The 1973 advert's artistic director was Ridley Scott. 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). Stitched up - to trick someone so that they are placed in a difficult or unpleasant situation. Shade - to show disapproval or contempt (US origin). Tanner - 6d or sixpence. And 59 per cent don't understand what . The most likely origin of this slang expression is from the joke (circa 1960-70s) about a shark who meets his friend the whale one day, and says, "I'm glad I bumped into you - here's that sick squid I owe you..", stiver/stuiver/stuyver = an old penny (1d). See also 'pair of knickers'. Meaning: used to describe extremely cold or extremely hot weather. * /There is [] A Dictionary of American Idioms monkey caser/case = five shillings (5/-), a crown coin. Variations on the same theme are motser, motzer, motza, all from the Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) word 'matzah', the unleavened bread originally shaped like a large flat disk, but now more commonly square (for easier packaging and shipping), eaten at Passover, which suggests earliest origins could have been where Jewish communities connected with English speakers, eg., New York or London (thanks G Kahl). A popular slang word like bob arguably develops a life of its own. pissed. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. And some further clarification and background: k/K = a thousand (1,000 or $1,000). What I mean is that this once mighty British Empire that more or less covered a quarter of the world's land surface could not ever have imagined that English would evolve to almost a million words - and almost every single one of them would be . However, when it comes down to money, it is probably worth getting your head around the lingo, to prevent you handing over, or receiving, a wildly incorrect amount because you got the wrong word. Meaning: UK/US term for ill-gotten gains. Nugget: Referencing gold, but a general term for money of any kind. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. Flog a dead horse - waste energy on a lost cause or a situation that cannot be changed. Also perhaps a connection with a plumb-bob, made of lead and used to mark a vertical position in certain trades, notably masons. Bags (to make a bags of something) Bang on. Slang continues to evolve with new words coming into use every year. Bronze (term to describe the one and two pound coins) 4. Backslang also contributes several slang money words. Jack is much used in a wide variety of slang expressions. Might could. 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. There has been speculation among etymologists that 'simon' meaning sixpence derives from an old play on words which represented biblical text that St Peter "lodged with Simon a tanner.." as a description of a banking transaction, although Partridge's esteemed dictionary refutes this, at the same time conceding that the slang 'tanner' for sixpence might have developed or been reinforced by the old joke. Back in the 1960s, it was illegal to be gay in the UK and so gay men began to use a kind of code language or slang that was a mix of Italian, Romany and rhyming slang. 5. The slang word 'tanner' meaning sixpence dates from the early 1800s and is derived most probably from Romany gypsy 'tawno' meaning small one, and Italian 'danaro' meaning small change. Easy-peasy - very straightforward and easy. First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we Answer (1 of 27): There is commonly held belief that the term was brought back by returning British soldiers in the days of the Raj, alluding to the idea that the 25 rupee note bore a picture of a pony (the same theory attempts to explain 500 being a 'monkey').The problem with this idea is this:. Seemingly no longer used. Meaning: used to describe a person who is mischievous or silly. foont/funt = a pound (1), from the mid-1900s, derived from the German word 'pfund' for the UK pound. oncer = (pronounced 'wunser'), a pound , and a simple variation of 'oner'. bunce = money, usually unexpected gain and extra to an agreed or predicted payment, typically not realised by the payer. 4. the head of a pile-driver ( monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device. Traditional IPA: mki Jimmy - "Jimmy Riddle" = piddle = urinate. Let's get serious about the project." "They have been monkeying around so they did not get anything done." To make a monkey out of someone 'To make a monkey out of someone' means to make someone look silly. See entry under 'nicker'. Lass - young woman (Scotland and northern England). 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. When pocket watches first became fashionable, they were held against the body by use of a small chain. dibs/dibbs = money. For ex: I spent over a hundred quid last weekend without even realising it! Pint - unit of beer drunk in pubs (0.568 liters). 