05. For ex: I hate going out with John, hes such a penny-pincher that he never offers to buy everyone a round of drinks at the pub. Danno (Detective Danny Williams, played by James MacArthur) was McGarrett's unfailingly loyal junior partner. Dosh (general term for money). Slang British Money Terms. Tart - (archaic) slang for prostitute or woman of easy virtue. 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 modern 75% copper 25% nickel composition was introduced in 1947. The origins of boodle meaning money are (according to Cassells) probably from the Dutch word 'boedel' for personal effects or property (a person's worth) and/or from the old Scottish 'bodle' coin, worth two Scottish pence and one-sixth of an English penny, which logically would have been pre-decimalisation currency. The brass-nickel threepenny bit was minted up until 1970 and this lovely coin ceased to be legal tender at decimalisation in 1971. Meaning: used to describe extremely cold or extremely hot weather. Backslang essentially entails reversing the sound of the word, not the strict spelling, as you can see from the yennep example. 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. Totty - (uncountable) sexually attractive women considered collectively (sexist and offensive). Gobsmacked - slang for totally surprised, shocked. Bro: just like "mate" in the UK, "bro" means friend . (Thanks Simon Ladd, Jun 2007), coppers = pre-decimal farthings, ha'pennies and pennies, and to a lesser extent 1p and 2p coins since decimalisation, and also meaning a very small amount of money. In the US a ned was a ten dollar gold coin, and a half-ned was a five dollar coin. As with deanar the pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. Yennep is backslang. kibosh/kybosh = eighteen pence (i.e., one and six, 1/6, one shilling and sixpence), related to and perhaps derived from the mid-1900s meaning of kibosh for an eighteen month prison sentence. Pletty (plettie) - Dundonian slang for an open-air communal landing in a block of tenement flats. British Slang Phrases About Love & Relationships And Having Fun These slang words are all about what you might do with your mates, or your bird or your bloke. Bags (to make a bags of something) Bang on. It is therefore unlikely that anyone today will use or recall this particular slang, but if the question arises you'll know the answer. brass = money. Naff (adj) So 'naff' is a word with an interesting history. macaroni = twenty-five pounds (25). Rows - Medieval galleried, timber walkways above a lower level of shops inChester. (Thanks R Bambridge). Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slang, probably due to the . 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. pissed. The origin is almost certainly London, and the clever and amusing derivation reflects the wit of Londoners: Cockney rhyming slang for five pounds is a 'lady', (from Lady Godiva = fiver); fifteen pounds is three-times five pounds (3x5=15); 'Three Times a Lady' is a song recorded by the group The Commodores; and there you have it: Three Times a Lady = fifteen pounds = a commodore. 'Half a job' was half a guinea. We live in a monkey see, monkey do world.". We opted not to join the Europe-wide currency and have stubbornly kept our pounds and pence. Bill - the "check" in British English after eating in a restaurant. Originated in the USA in the 1920s, logically an association with the literal meaning - full or large. Even if you never actually get anywhere near the sound of Bow bells, it is handy pub quiz knowledge to have in your locker. Covidiot - someone who ignores health advice about COVID-19 similar to Morona. Others have suggested that an Indian twenty-five rupee banknote featured a pony. 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. Need your document in perfect English? Monkey: British slang for 500 pounds sterling; originates from soldiers returning from India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. biscuit = 100 or 1,000. 4. the head of a pile-driver ( monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device. nevis/neves = seven pounds (7), 20th century backslang, and earlier, 1800s (usually as 'nevis gens') seven shillings (7/-). three ha'pence/three haypence = 1d (one and a half old pennies) - this lovely expression (thanks Dean) did not survive decimalisation, despite there being new decimal half-pence coins. Wacky - funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way. 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. A working knowledge of a few important slang words, phrases used in local dialects and colloquialisms will help your understanding of what's really going on in any conversation in the British Isles. Broke: we all know this one, when you're "skint" (British slang) or poor, you can consider yourself broke. dollar = slang for money, commonly used in singular form, eg., 'Got any dollar?..'. 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. More popular in the 1960s than today. As kids growing up we always asked for a glass of spruce. 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. A dosser is the noun. Tarmac - material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, named after its Scottish inventor John Louden McAdam. All later generic versions of the coins were called 'Thalers'. 