Sunday, July 18, 2010

Cockney Rhyming Slang

Dave went onto quite the tangent today. He instinctively tried to say "Use your loaf" and realized that would mean nothing to us. So he gave us a brief lecture on Cockney Rhyming Slang. Essentially, you use a two/three-word phrase, the last of which rhymes with another word, to substitute for that word.
So:
"Use your loaf:" Loaf of bread=head.
I'm driving up the frog: Frog and toad=road.
Where's your tit?: Tit for tat=hat.
I'm going home to trouble: Trouble and strife=wife.

And then...oh, right. We're in Israel. Out of East London, Dave.

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