Plural uses singular form, eg., 'Fifteen quid is all I want for it..', or 'I won five hundred quid on the horses yesterday..'. It cannot cost a million dollars. (Thanks M Johnson, Jan 2008). Recent post: Are Groceries Cheaper In Nevada? For daily English language lessons and tips, like our Learn English Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or subscribe to our YouTube channel. Hear, understand the origins and meanings of new slang and use it immediately! Their bonding sessions come as a reminder that we cannot live alone. Dough . 11. 5. Follow our writing guidelines and make your words COUNT! 2. oncer = (pronounced 'wunser'), a pound , and a simple variation of 'oner'. Probably London slang from the early 1800s. Stiver was used in English slang from the mid 1700s through to the 1900s, and was derived from the Dutch Stiver coin issued by the East India Company in the Cape (of South Africa), which was the lowest East India Co monetary unit. Cock and hen also gave raise to the variations cockeren, cockeren and hen, hen, and the natural rhyming slang short version, cock - all meaning ten pounds. smackers/smackeroos = pounds (or dollars) - in recent times not usually used in referring to a single 1 or a low amount, instead usually a hundred or several hundreds, but probably not several thousands, when grand would be preferred. . Moola - Also spelled moolah, the origin of this word is unknown. 'Monkey's uncle' is used as an expression of surprise. Popular Australian slang for money, now being adopted elsewhere. Tom Mix was a famous cowboy film star from 1910-1940. Fixin' to. quid = one pound (1) or a number of pounds sterling. Flog a dead horse - waste energy on a lost cause or a situation that cannot be changed. folding/folding stuff/folding money/folding green = banknotes, especially to differentiate or emphasise an amount of money as would be impractical to carry or pay in coins, typically for a night out or to settle a bill. Logically, it follows that you'd have 240 pence to a pound. 9. Also used regularly is a 'score ' which is. Slang words or phrases develop over time. A `ton in British slang is one hundred, usually for 100 pounds (sterling). Play it by ear - proceed instinctively according to circumstances. As referenced by Brewer in 1870. What does she say can mean what she generally says or thinks about a particular situation and not just at a particular time in the past; whereas What did she say refers to a specific point of time in the past which youre referring to. Cock and hen - also cockerel and hen - has carried the rhyming slang meaning for the number ten for longer. Watering hole - this is one of the many British slang words for a pub. The female genitals. These terms have something for everyone, from the silly to the sincere, and even some insults. Cockney Rhyming Slang. Clanger: A mistake. joey = much debate about this: According to my . 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. This symbol represents a small monkey showed in a kind-of naturalistic way. measures = money, late 20th century, most likely arising from misunderstanding medzas and similar variants, particularly medza caroon (hal-crown) and medza meaning a half-penny (ha'penny, i.e., d). dibs/dibbs = money. Heres how to spot the absolute worst people on Instagram, according to science, Do not sell or share my personal information. The Brief: The speak no evil monkey ? 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. 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. Historically bob was slang for a British shilling (Twelve old pence, pre-decimalisation - and twenty shillings to a pound). Tom Mix initially meant the number six (and also fix, as in difficult situation or state of affairs), and extended later in the 1900s to mean six pounds. 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. Also shortened to beesum (from bees and, bees 'n', to beesum). The symbolism of the monkey is connected to deep knowledge and intelligence. long tails. Other slang terms: Fiver = 5, Lady Godiva (Cockney rhyming slang for a fiver) = 5, Tenner = 10, Pony = 25, Half a ton = 50, Ton = 100, Monkey = 500, Grand = 1000. An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'. Slang British Money Terms. Old Bill - (archaic) slang for the police. Brewer's 1870 Dictionary of Phrase and Fable states that 'bob' could be derived from 'Bawbee', which was 16-19th century slang for a half-penny, in turn derived from: French 'bas billon', meaning debased copper money (coins were commonly cut to make change). (modifier) nautical. Boyo. "You should watch the mens team play cricket. knicker = distortion of 'nicker', meaning 1. Bags (to make a bags of something) Bang on. To sit around doing little, to be idle. To monkey around means to behave in a silly or careless way. Folding green is more American than UK slang. 