Cassell's says Joey was also used for the brass-nickel threepenny bit, which was introduced in 1937, although as a child in South London the 1960s I cannot remember the threepenny bit ever being called a Joey, and neither can my Mum or Dad, who both say a Joey in London was a silver threepence and nothing else (although they'd be too young to remember groats). 'K' has now mainly replaced 'G' in common speech and especially among middle and professional classes. Intriguingly I've been informed (thanks P Burns, 8 Dec 2008) that the slang 'coal', seemingly referring to money - although I've seen a suggestion of it being a euphemism for coke (cocaine) - appears in the lyrics of the song Oxford Comma by the band Vampire weekend: "Why would you lie about how much coal you have? wad = money. Chippy (Chippie) - slang for a fish and chip shop. 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). No other language in the world has been as bastardised as this one! Coppers was very popular slang pre-decimalisation (1971), and is still used in referring to modern pennies and two-penny coins, typically describing the copper (coloured) coins in one's pocket or change, or piggy bank. Originally Answered: Why is a persons home a drum in cockney rhyming slang? It's a site that collects all the most frequently asked questions and answers, so you don't have to spend hours on searching anywhere else. Magic Mushrooms - psychedelic mushrooms, Psilocybe semilanceata or the liberty cap, noted for the "nipple" at the top of the head. Bairn - child (Scottish, northern English). deep sea diver = fiver (5), heard in use Oxfordshire (thanks Karen/Ewan) late 1990s, this is rhyming slang dating from the 1940s. poppy = money. Filters. cows = a pound, 1930s, from the rhyming slang 'cow's licker' = nicker (nicker means a pound). As a matter of interest, at the time of writing this (Nov 2004) a mint condition 1937 threepenny bit is being offered for sale by London Bloomsbury coin dealers and auctioneers Spink, with a guide price of 37,000. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a recent source of new expressions as is popular music such as grime. TimesMojo is a social question-and-answer website where you can get all the answers to your questions. From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper). Quid - pound (informal; British currency). In the old days, you had to pay one penny to use the public toilet and the expression to spend a penny has lived on to this day. An example of erroneous language becoming real actual language through common use. Clanger: A mistake. 'Monkey see, monkey do' refers to copying someones actions without putting much thought into it. They are meant for comprehension rather than reproduction. Half is also used as a logical prefix for many slang words which mean a pound, to form a slang expresion for ten shillings and more recently fifty pence (50p), for example and most popularly, 'half a nicker', 'half a quid', etc. 12. A rare example of money slang from more recent times, even though it draws from the pre-decimal slang, since the term refers to ten shillings (equivalent to 50p) and alludes to the angular shape of the old theepenny bit. Brown bread - dead from Cockney rhyming slang. I'm convinced these were the principal and most common usages of the Joey coin slang. Brewer's dictionary of 1870 says that the American dollar is '..in English money a little more than four shillings..'. Hog also extended to US 10c and dollar coins, apparently, according to Cassells because coins carried a picture of a pig. dibs/dibbs = money. Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony. Queer the pitch- spoil the business in hand already discussed. Joey - 3d or threepence. The sixpenny piece used to be known long ago as a 'simon', possibly (ack L Bamford) through reference to the 17th century engraver at the Royal Mint, Thomas Simon. Pigs in Blankets - small sausages wrapped in bacon. Much of it derives from the designs on the notes - five pounds, ten pounds, twenty pounds. It's also been used as a replacement term for money. "The company fired its accountant because there was some monkey business going on with the accounts. a monkey bridge. Cockney rhyming slang from the late 1800s. See yennep. 6. Might could. Closie - Dundee parlance for a stairwell in a block of flats. See entry under 'nicker'. Not normally pluralised, still expressed as 'squid', not squids, e.g., 'Fifty squid'. Wonga Here are the most common and/or interesting British slang money words and expressions, with meanings, and origins where known. However, in the UK, someone that's "p*ssed" is most probably drunk. Smoke - the Smoke, the nickname for London. 21. A final claim is that pony might derive from the Latin words legem pone, which means, payment of money, cash down which begins on the March 25, a quarter day in the old financial calendar, when payments and debts came due. son of Dermot. The modern 75% copper 25% nickel composition was introduced in 1947. silver = silver coloured coins, typically a handful or piggy-bankful of different ones - i.e., a mixture of 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p. Example: Are you coming to my birthday bash next Saturday? 