a person who complains, whines. Wangle - to get something through deception or deviousness. Note the use of "man" in the singular to mean "men" or even "people". Used to describe a stupid, nasty or useless person. "The company fired its accountant because there was some monkey business going on with the accounts. While some etymology sources suggest that 'k' (obviously pronounced 'kay') is from business-speak and underworld language derived from the K abbreviation of kilograms, kilometres, I am inclined to prefer the derivation (suggested to me by Terry Davies) that K instead originates from computer-speak in the early 1970s, from the abbreviation of kilobytes. Old Bill - (archaic) slang for the police. ", "The children will get up to monkey business if we do not keep our eye on them.". jacks = five pounds, from cockney rhyming slang: jack's alive = five. sprat/spratt = sixpence (6d). Bread - money from Cockney rhyming slang "bread and honey" = money. dunop/doonup = pound, backslang from the mid-1800s, in which the slang is created from a reversal of the word sound, rather than the spelling, hence the loose correlation to the source word. Jimmy - "Jimmy Riddle" = piddle = urinate. Black stuff. Stiver was used in English slang from the mid 1700s through to the 1900s, and was derived from the Dutch Stiver coin issued by the East India Company in the Cape (of South Africa), which was the lowest East India Co monetary unit. Thats the end of our money series so remember to tune in for our next episode to see what new slang we have in store for you! A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z, Abdabs - terror, fright as in "the screaming abdabs.". The silver threepence was effectively replaced with introduction of the brass-nickel threepenny bit in 1937, through to 1945, which was the last minting of the silver threepence coin. Folding, folding stuff and folding money are all popular slang in London. Bad dose. Cockney rhyming slang from 1960s and perhaps earlier since beehive has meant the number five in rhyming slang since at least the 1920s. cabbage = money in banknotes, 'folding' money - orginally US slang according to Cassells, from the 1900s, also used in the UK, logically arising because of the leaf allusion, and green was a common colour of dollar notes and pound notes (thanks R Maguire, who remembers the slang from Glasgow in 1970s). Half a dollar - half a crown. "He really cocked up his job interview when he mentioned that he'd shagged the boss's daughter." Collywobbles: Nervousness; butterflies in the stomach. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. The British word Quid originated from the American Colonies (circa-1700s) when the descendants of the original Scots-Irish colonists returned to the seas as Marines for what was to become the U.S. Navy. For the record, the other detectives were called Chin Ho Kelly (the old guy) and Kono Kalakaua (the big guy), played by Kam Fong and Zulu, both of which seem far better character names, but that's really the way it was. wad = money. Texas slang words and phrases. "Did you just whistle at that old lady? The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include 'pony' which is 25, a 'ton' is 100 and a 'monkey', which equals 500. It is conceivable that the use also later transferred for a while to a soverign and a pound, being similar currency units, although I'm not aware of specific evidence of this. The answer can be traced back to 19th Century India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of an ape on it and was informally known as a "monkey". Along with the silver crown, half-crown and sixpence, the silver threepence made its first appearance in 1551 during the reign of Edward VI (1547-53). We use this expression a lot. Also find guides to Britain's transport system including roads, trains, buses and airports. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Report Content | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. The 'tanner' slang was later reinforced (Ack L Bamford) via jocular reference to a biblical extract about St Peter lodging with Simon, a tanner (of hides). tosheroon/tusheroon/tosh/tush/tusseroon = half-a-crown (2/6) from the mid-1900s, and rarely also slang for a crown (5/-), most likely based in some way on madza caroon ('lingua franca' from mezzo crown), perhaps because of the rhyming, or some lost cockney rhyming rationale. From the Spanish gold coins of the same name. Naff (adj) So 'naff' is a word with an interesting history. From the late 18th century according to most sources, London slang, but the precise origin is not known. Steve McGarrett was given the legendary line (every week virtually) "Book 'em Danno," - or "Book him Danno," - depending on the number of baddies they caught. Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slang, probably due to the . (US, military slang) Tinned meat. You can find us on our website https://theslangpodcast.com and from there you can see our transcript and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more apps. I personally feel (and think I recall) there was some transference of the Joey slang to the sixpence (tanner) some time after the silver threepenny coin changed to the brass threepenny bit (which was during the 1930-40s), and this would have been understandable because the silver sixpence was similar to the silver threepence, albeit slightly larger. Originally (16th-19thC) the slang word flag was used for an English fourpenny groat coin, derived possibly from Middle Low German word 'Vleger' meaning a coin worth 'more than a Bremer groat' (Cassells). Alcohol and words relating to pubs and being drunk feature prominently in British slang. From the 1900s in England and so called because the coin was similar in appearance and size to the American dollar coin, and at one time similar in value too. Brummie - native of Birmingham (colloquial). "He started an exercise routine and his wife copied it. Meaning: London slang for 500. pair of nickers/pair of knickers/pair o'nickers = two pounds (2), an irresistible pun. carpet = three pounds (3) or three hundred pounds (300), or sometimes thirty pounds (30). When pocket watches first became fashionable, they were held against the body by use of a small chain. As well as quid, we have a whole series of words that we use to refer to money, such as: Dosh is uncountable, so you cant have doshes! Our 10-click quote form is specifically designed so that even the busiest client can upload a document in their 3-minute coffee break. Bullseye (fifty pounds sterling). For ex: You mean he paid 300G for a house in the suburbs! Bint - (archaic) slang for woman (from the Arabic). It works." It works." Examples include . From the cockney rhyming slang and metaphoric use of 'bread'. 125 Australian Slang Words & Phrases. putting chips into the centre of the table being necessary to continue playing. brass = money. Multicultural London English (abbreviated MLE) is a sociolect of English that emerged in the late 20th century. Cassells implies an interesting possible combination of the meanings kibosh (18 month sentence), kibosh (meaning ruin or destroy) - both probably derived from Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) words meaning suppress - with the linking of money and hitting something, as in 'a fourpenny one' (from rhyming slang fourpenny bit = hit). The expression came into use with this meaning when wartime sensitivities subsided around 1960-70s. There is possibly an association with plumb-bob, being another symbolic piece of metal, made of lead and used to mark a vertical position in certain trades, notably masons. No plural version; it was 'thirty bob' not 'thirty bobs'. From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper). Its uncountable, so wed say: For ex: My son just bought a new house for three hundred thousand grand. A pony equals 25. Me ma said - My mam said. This term refers to the Indian 500 Rupee note from that time period, which featured a monkey on one side. The biblical text (from Acts chapter 10 verse 6) is: "He (Peter) lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side..", which was construed by jokers as banking transaction instead of a reference to overnight accommodation. Possibly rhyming slang linking lollipop to copper. Skint - slang for broke, without money, penniless. Mezzo/madza was and is potentially confused with, and popularity supported by, the similar 'motsa' (see motsa entry). Suss out - find, discover, understand. Suggestions of origin include a supposed cockney rhyming slang shortening of bunsen burner (= earner), which is very appealing, but unlikely given the history of the word and spelling, notably that the slang money meaning pre-dated the invention of the bunsen burner, which was devised around 1857. nicker = a pound (1). An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'. . macaroni = twenty-five pounds (25). Old Firm - collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers. It was inspired by a monkey on the 500 Rupee banknote. It is also used to express shock, awe, and/or amazement. Pommy - a British person (derogatory, especially used by Australians). Earful - a prolonged and angry reprimand. Dog's bollocks - a person or thing that is the best of its kind. A clod is a lump of earth. It is believed these terms were imported from India by returning servicemen. In South Africa the various spellings refer to a SA threepenny piece, and now the equivalent SA post-decimalisation 2 cents coin. 'Bob a nob', in the early 1800s meant 'a shilling a head', when estimating costs of meals, etc. The spelling cole was also used. Ned - non-educated delinquent (Scottish backronym). Tony Benn (born 1925) served in the Wilson and Callaghan governments of the 1960s and 70s, and as an MP from 1950-2001, after which he remains (at time of writing this, Feb 2008) a hugely significant figure in socialist ideals and politics, and a very wise and impressive man. latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more, Harry and Meghan react to being evicted from Frogmore Cottage by King Charles, Girl killed in Florida shooting ran to mom for help yelling he shot me, Suspect arrested after execution-style shooting of homeless man caught on video, Dad calls on YouTube to cease collecting enormous amount of childrens data, Vladimir Putins allies call for peace but no sign of Russia withdrawing from Ukraine. From the 1920s, and popular slang in fast-moving business, trading, the underworld, etc., until the 1970s when it was largely replaced by 'K'. The symbol for a penny was a "d" (for the Latin denarius), and for a shilling, it was "s" (the Latin solidus). 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