Talk:Rhyming slang

Berk and loaf
I see nobody's included the famous "berk", or is that too near the knuckle? Neither is using one's "loaf" in the list, or is that too twee? Dieter Simon


 * Probably no-one thought of them- stick 'em in :-) quercus robur 23:40 Jan 7, 2003 (UTC)

You can add "snake's hiss, piss" if you want.


 * ok should that list of CRS be moved to wiktionary, or is it ok here? -fonzy

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Casting the net a bit wide?
We've cut down on the examples of commonly used CRS and are insetead getting general UK or CRS painted as local to other regions
 * "arse, the Scots word for buttocks" Arse = UK word for, um, arse.
 * In Republic Of Ireland "Brown bread =>dead" Certainly London/CRS if not near universal.

Rich Farmbrough, 10:23 12 September 2006 (GMT).

Brass
Always thought brass was 'brass door - whore' not what is cited in this page

Aris
This definition is complete nonsense: Aris might be short for Aristotle (i.e., bottle); but it has nothing to do with arse; which likewise has nothing to do with ass, which is a recent American respelling due to a pronunciation change. Nuttyskin (talk) 17:24, 15 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Aris definitely means arse.
 * April in Paris = aris
 * Aristotle = bottle
 * Bottle & glass = arse
 * Glass rhymes with arse ('glarse') in the dialect 2A00:23C7:E094:DD01:1554:CB69:4ECF:3ED1 (talk) 18:33, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's unusual as a slang word as it is formed by means of four successive rhymes. Most rhyming slang uses only one rhyme. I think "Aris" is far more common than "April." Additionally, many sources give "April showers" as rhyming slang for flowers. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I guess as bottle entered standard language (usually as 'lost your bottle') a further rhyme was introduced, and the same again once aris became more widely known. I think april is still very rarely used (despite an appearance in an episode of Only Fools and Horses) 2A00:23C7:E094:DD01:1554:CB69:4ECF:3ED1 (talk) 18:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * There can't be many other rhyming slang words which employ the names of Classical Greek philosophers?! Martinevans123 (talk) 18:54, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

And the article still has a link to donkeys! Which bottle never did mean! (and probs. never will) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:F231:2501:E41C:D857:B016:7B0F (talk) 12:10, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, nonsense. Now corrected. Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:14, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Hank Marvin example?
One of the examples listed is "Marvin" to mean "starving" from "Hank Marvin" ... but isn't that not actually rhyming slang, rather a simple rhyme? The other examples, as described in the definition, omit the rhyme which is only implied; in this case, if the slang were "Hank", it would fit, but as printed it seems not to match the pattern. Al Begamut (talk) 21:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Agreed, an example would be,
 * After the battle the other night I was bloody hank.
 * (Battle cruiser =boozer) 2A01:B340:85:14AB:8E58:2BCE:8290:2419 (talk) 15:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Turkish Bath is not slang for laugh
Avin' a Bubble, a bubble bath is a Laugh

Avin' a Turkish. a Turkish Delight Is a shite

Just so ya kno me ol fruits ;) (Fruit Gum = chum) 2A01:B340:85:14AB:8E58:2BCE:8290:2419 (talk) 15:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm away for a gypsys
 * Gypsys kiss = piss 2A01:B340:85:14AB:8E58:2BCE:8290:2419 (talk) 15:04, 29 May 2024 (UTC)