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". Now that youve got the slang down, youll want to work on your accent. A very resourceful creature, the monkey sign is related to finding solutions to any problem. On the front foot - meaning positive, active, attacking (from cricket). smackers/smackeroos = pounds (or dollars) - in recent times not usually used in referring to a single 1 or a low amount, instead usually a hundred or several hundreds, but probably not several thousands, when grand would be preferred. Use: He's bladdered come 'ed we best swerve the next bar. Prat - stuck up, incompetent or stupid person. 11. joey = much debate about this: According to my . Toad in the Hole - traditional English dish of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter. Copyright 2023. lady/Lady Godiva = fiver (five pounds, 5) cockney rhyming slang, and like many others in this listing is popular in London and the South East of England, especially East London. It is about money in general terms. Ned was traditionally used as a generic name for a man around these times, as evidenced by its meaning extending to a thuggish man or youth, or a petty criminal (US), and also a reference (mainly in the US) to the devil, (old Ned, raising merry Ned, etc). Brutal. The ten pound meaning of cock and hen is 20th century rhyming slang. The most commonly used slang term for a pound is a quid and it doesnt have a plural. McGarrett = fifty pounds (50). Britain Tourist Info. Definition of monkey_1 noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. From cockney rhyming slang, bread and honey = money, and which gave rise to the secondary rhyming slang 'poppy', from poppy red = bread. If a British person tells you theyre off to spend a penny and then they promptly disappear, its because theyre actually going to the toilet. Origins of dib/dibs/dibbs are uncertain but probably relate to the old (early 1800s) children's game of dibs or dibstones played with the knuckle-bones of sheep or pebbles. Piece - piece of bread, sandwich (Glaswegian). Monkey - This originated from the British slang for 500 pounds of sterling. Scran - food (originally Scottish), especially that of an inferior quality compare grub. Definition: Drunk beyond comprehension. We also use the term smackers instead of pounds but rarely in the singular form. french/french loaf = four pounds, most likely from the second half of the 1900s, cockney rhyming slang for rofe (french loaf = rofe), which is backslang for four, also meaning four pounds. Doolally - temporarily deranged or feeble-minded. (Thanks Simon Ladd, June 2007). 12. Crazy. lolly = money. Much of it derives from the designs on the notes - five pounds, ten pounds, twenty pounds. Logically 'half a ton' is slang for 50. "Gobsmacked" means to be utterly shocked or surprised beyond belief. Chucking it down: If you didn't know, UK weather includes (lots of) rain with a side of rain and this expression is used often. Not normally pluralised, still expressed as 'squid', not squids, e.g., 'Fifty squid'. 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. am gan to the toon - i'm going to Newcastle city centre. Chippy (Chippie) - slang for a fish and chip shop. It is believed these terms were imported from India by returning servicemen. Budge - move, shift. Smoke - the Smoke, the nickname for London. Whinge - to complain, thus a whinger is a person who complains, whines. 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. Many of its expressions have passed into common language, and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to Cockneys. It means to vomit from excessive drinking. doubloons = money. Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London . "I never thought my friend would get married again but I just received her wedding invitation. 10. 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. Fag - cigarette, "ciggie", hence fag end (stub) and fag packet. What does Kermit mean? It works." It works." Examples include . These indexes are then used to find usage correlations between slang terms. These are a few of the most common slang terms for pre-decimal coins: Coppers - farthing, halfpenny, penny coins. two and a kick = half a crown (2/6), from the early 1700s, based on the basic (not cockney) rhyming with 'two and six'. For the uninitiated, Cockney rhyming slang can be a pretty confusing language which is probably best avoided if you dont know the ins and outs of it. clod = a penny (1d). Cassells says these were first recorded in the 1930s, and suggests they all originated in the US, which might be true given that banknotes arguably entered very wide use earlier in the US than in the UK. Similar words for coins and meanings are found all over Europe. ", "Why do you want to make a monkey out of me? An old term, probably more common in London than elsewhere, used before UK decimalisation in 1971, and before the ha'penny was withdrawn in the 1960s. Brass Monkey Weather. daddler/dadla/dadler = threepenny bit (3d), and also earlier a farthing (quarter of an old penny, d), from the early 1900s, based on association with the word tiddler, meaning something very small. The brass-nickel threepenny bit was minted up until 1970 and this lovely coin ceased to be legal tender at decimalisation in 1971. Bugger off . Slapper - promiscuous woman or prostitute. The word has been traced back from the late 18th century in London and has a vast range of suggestions for its etymology. It's what is known as dehumanizing language, "language that deprives a person of human qualities or attributes.". (source Cassells). 