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. Boodle normally referred to ill-gotten gains, such as counterfeit notes or the proceeds of a robbery, and also to a roll of banknotes, although in recent times the usage has extended to all sorts of money, usually in fairly large amounts. deuce = two pounds, and much earlier (from the 1600s) tuppence (two old pence, 2d), from the French deus and Latin duos meaning two (which also give us the deuce term in tennis, meaning two points needed to win). Decimal 1p and 2p coins were also 97% copper (technically bronze - 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin ) until replaced by copper-plated steel in 1992, which amusingly made them magnetic. Stiver also earlier referred to any low value coin. Porkies . In South Africa the various spellings refer to a SA threepenny piece, and now the equivalent SA post-decimalisation 2 cents coin. As kids growing up we always asked for a glass of spruce. In the US a nickel is more commonly a five cent coin. That's about 20p. Similarly words connected with sex and stupidity frequently have slang equivalents. A dosser is the noun. Prang - a (minor) accident involving a motor vehicle. They used the term monkey for 500 rupees and on returning to England the saying was converted for sterling to mean 500. Others have suggested that an Indian twenty-five rupee banknote featured a pony. I'm not being funny - softening preface to a statement that could possibly be taken as offensive or malicious. For ex: I spent over a hundred quid last weekend without even realising it! Chipping-in also means to contributing towards or paying towards something, which again relates to the gambling chip use and metaphor, i.e. a luv yee pet - I love you (talking to your partner not your dog) Cheers pet - thanks. Check your spam folder if you don't get an email immediately! Top 100 Cockney Rhyming Slang Words and Phrases: Adam and Eve - believe Alan Whickers - knickers apples and pears - stairs Artful Dodger - lodger Ascot Races - braces Aunt Joanna - piano Baked Bean - Queen Baker's Dozen - Cousin Ball and Chalk - Walk Barnaby Rudge - Judge Barnet Fair - hair Barney Rubble - trouble Battlecruiser - boozer clod = a penny (1d). Brummie - native of Birmingham (colloquial). Quid - pound (informal; British currency). Botch - mess up, ruin; as in "the plumber botched the repair". ", "You know John is not telling the truth about the price of his car. Try English Trackers' professional editing and rewriting service. If you have any problems, please let us know. big ben - ten pounds (10) the sum, and a ten pound note - cockney rhyming slang. 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). chip = a shilling (1/-) and earlier, mid-late 1800s a pound or a sovereign. Also referred to money generally, from the late 1600s, when the slang was based simply on a metaphor of coal being an essential commodity for life. More fun British slang phrases. ABC Education brings you high-quality educational content to use at home and in the classroom. The use of the word 'half' alone to mean 50p seemingly never gaught on, unless anyone can confirm otherwise. 1 shilling = 12 pence. Texas slang. Spruce probably mainly refers to spruce beer, made from the shoots of spruce fir trees which is made in alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties. Her Majesty's Pleasure - in jail; see porridge, inside. ", "They have been monkeying around so they did not get anything done.". In the same way a ton is also slang for 100 runs in cricket, or a speed of 100 miles per hour. "He thought he could make a monkey out of his friend but he was not prepared for what was coming. Do A "do" is also a slang word for "party" in British English. By some it has been suggested that in the 18th century 25 was the typical price paid for a small horse, although historians have contested this is not accurate and far too much money. Very occasionally older people, students of English or History, etc., refer to loose change of a small amount of coin money as groats. Pissed - drunk (slang) in British English; "angry" in American English. These are just a few examples of British slang words for being drunk. See yennep. Common use of the coal/cole slang largely ceased by the 1800s although it continued in the expressions 'tip the cole' and 'post the cole', meaning to make a payment, until these too fell out of popular use by the 1900s. 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. From the 1920s, and popular slang in fast-moving business, trading, the underworld, etc., until the 1970s when it was largely replaced by 'K'. "My friend was trying to get free copies of her favourite newspaper by queuing up in different locations. They have more fun than a barrel of monkeys. 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. Baccy: shortened word for "tobacco;" also, "wacky backy" means marijuana. No plural version; it was 'thirty bob' not 'thirty bobs'. Banjaxed. It means to make a profit. 