Or head over to our facebook page https://facebook.com/theslangpodcast for updates and more slang! Origin unknown, although I received an interesting suggestion (thanks Giles Simmons, March 2007) of a possible connection with Jack Horner's plum in the nursery rhyme. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. When writing in English you put the currency symbol in front of the digits, so 10, 150 or $20. He is just being a cheeky monkey. A group of monkeys huddled together. Berties - term for Man City fans used by Man Utd supporters; the reverse is "rags". (source Cassells). From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper). Huff - to take offense as in "get the huff"; to inhale the vapors of something to become intoxicated as in to huff glue. Less common variations on the same theme: wamba, wanga, or womba. Danno (Detective Danny Williams, played by James MacArthur) was McGarrett's unfailingly loyal junior partner. 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. A 'flo' is the slang shortening, meaning two shillings. Hear, understand the origins and meanings of new slang and use it immediately! As kids growing up we always asked for a glass of spruce. foont/funt = a pound (1), from the mid-1900s, derived from the German word 'pfund' for the UK pound. Note that this thesaurus is not in any way affiliated with Urban Dictionary. How many medals has Great Britain won at the Winter Olympics? (Thanks M Johnson, Jan 2008). Our currency is officially known as pounds sterling. Texas slang words and phrases. On the front foot - meaning positive, active, attacking (from cricket). US and Canadian slang. Rhymes: -ki Hyphenation: monkey Noun []. Not pluralised for a number of pounds, eg., 'It cost me twenty nicker..' From the early 1900s, London slang, precise origin unknown. Shortened to 'G' (usually plural form also) or less commonly 'G's'. Possibilities include a connection with the church or bell-ringing since 'bob' meant a set of changes rung on the bells. bees (bees and honey) = money. The slang term 'silver' in relation to monetary value has changed through time, since silver coins used to be far more valuable. (Thanks L Cunliffe). The silver threepence continued in circulation for several years after this, and I read. Much of it derives from the designs on the notes - five pounds, ten pounds, twenty pounds. Folding green is more American than UK slang. a luv yee pet - I love you (talking to your partner not your dog) Cheers pet - thanks. 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 most commonly used slang term for a pound is a quid and it doesnt have a plural. Traditional IPA: mki "Coppers.". Bent - dishonest or derogatory for homosexual. Pub - public house, drinking establishment. (British English, slang) if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather; get a monkey off your back Origin is not known for sure. Jib - to gain entry without paying usually to a football stadium. 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. Bairn - child (Scottish, northern English). archer = two thousand pounds (2,000), late 20th century, from the Jeffrey Archer court case in which he was alleged to have bribed call-girl Monica Coughlan with this amount. Originates from the Dutch 'bodel', meaning personal effects. When pocket watches first became fashionable, they were held against the body by use of a small chain. As with deanar the pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. rat arsed. Boyo. Chav - derogatory term for member of the "lower classes". sovs = pounds. 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. 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). All later generic versions of the coins were called 'Thalers'. madza caroon = half-a-crown (2/6) from the mid 1800s. bunce = money, usually unexpected gain and extra to an agreed or predicted payment, typically not realised by the payer. son of Dermot. The 1973 advert's artistic director was Ridley Scott. Bum crack - the exposed top part of the buttocks. Example in spoken form: In my new job Ill be earning 75 kay a year. This means that something is incredibly expensive. Kettle and Hob is Cockney slang for Watch. Kitchen sink - a very large number of things, whether needed or not. Copyright Learn English Network - All Rights Reserved. wankered. The spondulicks slang can be traced back to the mid-1800s in England (source: Cassells), but is almost certainly much older. Monkey business means doing something mischievous. moola = money. Lost the plot - to become upset, angry, irrational. Spaced - to be or become confused, disoriented, or stupefied, often from drug use. An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'. Sassenach - non-Highlander (usually referring to the English). You cheeky monkey." Chin-wag: A chat or brief conversation. chip = a shilling (1/-) and earlier, mid-late 1800s a pound or a sovereign. Hamsterkaufing - stockpiling or hoarding before a Covid-19 lockdown. A pony equals 25. In addition, Britain-specific words are included. These would be considered vulgar so use with caution: bladdered. biscuit = 100 or 1,000. You are listening to our fourth and final episode specialising on slang and money! The brass-nickel threepenny bit was minted up until 1970 and this lovely coin ceased to be legal tender at decimalisation in 1971. I'm convinced these were the principal and most common usages of the Joey coin slang. Machair - fertile low-lying grassy plain in the Outer Hebrides. A popular slang word like bob arguably develops a life of its own. 