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Anonymous, 4 yr 77 days ago
Why is a "brass" a prostitute in cockney slang?
rwiles  +  137634 Thu, 15 Sep 05 12:32 PM

I see the administrators have edited previous posts for content, so I'll leave as much to the imagination as I can.

'Harry on the boat' is an abbreviated form of the combined phrases 'Harry Monk' on the 'Boat Race'

 

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Forbes  +  137674 Thu, 15 Sep 05 02:11 PM

Here's a fun piece of etymolgy that I hope won't get edited out. Remember that in rhyming slang the rhyming part can get left out so apples and pears = stairs can become apples.

How *** became aris:

Rhyming slang for *** = bottle and glass. Shortened to bottle. Rhyming slang for bottle = Aristotle. Shortened to aris. I wonder what the next step will be?

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rwiles, 4 yr 64 days ago

There are actually two expressions for prostitute involving 'brass':

'Brass door' and 'brass flute'

 

Anonymous, 2 yr 167 days ago
boat race > face
Anonymous, 2 yr 150 days ago

cockney rhyming slang is the fufutre me old china plates

dog n bone - phone
james blunt - ***
rodger moore - door
posh n becks - sex/specs

Anonymous, 1 yr 107 days ago
Barnet Fair = hair
boat race = face
mince pies = eyes
Duke of Montrose = nose
North and South = mouth
BTW loaf of bread = head
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Jarry1  +  554031 Tue, 12 Aug 08 06:22 PM
The second word it not said; it is merely implied. So, someone says 'I'm going to the rub-a-dub', where rub-a-dub-dub = pub.

Maybe you should look at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A649

Richard the Third can also very rarely mean bird (the animal, that is) as The Two Ronnies played off for effect.
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gekah  +  554162 Wed, 13 Aug 08 03:46 AM
"Do you wanna go down the frog to get some Britneys?"


Frog and Toads = Road

Britney Spears = Beers


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