As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...

And sure, Crocker has a point. We’ve got to draw the line somewhere when these corporate Noahs (“sharks”, from “Noah’s Ark”) claim our names. Over the years there have been many secret languages in ...

Home > Play > Top Ten > Ten examples of disability Cockney rhyming slang by Ouch Team Does it get any more inventive than 'Raspberry Ripple'? We reckon so; check our handy top ten list and find out.

The coded language created by the trading community native to London’s West End has dominated that city’s slang. See how it took shape, and what’s replacing it. How did we get the phrase “use your ...

A guy walks into a doctor’s office and says, “Doc, wiv dis Billy Ray Cyrus, I can’t stop Wallace and Gromiting and I ‘ave a ‘orrible on and off. Do you ‘ave any Thomas Edison what won’t hurt me ...

For the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw cash using written prompts in Cockney rhyming slang. It works by replacing a word with a short ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Feeling Kate Mossed? Fancy a Britney down at the Battle? Well go easy on the Paul Wellers or you could Wallace and Gromit. Sign up here. For those wondering why Brits have suddenly ...

There are a number of iconic Australians whose impact on our nation has been so profound that their names have managed to sneak their way into the Aussie vernacular. Replicating the success of cockney ...

We love to celebrate Birmingham - it has a unique and multi-faceted history. A vast amount of things in our daily lives started here - not least , tennis and . What might surprise you to learns is ...