'Half a job' was half a guinea. 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. Bread also has associations with money, which in a metaphorical sense can be traced back to the Bible. Separately bottle means money generally and particularly loose coinage, from the custom of passing a bottle for people to give money to a busker or street entertainer. Many are now obsolete; typically words which relate to pre-decimalisation coins, although some have re-emerged and continue to do so. More popular in the 1960s than today. Moola: Money in general (origin unknown) Also spelled moolah. I can hear you asking me- Louisa why are we now talking about a baby horse? 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). bender = sixpence (6d) Another slang term with origins in the 1800s when the coins were actually solid silver, from the practice of testing authenticity by biting and bending the coin, which would being made of near-pure silver have been softer than the fakes. There are other spelling variations based on the same theme, all derived from the German and Yiddish (European/Hebrew mixture) funf, meaning five, more precisely spelled fnf. Notes: Money in general; reference to banknotes from a bank. Ahhh, English. Now that we've covered the official British money terms and even some outdated ones it's time to see how people in the UK talk about money on a day-to-day basis. Cockney Money Slang. Howff - meeting place, familiar haunt, usually a pub (Scotland) and in Dundee The Howff is a famous cemetery. In spoken use 'a garden' is eight pounds. Some of these new international slang words are used in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK (and even in non-English speaking countries). Odds and sods - this and that; bits and pieces. Origins are not certain. Any unethical, illegitimate, or objectionable activity that is furtive or deceitful, e.g., undercover sexual advances, cheating, misuse of public funds, etc. Therefore one quid, five quid, fifty quid. These pages are best viewed using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, or IE. 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. Not generally pluralised. Porkies . Rank - bad, horrible or smells unpleasant. Space cadet - flaky, lightheaded, or forgetful person. It never really caught on and has died out now". handful = five pounds (5), 20th century, derived simply by association to the five digits on a hand. 20 is sometimes referred to as a score, although strictly this is not a slang term for money, as score is a normal word for twenty. 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. (Thanks P Jones, June 2008). Though familiar to many Londoners, the term "monkey" is actually Indian slang for a 500 rupee note, which used to have a monkey on it. Not pluralised for a number of pounds, eg., 'It cost me twenty nicker..' From the early 1900s, London slang, precise origin unknown. shrapnel = loose change, especially a heavy and inconvenient pocketful, as when someone repays a small loan in lots of coins. 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. ", "We went to watch the romantic comedy last night and it was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.". Bless your heart. "Gob" is a British expression for "mouth". 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). 1 shilling = 12 pence. This means that something is incredibly expensive. sir isaac = one pound (1) - used in Hampshire (Southern England) apparently originating from the time when the one pound note carried a picture of Sir Isaac Newton. Jiffy - a very short time, a moment as in "Back in a jiffy.". Why Do Cross Country Runners Have Skinny Legs? Read more. Chalupa. nevis/neves = seven pounds (7), 20th century backslang, and earlier, 1800s (usually as 'nevis gens') seven shillings (7/-). The female genitals. A grand is used when talking in thousands. The coin was not formally demonetised until 31 August 1971 at the time of decimalisation. Joey - 3d or threepence. Wacky - funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way. A slang word used in Britain and chiefly London from around 1750-1850. We use K (from kilo) when we write with digits but we also say it when speaking, so that phonetically it would sound like kay. The original derivation was either from Proto-Germanic 'skell' meaning to sound or ring, or Indo-European 'skell' split or divide. deuce = two pounds, and much earlier (from the 1600s) tuppence (two old pence, 2d), from the French deus and Latin duos meaning two (which also give us the deuce term in tennis, meaning two points needed to win). jack = a pound, and earlier (from the 1600s), a farthing. ayrton senna/ayrton = tenner (ten pounds, 10) - cockney rhyming slang created in the 1980s or early 90s, from the name of the peerless Brazilian world champion Formula One racing driver, Ayrton Senna (1960-94), who won world titles in 1988, 90 and 91, before his tragic death at San Marino in 1994. bag/bag of sand = grand = one thousand