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). British Slang Phrases About Love & Relationships And Having Fun These slang words are all about what you might do with your mates, or your bird or your bloke. Also find guides to Britain's transport system including roads, trains, buses and airports. long-tailed 'un/long-tailed finnip = high value note, from the 1800s and in use to the late 1900s. boodle = money. Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches. From the 19th century sus law (from "suspected person" which gave police the right to stop and search. wedge = nowadays 'a wedge' a pay-packet amount of money, although the expression is apparently from a very long time ago when coins were actually cut into wedge-shaped pieces to create smaller money units. Old Firm - collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers. Why would you lie about something dumb like that?". Some slang can be quite specific to an area or even an individual who has conjured up their own word for something, but there are a few that are widely used and are worth remembering. beer tokens = money. I am also informed (ack Sue Batch, Nov 2007) that spruce also referred to lemonade, which is perhaps another source of the bottle rhyming slang: " around Northants, particularly the Rushden area, Spruce is in fact lemonade it has died out nowadays - I was brought up in the 50s and 60s and it was an everyday word around my area back then. oner = (pronounced 'wunner'), commonly now meaning one hundred pounds; sometimes one thousand pounds, depending on context. nicker = a pound (1). Trolley dolly - air stewardess (informal). Copyright 2023. be taken too seriously! Here are the most common and/or interesting British slang money words and expressions, with meanings, and origins where known. dollar = slang for money, commonly used in singular form, eg., 'Got any dollar?..'. It was a monkey see, monkey do sort of situation. Spanish is spoken natively in over 20 countries and even has more first language speakers than English, making it an incredibly diverse language with many different slang words and phrases. Stiver also earlier referred to any low value coin. Wow. live, learn and work. 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. The slang word 'tanner' meaning sixpence dates from the early 1800s and is derived most probably from Romany gypsy 'tawno' meaning small one, and Italian 'danaro' meaning small change. Modern slang from London, apparently originating in the USA in the 1930s. Doghouse - as in the phrase "to be in the doghouse" - to be in trouble or when someone is upset or angry with you for whatever reason. See 'tanner' below. Wangle - means to get or do something that is a bit devious. farthing = a quarter of an old penny (d) - not slang, a proper word in use (in slightly different form - feorthung) since the end of the first millenium, and in this list mainly to clarify that the origin of the word is not from 'four things', supposedly and commonly believed from the times when coins were split to make pieces of smaller value, but actually (less excitingly) from Old English feortha, meaning fourth, corresponding to Old Frisian fiardeng, meaning a quarter of a mark, and similar Germanic words meaning four and fourth. gen = a shilling (1/-), from the mid 1800s, either based on the word argent, meaning silver (from French and Latin, and used in English heraldry, i.e., coats of arms and shields, to refer to the colour silver), or more likely a shortening of 'generalize', a peculiar supposed backslang of shilling, which in its own right was certainly slang for shilling, and strangely also the verb to lend a shilling. Copyright English TrackersDesigned by Niels Loomans. wonga = money. 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. Whatever, kibosh meant a shilling and sixpence (1/6). These slang words for money are most likely derived from the older use of the word madza, absorbed into English from Italian mezzo meaning half, which was used as a prefix in referring to half-units of coinage (and weights), notably medza caroon (half-crown), madza poona (half-sovereign) and by itself, medza meaning a ha'penny (d). In finance, a Monkey is British slang for 500 pounds sterling. Twat - vulgar slang for "vagina." 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. 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). Corker - something or someone outstanding. The Jack Horner nursery rhyme is seemingly based on the story of Jack Horner, a steward to the Bishop of Glastonbury at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries (16th century), who was sent to Henry VIII with a bribe consisting of the deeds to twelve important properties in the area. * /There is [] A Dictionary of American Idioms monkey Much variation in meaning is found in the US. lady/Lady Godiva = fiver (five pounds, 5) cockney rhyming slang, and like many others in this listing is popular in London and the South East of England, especially East London. Then you gotta know the key money values: 20 is a Score, 25 is a Pony, 100 is a Ton, 500 . From the cockney rhyming slang and metaphoric use of 'bread'. generalise/generalize = a shilling (1/-), from the mid 1800s, thought to be backslang. 