ex. My plate of meat hurt!!!
2006-11-29 15:26:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Rhyming slang works by replacing words with short phrases that rhyme with them. For instance, the term "boat race" would be used to refer to one's face, as "race" rhymes with "face". Often, to quicken speech, the phrase is abbreviated to only the first word or syllable. So, in a similar fashion, "plates" would mean "feet" ("plates of meat"), and "bees" would mean "money" ("bees and honey").
A Cockney, you have to be born within hearing distance of the bells of St. Mary Le Bow, Cheapside, in the City of London 'Cockney' or 'cock's egg' was a 14th Century term applied contemptuously by rural people to native Londoners who lived rather by their wits than their muscle.
2006-11-29 15:47:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up the apples and pears = up the stairs.
Ginger beer = queer
Skin and blister = sister
Your example I believe is "feet", correct?
2006-11-29 23:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by I hate friggin' crybabies 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my foot hurt
2006-11-29 23:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Nera 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