pounds (1,000), seemingly recent cockney rhyming slang, in use from around the mid-1990s in Greater London; perhaps more widely too. Under the cosh - in a difficult situation. dibs/dibbs = money. "That's a barmy idea". Silver threepences were last issued for circulation in the United Kingdom in 1941 but the final pieces to be sent overseas for colonial use were dated 1944. For ex: You mean he paid 300G for a house in the suburbs! Here the top 80 most used Irish slang phrases. Britain is known for its drinking culture, so 'chunder' is a word you'll hear frequently the day after a night out. Apparently we imported the word grand, which means a thousand, from the States. Twat - vulgar slang for "vagina." Anyone would think the Brits like a drink. "No more monkeying around! "He thought he could make a monkey out of his friend but he was not prepared for what was coming. Also meant to lend a shilling, apparently used by the middle classes, presumably to avoid embarrassment. Backslang evolved for similar reasons as cockney rhyming slang, i.e., to enable private or secret conversation among a particular community, which in the case of backslang is generally thought initially to have been street and market traders, notably butchers and greengrocers. Tosser - derogatory term for someone you dislike. monkey in British English (mk ) noun 1. any of numerous long-tailed primates excluding the prosimians ( lemurs, tarsiers, etc): comprise the families Cercopithecidae ( Old World monkeys), Cebidae (New World monkeys), and Callithricidae ( marmosets ) See Old World monkey, New World monkey Related adjective: simian 2. any primate except man 3. Possibly connected to the use of nickel in the minting of coins, and to the American slang use of nickel to mean a $5 dollar note, which at the late 1800s was valued not far from a pound. . We use the symbol G when we want to write thousands in shorthand. You'll notice a lot of abbreviations here, which is all part of the fun of learning how to speak Texas slang. Check your spam folder if you don't get an email immediately! commodore = fifteen pounds (15). Chunder. Equivalent to 12p in decimal money. About to do. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a recent source of new expressions as is popular music such as grime. Usually now meaning one pound coins. We want to make sure youre leaving a professional image of yourself. Wino - used as a noun for a drunk, alcoholic, especially one who is homeless. Crusty - usually young homeless or vagrant person stereotypically dreadlocked; can also mean angry or irritated. The phrase comes from the expression, 'it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. From the 16th century, and a popular expression the north of England, e.g., 'where there's muck there's brass' which incidentally alluded to certain trades involving scrap, mess or waste which offered high earnings. The old slang term for a shilling was ' bob ' and for a guinea - ' yellow-boy '. When the British Empire occupied India in the 19th century, some Indian slang words made it over to the UK, with "monkey" being one of them. proper job (southwest England and Cornwall). Originally Answered: Why is a persons home a drum in cockney rhyming slang? moola = money. Simply derived from the expression 'ready cash'. The Bishop was not so fortunate - he was hung drawn and quartered for remaining loyal to the Pope. It's also been used as a replacement term for money. We'd love to hear more of your great scouse words. People commonly use this emoji to express embarrassment in an amusing way or to emphasize that they made a funny mistake. Acting the maggot. flim/flimsy = five pounds (5), early 1900s, so called because of the thin and flimsy paper on which five pound notes of the time were printed. Umpteen - large quantity, numerous times, huge amount or a load of something. Bung is also a verb, meaning to bribe someone by giving cash. Heres how to spot the absolute worst people on Instagram, according to science, Do not sell or share my personal information. A 'double-finnif' (or double-fin, etc) means ten pounds; 'half-a-fin' (half-a-finnip, etc) would have been two pounds ten shillings (equal to 2.50). 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. 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. Bob - one shilling. Note that this thesaurus is not in any way affiliated with Urban Dictionary. nicker a pound (1). EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. This mostly means a deliciously spicy Mexican taco, but is also slang for money. 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. "He started an exercise routine and his wife copied it. Berties - term for Man City fans used by Man Utd supporters; the reverse is "rags". 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. Rows - Medieval galleried, timber walkways above a lower level of shops inChester. EXPLANATION: Although this London-centric slang is completely British, it is actually from India in the nineteenth century. Usually meaning a large amount of spending money held by a person when out enjoying themselves. 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