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 . 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). Thus, "Use your loaf" means "Use your head" (think!). For ex: My neighbour has his own business and hes got heaps of dosh. A good or bad vibe. Hump - sexual intercourse, or as in "get the hump" - get annoyed, in a bad mood. 7. wankered. Dib was also US slang meaning $1 (one dollar), which presumably extended to more than one when pluralised. These would be considered vulgar so use with caution: bladdered. Her Majesty's Pleasure - in jail; see porridge, inside. What it actually means: As its name suggests, this monkey is covering its eyes to see no evil, as as in the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil proverb. bollocksed. Pinch Another word for stealing, or purchasing something at a heavily discounted rate. 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. brass = money. Our last slang term for money and again animal related we have a monkey M-O-N-K-E-Y, no not the animal but actually meaning 500 pounds. All very vague and confusing. Other British expressions to do with money To be quids in We use this expression a lot. Brass Monkey Weather. For ex: Ill be back in a minute, Im just off to spend a penny! Perhaps based on jack meaning a small thing, although there are many possible different sources. Ankle Biter - Child. sky/sky diver = five pounds (5), 20th century cockney rhyming slang. Trolley dolly - air stewardess (informal). A pony equals 25. Moola: Money in general (origin unknown) Also spelled moolah. "That's a barmy idea". Once the issue of silver threepences in the United Kingdom had ceased there was a tendency for the coins to be hoarded and comparatively few were ever returned to the Royal Mint. There is scads of Cockney slang for money. Get an instant price to have your English document edited by professionals. The word mill is derived simply from the Latin 'millisimus' meaning a thousandth, and is not anything to do with the milled edge of a coin. This mostly means a deliciously spicy Mexican taco, but is also slang for money. Their bonding sessions come as a reminder that we cannot live alone. Off the cuff - without preparation, spontaneous. florin/flo = a two shilling or 'two bob' coin (florin is actually not slang - it's from Latin meaning flower, and a 14th century Florentine coin called the Floren). groat = an old silver four-penny coin from around 1300 and in use in similar form until c.1662, although Brewer states in his late 1800s revised edition of his 1870 dictionary of slang that 'the modern groat was introduced in 1835, and withdrawn in 1887', which is somewhat confusing. NEET - Not in Education, Employment, or Training. 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. 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:. (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) A piece of faeces. This symbol represents a small monkey showed in a kind-of naturalistic way. Strop - displeased, angry, as in "having a strop". Smackers (1920s) and smackeroos (1940s) are probably US extensions of the earlier English slang smack/smacks (1800s) meaning a pound note/notes, which Cassells slang dictionary suggests might be derived from the notion of smacking notes down onto a table. If you have any problems, please let us know. Boob tube - tight-fitting strapless top made of stretchy material. -keys, v. 1. any mammal of two major groupings of Primates, the Old World monkeys or catarrhines, and the New World monkeys or platyrrhines, both characterized by flattened faces, binocular vision, and usu. We have a complete dictionary of London money slang .A Cockney knows all about moneyCos its what make his world go aroundBut he doesn't say money, he says Bees and Honey When talking about pennies and pounds. kick = sixpence (6d), from the early 1700s, derived purely from the lose rhyming with six (not cockney rhyming slang), extending to and possible preceded and prompted by the slang expression 'two and a kick' meaning half a crown, i.e., two shillings and sixpence, commonly expressed as 'two and six', which is a more understandable association. Stitched up - to trick someone so that they are placed in a difficult or unpleasant situation. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. I'll be a monkey's uncle. - cheers, good health (Welsh). Tanner - 6d or sixpence. Usually now meaning one pound coins. Anyone would think the Brits like a drink. In the US a ned was a ten dollar gold coin, and a half-ned was a five dollar coin. A `ton in British slang is one hundred, usually for 100 pounds (sterling). Budge - move, shift. 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. 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. Watering hole - this is one of the many British slang words for a pub. "Gobsmacked" means to be utterly shocked or surprised beyond belief. Additionally (ack Martin Symington, Jun 2007) the word 'bob' is still commonly used among the white community of Tanzania in East Africa for the Tanzanian Shilling. Boozer - pub, or a person who drinks a lot. It is believed these terms were imported from India by returning servicemen. 