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. The term coppers is also slang for a very small amount of money, or a cost of something typically less than a pound, usually referring to a bargain or a sum not worth thinking about, somewhat like saying 'peanuts' or 'a row of beans'. Crash - sleep, lose consciousness, stay at someone's flat as in "Can I crash at yours on Saturday night?". Doss - sleep in rough accommodation or in an improvised bed, spend time idly. Barmy: crazy, insane; always derogatory. beehive = five pounds (5). More rarely from the early-mid 1900s fiver could also mean five thousand pounds, but arguably it remains today the most widely used slang term for five pounds. What does Monkey mean in slang? 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. Equivalent to 10p - a tenth of a pound. From the late 20th century. gelt/gelter = money, from the late 1600s, with roots in foreign words for gold, notably German and Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) gelt, and Dutch and South African geld. Kermit is a male given name found mainly in the United States. "That's a barmy idea". When the British Empire occupied India in the 19th century, some Indian slang words made it over to the UK, with "monkey" being one of them. She is such a cheeky monkey. 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. Potentially confused with and supported by the origins and use of similar motsa (see motsa entry). 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. Broke: we all know this one, when you're "skint" (British slang) or poor, you can consider yourself broke. The rules about capital letters and currency are the following: you dont use a capital letter to spell out the whole name, therefore: pounds, euros and dollars. Even if you never actually get anywhere near the sound of Bow bells, it is handy pub quiz knowledge to have in your locker. Skelp - a slap or smack (Dundee, Scotland). For example 'Lend us twenty sovs..' Sov is not generally used in the singular for one pound. 11. Also shortened to beesum (from bees and, bees 'n', to beesum). Give us a bell - call me on the telephone. Used either to show sympathy, or to soften an insult. What does Kermit mean? #1. I can find no other references to meanings or origins for the money term 'biscuit'. Yonks - in a long time as in "I haven't seen you in yonks.". Notes: Money in general; reference to banknotes from a bank. We also list many of Britain's museums, churches, castles and other points of interest. For the record, the other detectives were called Chin Ho Kelly (the old guy) and Kono Kalakaua (the big guy), played by Kam Fong and Zulu, both of which seem far better character names, but that's really the way it was. 2. And 59 per cent don't understand what . Skive - slang for slack off, avoid work (noun; skiver). Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slang, probably due to the . . Pronunciation emphasises the long 'doo' sound. garden/garden gate = eight pounds (8), cockney rhyming slang for eight, naturally extended to eight pounds. Brutal. half, half a bar/half a sheet/half a nicker = ten shillings (10/-), from the 1900s, and to a lesser degree after decimalisation, fifty pence (50p), based on the earlier meanings of bar and sheet for a pound. Let us know in the comments below. net gen = ten shillings (10/-), backslang, see gen net. Posh - port out, starboard home; elegant, stylish, or upper class. We use this expression a lot. Cockney rhyming slang from 1960s and perhaps earlier since beehive has meant the number five in rhyming slang since at least the 1920s. Probably from Romany gypsy 'wanga' meaning coal. Boracic/brassic - no money, broke, skint from boracic lint = skint. 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. This would be consistent with one of the possible origins and associations of the root of the word Shilling, (from Proto-Germanic 'skell' meaning to sound or ring). Sadly the word is almost obsolete now, although the groat coin is kept alive in Maundy Money. nugget/nuggets = a pound coin (1) or money generally. Brown bread - dead from Cockney rhyming slang. Brummie - native of Birmingham (colloquial). 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. Manc - Mancunian, a native of Manchester. A 'double-finnif' (or double-fin, etc) means ten pounds; 'half-a-fin' (half-a-finnip, etc) would have been two pounds ten shillings (equal to 2.50). (modifier) nautical. It means to vomit from excessive drinking. kibosh/kybosh = eighteen pence (i.e., one and six, 1/6, one shilling and sixpence), related to and perhaps derived from the mid-1900s meaning of kibosh for an eighteen month prison sentence. dough = money. These pages are best viewed using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, or IE. "Gob" is a British expression for "mouth". MORE : How many medals has Great Britain won at the Winter Olympics? Plural uses singular form. We've shown you the 100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases. Vest - (usually) sleeveless, cotton undershirt. There are other spelling variations based on the same theme, all derived from the German and Yiddish (European/Hebrew mixture) funf, meaning five, more precisely spelled fnf. handful = five pounds (5), 20th century, derived simply by association to the five digits on a hand. or What tip shall we leave?" We live it, we breathe it, we make our living from it. 