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1,000 Investment Bankers Leave RBS2 comments

bigrab wrote 5 days ago: I was trying to think of a comedy angle for the above headline from this article from the Press Asso … more →

Tags: Money and Finance, rbs

The Origins of Cockney Speak

badwisdom wrote 1 week ago: Cockernis had a primitive facination with shiny objects Cockney Rhyming Slang was invented in 1974 b … more →

Tags: Crime, folklore superstition, History, yokels, folklore, Britain, Cockney, pearly king, pearly queen

All things embittered

wordtapestry wrote 3 months ago: … and other manglings of popular culture, television program names, and brand names. Confessio … more →

Tags: Rambling, Follies, language, Popular Culture, Television, radio

"Gor Blimey, Mary Poppins! Your charming wanker's eaten your shard..."

Sam wrote 3 months ago: More creative PR to goggle at: cash machine company “The Bank Machine” is introducing a … more →

Tags: Marketing, PR, Urban, Banking, Cockney, coinshitters, charlie brooker, bank machines, ATM's

Ungrumpy Vid of the Day: Snatch Wars

grumpyzachsmith wrote 4 months ago: What if Guy Ritchie, Director of east-end gangster movie ‘Snatch’, had directed Star War … more →

Tags: Evil, Bollocks, Video, Comedy, aliens, SWEARING, Crime, London, Funny

Hampton Wick's Contribution to the English Language

TGW wrote 7 months ago: Approaching Hampton Wick from Kingston Bridge. Really, you’d think that you couldn’t get … more →

Tags: London, History, Geography, Transport, Thames, Kingston, 20th Century, Tudor London, Suburbia

Cockney Rhyming Slang3 comments

pclively wrote 9 months ago: Many of you know already know what rhyming slang is; for further reading see Dictionary of Rhyming S … more →

Tags: WorDs, Cockney, slang, barney

Trig Palin: Times skirts around libel law6 comments

cabalamat wrote 1 year ago: I thought this was interesting phraseology in today’s Times Online: Sarah Palin hit by interne … more →

Tags: Digital Rights, Britain, Society, USA, Politics, Sarah Palin, bristol palin, trig palin, libel law

Rhyming Slang

gregashley wrote 1 year ago: The rhyming slang of the day today is, ‘Iron Tank’. Apparently the official meaning for … more →

Rhyming Slang1 comment

gregashley wrote 1 year ago: The term ‘Spam Fritter’ is also used as rhyming slang for an anus or toilet. I feel i don’t need to … more →

Tags: Fritter, Spam, rhyming, slang, unacceptable

British (and Australian) slang, vol. 10

emperorbananaketchup wrote 1 year ago: Trailer to “Bloodlust” an Australian-made “grindhouse” clas-sick (sic) which … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, Cockney, mockney, underworld slang, British rhyming slang, Australian underworld slang, Bloodlust, Grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino

British (& Australian) underworld slang, vol. 22 comments

emperorbananaketchup wrote 1 year ago: (Apologise for the reprint…when transferring my old posts to this new blog, I inadvertently de … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, Australian Slang, British slang, Cockney, mockney, underworld slang, Video

British (and Australian) slang, vol. 9

emperorbananaketchup wrote 1 year ago: NME staffers (the BEST music mag in the world – EVER!!!)  pick their Top 5 singles and albums … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, Music, Australian Slang, British slang, Cockney

British (and Australian) slang, vol. 9

emperorbananaketchup wrote 1 year ago: NME staffers (the BEST music mag in the world – EVER!!!)  pick their Top 5 singles and albums … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, Music, Australian Slang, British slang, Cockney

Masculinity-friendly environmentalism, please!3 comments

infomancie wrote 2 years ago: My Tesco Bag for Life, little did I realise it would shop my masculinity. Yes, I know the good reaso … more →

Tags: Society, Environment, humour, Moon, recycling, plastic bags, masculinity, image conscious, Shopping

British (and Australian) slang, vol. 8

emperorbananaketchup wrote 2 years ago: Still tuff after fifteen years!!! Legend includes usage from recent UK films (AUST) Australian rhymi … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, Australian Slang, British slang, Cockney

British (and Australian) slang, vol. 8

emperorbananaketchup wrote 2 years ago: Still tuff after fifteen years!!! Included here are Australian rhyming slang expressions that have o … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, Australian Slang, British slang, Cockney

British (and Australian) slang, vol. 7

emperorbananaketchup wrote 2 years ago: Legend indicates usage from recent UK films: (AUST) Australian rhyming slang (S) SNATCH (SD) SLIDING … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, British slang, Cockney, Hot Fuzz

British (and Australian) slang, vol. 7

emperorbananaketchup wrote 2 years ago: Included here for completion are Australian rhyming slang expressions that have origins in England. … more →

Tags: Language & semiotics, British slang, Cockney, Hot Fuzz


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