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. Along with the silver crown, half-crown and sixpence, the silver threepence made its first appearance in 1551 during the reign of Edward VI (1547-53). . Nick Ratnieks suggests the tanner was named after a Master of the Mint of that name. Like so much slang, kibosh trips off the tongue easily and amusingly, which would encourage the extension of its use from prison term to money. There are many different interpretations of boodle meaning money, in the UK and the US. dunop/doonup = pound, backslang from the mid-1800s, in which the slang is created from a reversal of the word sound, rather than the spelling, hence the loose correlation to the source word. Gasper - cigarette (see fag) - now rather archaic. ? Or head over to our facebook page https://facebook.com/theslangpodcast for updates and more slang! A further suggestion (ack S Kopec) refers to sixpence being connected with pricing in the leather trade. In fact arguably the modern term 'silver' equates in value to 'coppers' of a couple of generations ago. Our currency is officially known as pounds sterling. Rows - Medieval galleried, timber walkways above a lower level of shops inChester. putting chips into the centre of the table being necessary to continue playing. The tickey slang was in use in 1950s UK (in Birmingham for example, thanks M Bramich), although the slang is more popular in South Africa, from which the British usage seems derived. Yorkshire Pudding - side dish with roast beef made with eggs, flour, salt, milk and beef dripping cooked in the oven. Like most languages, English has its fair share of slang terms related to a variety of topics and money is no exception. The word has been traced back from the late 18th century in London and has a vast range of suggestions for its etymology. Pub - public house, drinking establishment. The silver sixpence was produced from 1547-1970, and remained in circulation (although by then it was a copper-based and nickel-coated coin) after decimalisation as the two-and-a-half-pee, until withdrawal in 1980. Ok on to our next slang term for money a pony. "He thought he could make a monkey out of his friend but he was not prepared for what was coming. About to do. Bollocks - testicles or something that is nonsense. Wangle - means to get or do something that is a bit devious. Meaning: used to describe a person who is mischievous or silly. 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. 5. You are listening to our fourth and final episode specialising on slang and money! Hear, understand the origins and meanings of new slang and use it immediately! Pommy - a British person (derogatory, especially used by Australians). Crusty - usually young homeless or vagrant person stereotypically dreadlocked; can also mean angry or irritated. 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). British people like to enjoy themselves. 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. joey = much debate about this: According to my information (1894 Brewer, and the modern Cassell's, Oxford, Morton, and various other sources) Joey was originally, from 1835 or 1836 a silver fourpenny piece called a groat (Brewer is firm about this), and this meaning subsequently transferred to the silver threepenny piece (Cassell's, Oxford, and Morton). Locktail - a cocktail invented or enjoyed during Covid-19 lockdown. Tom Mix was a famous cowboy film star from 1910-1940. Skive - slang for slack off, avoid work (noun; skiver). According to Cassells chip meaning a shilling is from horse-racing and betting. When soldiers returned from India, they had a 500 rupee note which had an image of a monkey. long-tailed 'un/long-tailed finnip = high value note, from the 1800s and in use to the late 1900s. Shrapnel conventionally means artillery shell fragments, so called from the 2nd World War, after the inventor of the original shrapnel shell, Henry Shrapnel, who devised a shell filled with pellets and explosive powder c.1806. Mug off - disrespect, make someone appear stupid. Do Men Still Wear Button Holes At Weddings? Ape and monkey are considered offensive terms when they're used to describe a person of color. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z, Abdabs - terror, fright as in "the screaming abdabs.". In finance, a Monkey is British slang for 500 pounds sterling. Various other spellings, e.g., spondulacks, spondulics. Commonly used in speech as 'some silver' or 'any silver', for example: "Have you got any silver for the car-park?" EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. MORE : Heres how to spot the absolute worst people on Instagram, according to science, Get your need-to-know We also use the term smackers instead of pounds but rarely in the singular form. Naff (adj) So 'naff' is a word with an interesting history. Jiffy - a very short time, a moment as in "Back in a jiffy.". Bunts also used to refer to unwanted or unaccounted-for goods sold for a crafty gain by workers, and activity typically hidden from the business owner. bung = money in the form of a bribe, from the early English meaning of pocket and purse, and pick-pocket, according to Cassells derived from Frisian (North Netherlands) pung, meaning purse. From the late 20th century. 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