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). Cassells says these were first recorded in the 1930s, and suggests they all originated in the US, which might be true given that banknotes arguably entered very wide use earlier in the US than in the UK. Bevvy. Kettles - watches - from kettle and hob = watch (Cockney rhyming slang). Brummie - native of Birmingham (colloquial). People commonly use this emoji to express embarrassment in an amusing way or to emphasize that they made a funny mistake. To make a monkey out of someone means to make someone look silly. And this is only the tip of the iceberg! Meaning - Monkey Emoji Let's get serious about the project." "They have been monkeying around so they did not get anything done." To make a monkey out of someone 'To make a monkey out of someone' means to make someone look silly. Cockney Rhyming Slang - a common word replaced with a rhyming pair of words or longer phrase and then omitting the rhyming word, for example, "Apples and pears" (= stairs, becomes "apples"), butcher's hook (look, becomes "butcher's"), loaf of bread (head, becomes "loaf"). 8. Gobsmacked. Hello MaryParker, Thank you for your comments. (Thanks R Bambridge). Chip and chipping also have more general associations with money and particularly money-related crime, where the derivations become blurred with other underworld meanings of chip relating to sex and women (perhaps from the French 'chipie' meaning a vivacious woman) and narcotics (in which chip refers to diluting or skimming from a consignment, as in chipping off a small piece - of the drug or the profit). Variations on the same theme are moolah, mola, mulla. From cockney rhyming slang, bread and honey = money, and which gave rise to the secondary rhyming slang 'poppy', from poppy red = bread. Dib was also US slang meaning $1 (one dollar), which presumably extended to more than one when pluralised. The . Example: Are you coming to my birthday bash next Saturday? Filters. 1. It is spoken mainly by young, working-class people in multicultural parts of London. One pound is subdivided into 100 pence, the singular of which is one penny. Also relates to (but not necessairly derived from) the expression especially used by children, 'dibs' meaning a share or claim of something, and dibbing or dipping among a group of children, to determine shares or winnings or who would be 'it' for a subsequent chasing game. The use of the word 'half' alone to mean 50p seemingly never gaught on, unless anyone can confirm otherwise. 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. Bread - money from Cockney rhyming slang "bread and honey" = money. Yack - to vomit, usually because of intoxication. Century (one hundred pounds sterling). In the 18th century 'bobstick' was a shillings-worth of gin. They are meant for comprehension rather than reproduction. From the 1800s, by association with the small fish. Britain is known for its drinking culture, so 'chunder' is a word you'll hear frequently the day after a night out. Some of these new international slang words are used in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK (and even in non-English speaking countries). bar = a pound, from the late 1800s, and earlier a sovereign, probably from Romany gypsy 'bauro' meaning heavy or big, and also influenced by allusion to the iron bars use as trading currency used with Africans, plus a possible reference to the custom of casting of precious metal in bars. 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. A person in a catatonic state or seemingly brain dead. 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). Her Majesty's Pleasure - in jail; see porridge, inside. macaroni = twenty-five pounds (25). Before decimalisation, British money was made up of pounds, shillings, and pence as follows: 1 pound = 20 shillings. Naff (adj) So 'naff' is a word with an interesting history. pony = twenty-five pounds (25). The symbolism of the monkey is connected to deep knowledge and intelligence. sprat/spratt = sixpence (6d). Cockney Money Slang. Bags (to make a bags of something) Bang on. 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). Acting the maggot. maggie/brass maggie = a pound coin (1) - apparently used in South Yorkshire UK - the story is that the slang was adopted during the extremely acrimonious and prolonged miners' strike of 1984 which coincided with the introduction of the pound coin. ? sobs = pounds. pissed. Rank - bad, horrible or smells unpleasant. Barmy. 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). English slang referenced by Brewer in 1870, origin unclear, possibly related to the Virgin Mary, and a style of church windows featuring her image. Not generally pluralised. For ex: My aunt left me five hundred smackers in her will. Get an instant price to have your English document edited by professionals. Were mad about English. Tea: means gossip, a common phrase used in the US is: "Spill the tea". coal = a penny (1d). Bloke What does Bloke mean in British slang. Umpteen - large quantity, numerous times, huge amount or a load of something. A nicker bit is a one pound coin, and London cockney rhyming slang uses the expression 'nicker bits' to describe a case of diarrhoea. "No more monkeying around! 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