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). a monkey foresail. Usage of bob for shilling dates back to the late 1700s. Shade - to show disapproval or contempt (US origin). Berk - idiot from Cockney rhyming slang Berkeley Hunt = c*nt. "He really cocked up his job interview when he mentioned that he'd shagged the boss's daughter." Collywobbles: Nervousness; butterflies in the stomach. Essex girl - brash, materialistic young woman supposedly common in Essex and the Home Counties. ". All very vague and confusing. Britain-Visitor.com also offers information on British culture including British cuisine, history and the arts. Alcohol and words relating to pubs and being drunk feature prominently in British slang. Prat - stuck up, incompetent or stupid person. Let us know in the comments below. Bob - one shilling. The use of the word 'half' alone to mean 50p seemingly never gaught on, unless anyone can confirm otherwise. Hog also extended to US 10c and dollar coins, apparently, according to Cassells because coins carried a picture of a pig. Locktail - a cocktail invented or enjoyed during Covid-19 lockdown. A very resourceful creature, the monkey sign is related to finding solutions to any problem. While this London centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th century India. job = guinea, late 1600s, probably ultimately derived from from the earlier meaning of the word job, a lump or piece (from 14th century English gobbe), which developed into the work-related meaning of job, and thereby came to have general meaning of payment for work, including specific meaning of a guinea. Brewer also references the Laird of Sillabawby, a 16th century mintmaster, as a possible origin. 4. For ex: Susan just had a new extension built onto her house, its beautiful but it must have cost her an arm and a leg! 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. chip = a shilling (1/-) and earlier, mid-late 1800s a pound or a sovereign. Barmy. 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. Cockney Rhyming Slang - a common word replaced with a rhyming pair of words or longer phrase and then omitting the rhyming word, for example, "Apples and pears" (= stairs, becomes "apples"), butcher's hook (look, becomes "butcher's"), loaf of bread (head, becomes "loaf"). gen net/net gen = ten shillings (1/-), backslang from the 1800s (from 'ten gen'). 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. long-tailed 'un/long-tailed finnip = high value note, from the 1800s and in use to the late 1900s. Skip - large steel box for rubbish from demolitions/building repairs. - cheers, good health (Welsh). Its transfer to ten pounds logically grew more popular through the inflationary 1900s as the ten pound amount and banknote became more common currency in people's wages and wallets, and therefore language. From the Spanish gold coins of the same name. 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. Minging - foul-smelling, unpleasant, very bad. bob = shilling (1/-), although in recent times now means a pound or a dollar in certain regions. 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. nicker = a pound (1). Easy when you know how.. g/G = a thousand pounds. yennaps/yennups = money. Curate's egg - something that is partly good and partly bad. Partridge doesn't say). In the US a nickel is more commonly a five cent coin. It is suggested by some that the pony slang for 25 derives from the typical price paid for a small horse, but in those times 25 would have been an unusually high price for a pony. Why Do Cross Country Runners Have Skinny Legs? Also used regularly is a 'score' which is 20, a 'bullseye' is 50, a 'grand' is 1,000 and a 'deep sea diver' which is 5 (a fiver). Kettle-biler - unemployed man in Dundee (from the 19th century jute factories). Not always, but often refers to money in coins, and can also refer to riches or wealth. Queer the pitch- spoil the business in hand already discussed. fiver = five pounds (5), from the mid-1800s. Chip and chipping also have more general associations with money and particularly money-related crime, where the derivations become blurred with other underworld meanings of chip relating to sex and women (perhaps from the French 'chipie' meaning a vivacious woman) and narcotics (in which chip refers to diluting or skimming from a consignment, as in chipping off a small piece - of the drug or the profit). Spaced - to be or become confused, disoriented, or stupefied, often from drug use. The series was made and aired originally between 1968 and 1980 and developed a lasting cult following, not least due to the very cool appeal of the McGarrett character. The expression came into use with this meaning when wartime sensitivities subsided around 1960-70s. Iechyd da! These indexes are then used to find usage correlations between slang terms. Traditional IPA: mki These would be considered vulgar so use with caution: bladdered. Pete Tong - wrong, messed up - referring to the BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong. Monkeys are primates. Due to the way the algorithm works, the thesaurus gives you mostly related slang words, rather than exact synonyms. When soldiers returned from India, they had a 500 rupee note which had an image of a monkey. Bread (general term for money). Less well used slang terms include Lady Godiva for fiver and Ayrton Senna for tenner. 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. "Mixing drinks last night was a terrible idea. Bloody hell: To express anger, shock or surprise. An example of erroneous language becoming real actual language through common use. Pinch Another word for stealing, or purchasing something at a heavily discounted rate. Bless your heart. 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