As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...

A guy walks into a doctor’s office and says, “Doc, wiv dis Billy Ray Cyrus, I can’t stop Wallace and Gromiting and I ‘ave a ‘orrible on and off. Do you ‘ave any Thomas Edison what won’t hurt me ...

How did we get the phrase “use your loaf”, meaning “use your head”? Well, it dates to the late-19th century, and is drawn from Cockney rhyming slang; in which head, is “loaf of bread”. Cockney vendors ...

For the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw cash using written prompts in Cockney rhyming slang. It works by replacing a word with a short ...

The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place throughout ...

Compared to what the U.K. receives by way of American pop culture, the U.S. gets a fairly limited view of what British folk are actually like. As far as movies and TV go, the three most common ...

Home > Play > Top Ten > Ten examples of disability Cockney rhyming slang by Ouch Team Does it get any more inventive than 'Raspberry Ripple'? We reckon so; check our handy top ten list and find out.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang.

A UK company has decided to roll out some fun cash machines in London for the next three months. Instead of seeing the options displayed on the cash machine in the Queen’s English, these ATMs will ...