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. These were called fob watches, and its from this expression that we get Kettle and Hob for watch. In their natural habitat, monkeys are incredibly compassionate and carrying. (Thanks Simon Ladd, June 2007). Porkies - lies, from the Cockney rhyming slang "pork pies" = lies. Zebra Crossing - black and white pedestrian crossing. Used either to show sympathy, or to soften an insult. I am grateful to J Briggs for confirming (March 2008): "I live in Penistone, South Yorks (what we call the West Riding) and it was certainly called a 'Brass Maggie' in my area. Pre-decimal farthings, ha'pennies and pennies were 97% copper (technically bronze), and would nowadays be worth significantly more than their old face value because copper has become so much more valuable. 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? All our resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum. Curate's egg - something that is partly good and partly bad. Wonky - is another word for shaky or unstable. From the Spanish gold coins of the same name. denoting a small light structure or piece of equipment contrived to suit an immediate purpose. 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. Fuzz - old, derogatory slang for the police. The term ' nicker ' is probably connected to the use of nickel in the minting of coins. In every country there are slang terms for money. Bail - To cancel plans. I suspect different reasons for the British coins, but have yet to find them. Clod was also used for other old copper coins. Crazy. Accadacca - How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC. The most commonly used slang term for a pound is a, This expression has negative connotations, so, If youre in London you may overhear many other terms for money and many of these will come from, Some of the London slang for money is based on animals thought to have originally appeared on ruppe banknotes. Slang. The official Urban Dictionary API is used to show the hover-definitions. Any unethical, illegitimate, or objectionable activity that is furtive or deceitful, e.g., undercover sexual advances, cheating, misuse of public funds, etc. Much more recently (thanks G Hudson) logically since the pound coin was introduced in the UK in the 1990s with the pound note's withdrawal, nugget seems to have appeared as a specific term for a pound coin, presumably because the pound coin is golden (actually more brassy than gold) and 'nuggety' in feel. These are a few of the most common slang terms for pre-decimal coins: Coppers - farthing, halfpenny, penny coins. Due to the way the algorithm works, the thesaurus gives you mostly related slang words, rather than exact synonyms. Thus, "Use your loaf" means "Use your head" (think!). Cockney rhyming slang, from 'poppy red' = bread, in turn from 'bread and honey' = money. Moola: Money in general (origin unknown) Also spelled moolah. (m ki) n., pl. seymour = salary of 100,000 a year - media industry slang - named after Geoff Seymour (1947-2009) the advertising copywriter said to have been the first in his profession to command such a wage. Monkey Emoji is a very simple emoji usually used for its literal meaning when talking about wild and funny animals such as monkeys. Every good costermonger has skill in displaying the front of his stall. 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). Not generally pluralised. monkey. Almost certainly and logically derived from the slang 'doss-house', meaning a very cheap hostel or room, from Elizabethan England when 'doss' was a straw bed, from 'dossel' meaning bundle of straw, in turn from the French 'dossier' meaning bundle. For example, you might say a chair has a wonky leg. 22. cock and hen = ten pounds (thanks N Shipperley). The pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. 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. Jib - to gain entry without paying usually to a football stadium. Gobsmacked. Some non-slang words are included where their origins are particularly interesting, as are some interesting slang money expressions which originated in other parts of the world, and which are now entering the English language. Interestingly mill is also a non-slang technical term for a tenth of a USA cent, or one-thousandth of a dollar, which is an accounts term only - there is no coinage for such an amount. Also meant to lend a shilling, apparently used by the middle classes, presumably to avoid embarrassment. Pigs in Blankets - small sausages wrapped in bacon. Silver threepences were last issued for circulation in the United Kingdom in 1941 but the final pieces to be sent overseas for colonial use were dated 1944. Bread - money from Cockney rhyming slang "bread and honey" = money. McGarrett = fifty pounds (50). spondulicks/spondoolicks = money. Monkey - This originated from the British slang for 500 pounds of sterling. In the pre-decimal era half a dollar was half a crown, a bob was a shilling, a tanner a sixpence and a joey a threepenny bit. From the 19th century sus law (from "suspected person" which gave police the right to stop and search. bread (bread and honey) = money. The similar German and Austrian coin was the 'Groschen', equivalent to 10 'Pfennigs'. Not always, but often refers to money in coins, and can also refer to riches or wealth. From the fact that a ton is a measurement of 100 cubic feet of capacity (for storage, loading, etc). Bollocks - testicles or something that is nonsense. Backslang essentially entails reversing the sound of the word, not the strict spelling, as you can see from the yennep example. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. 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. cows = a pound, 1930s, from the rhyming slang 'cow's licker' = nicker (nicker means a pound). Avo - Avocado. ", "Why do you want to make a monkey out of me? Not pluralised for a number of pounds, eg., 'It cost me twenty nicker..' From the early 1900s, London slang, precise origin unknown. Wor lad - my boyfriend. The answer can be traced back to 19th Century India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of an ape on it and was informally known as a "monkey". Barmy: crazy, insane; always derogatory. Dunce - an unintelligent person, so called after the much-ridiculed 13th century Scottish theologian John Duns Scotus. Meaning: used to describe extremely cold or extremely hot weather. Initially suggested (Mar 2007) by a reader who tells me that the slang term 'biscuit', meaning 100, has been in use for several years, notably in the casino trade (thanks E). EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. Presumably there were different versions and issues of the groat coin, which seems to have been present in the coinage from the 14th to the 19th centuries. The modern form of farthing was first recorded in English around 1280 when it altered from ferthing to farthing. "Gob" is a British expression for "mouth". Britain is known for its drinking culture, so 'chunder' is a word you'll hear frequently the day after a night out. Originally (16th-19thC) the slang word flag was used for an English fourpenny groat coin, derived possibly from Middle Low German word 'Vleger' meaning a coin worth 'more than a Bremer groat' (Cassells). Other suggestions connecting the word pony with money include the Old German word 'poniren' meaning to pay, and a strange expression from the early 1800s, "There's no touching her, even for a poney [sic]," which apparently referred to a widow, Mrs Robinson, both of which appear in a collection of 'answers to correspondents' sent by readers and published by the Daily Mail in the 1990s. Fag - cigarette, "ciggie", hence fag end (stub) and fag packet. To make a monkey out of someone means to make someone look silly. Or head over to our facebook page https://facebook.com/theslangpodcast for updates and more slang! 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). Cheers - very common alternative for "thank you" or drinking toast. I'll be a monkey's uncle. caser/case = five shillings (5/-), a crown coin. fin/finn/finny/finnif/finnip/finnup/finnio/finnif = five pounds (5), from the early 1800s. 'K' has now mainly replaced 'G' in common speech and especially among middle and professional classes. Backslang also contributes several slang money words. It is about money in general terms. Chuffed: Pleased, delighted. Variations on the same theme are moolah, mola, mulla. Add a little spark to your vocabulary with Scottish slang. Baccy - tobacco, usually rolling tobacco. There seems no explanation for long-tailed other than being a reference to extended or larger value. (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) A piece of faeces. Bronze (term to describe the one and two pound coins) 4. Incidentally the Hovis bakery was founded in 1886 and the Hovis name derives from Latin, Hominis Vis, meaning 'strength of man'. The Joey slang word seems reasonably certainly to have been named after the politician Joseph Hume (1777-1855), who advocated successfully that the fourpenny groat be reintroduced, which it was in 1835 or 1836, chiefly to foil London cab drivers (horse driven ones in those days) in their practice of pretending not to have change, with the intention of extorting a bigger tip, particularly when given two shillings for a two-mile fare, which at the time cost one shilling and eight-pence. Bob - one shilling. Me ma said - My mam said. be taken too seriously! Much variation in meaning is found in the US. Blicky - a handgun (word is US in origin). Some die out because nobody uses . Bender: derogatory term for homosexual, like "poof." 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