Post: North / North-east London slang and phrases
06-23-2011, 03:06 PM #1
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Mudkip
06-23-2011, 06:30 PM #11
Originally posted by Alt
The shotgun part isn't true here lol


Yeah he's a wasteman talking gas, He aint repping london ya get me fam?
06-23-2011, 06:53 PM #12
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Originally posted by Michael
Heres some better examples of cockney slang

Adam and Eve
- believe (as in "Would you Adam and Eve it")

almond rocks
- socks

apples and pears
- stairs

ariss
- arse (aristotle = bottle = bottle and glass)

barnet fair
- hair

Berk
- c**t (Berkshire Hunt reduced to berk and used as an insult)

Butchers Hook
- Look (Lets have a butchers at the paper)

bird lime
- time = prison ("Jack is doing bird for theft")

borasic lint
- skint = no money

Brahms and Liszt
- pissed = drunk

brass tacks
- facts ("Lets get down to brass tacks")

brown bread
- dead ("he is brown bread")

china plate
- mate (can be said to a complete stranger)

cream(ed) crackered
- knackered = tired out

dickie dirt
- shirt

dog and bone
- phone (dog 'n' bone)

duck and dive
- skive, avoid work

Dutch (Street)
- to share (Going Dutch means everyone pays their bill)

fiddle
- diddle = swindle

Flowery dell
- cell = prison or small room

frog and toad
- road

Ginger beer
- queer = homosexual

half - inch
- pinch ("He's half-inched me motah") (He has stolen my car)

Hampstead Heath
- teeth

Hampton wick
- prick = penis

J Arthur Rank
- wank = masturbate (also merchant banker)

jam jar
- motor car

jimmy riddle / jimmy riddle
- piddle = urinate

joanna
- piano

kermit the frog
- bog = lavatory

marbles and conkers
- bonkers = mad ("He's lost his marbles")

Mickey Bliss
- piss, deriding or making fun of as in 'Taking the Mickey'

mince pies
- eyes

mothers ruin
- gin

Mutt and Jeff
- deaf ("She's a bit mutt and jeff")

Nellie Duff
- puff = life ("Not on your Nellie")

north and south
- mouth (norf 'n souf)

peckham rye
- tie

plates of meat
- feet

plink and plonk
- vin blanc = wine (all wine is plonk, from bad french vin blanc)

pony
- £25 ("That'll cost you a pony")

pony and trap
- crap = rubbish ("That's a load of old pony")

pork pies / porkies
- lies

rabbit and pork
- talk ("Can that woman rabbit!)

Radio Rental
- mental = A few sandwiches short of a picnic ("He is a bit Radio rental")

raspberry tart
- fart (blowing a raspberry = a rude and derogatory noise)

Richard the Third
- turd, shit

rip and tear
- swear ("He really let rip")

rock and roll
- dole now called social security (in USA a fight, as in "Lets rock")

Rosey Lee
- tea

Rub a dub dub
- pub

Ruby Murray
- curry

Scarpa Flow
- go ("Got to scarper")

sixes and sevens
- fix = difficulties ("We are all at sixes with this work")

strides
- trousers (from striding along - walking)

Sweeny Todd
- (Metropolitan Police) Flying Squad normally called "The Sweeny"

syrup of fig
- wig ("That bloke is wearing a syrup!")

taters in mould
- cold (It's a bit taters today)

thr'penny bit
- tit

tit for tat
- hat

Tod Sloan
- alone ("I'm on me tod"). Tod Sloan was a jockey who was always out in front, in his own.

Tom and Dick
- sick

Trouble and strife
- wife

two and eight
- state = problems ("You are in a right old two and eight")

Whistle and flute
- suit


SOME MORE GENERAL SLANG

bung
- bribe

bunk
- abscond

cor blimey / strewth
- surprise (cor blimey is from God Blind me, whilst
strewth is from Lord's truth)

dosh
- money

dutch courage
- drink, alcohol

french letter
- condom (lettre anglais, if you are French)

going dutch
- share expenses

gone for a Burton
- dead eg "Where is Tom" "He has gone for a burton" (from an advert, during the war, for Burton Ales that had a missing character in the picture)

guv
- governor = boss

hot
- stolen ("I think this car's hot" could mean stolen or fast)

Kushti
- comfortable, good (bad translation of an Indian word)

luv
- love

mush
- friend (possibly from Russian for Husband)

nark
- police informant

nosh
- food (possibly from Russian for Knife)

varder
- look at, see

lallies
- legs (varder those bulging lallies - look at those musclar legs)

bonnie palones
- girls

sorted (pronounce "sor-id")
- solved a problem


Couple bits of Cockney Slang there Awesome face
06-23-2011, 07:03 PM #13
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Originally posted by Michael
Heres some better examples of cockney slang

Adam and Eve
- believe (as in "Would you Adam and Eve it")

almond rocks
- socks

apples and pears
- stairs

ariss
- arse (aristotle = bottle = bottle and glass)

barnet fair
- hair

Berk
- c**t (Berkshire Hunt reduced to berk and used as an insult)

Butchers Hook
- Look (Lets have a butchers at the paper)

bird lime
- time = prison ("Jack is doing bird for theft")

borasic lint
- skint = no money

Brahms and Liszt
- pissed = drunk

brass tacks
- facts ("Lets get down to brass tacks")

brown bread
- dead ("he is brown bread")

china plate
- mate (can be said to a complete stranger)

cream(ed) crackered
- knackered = tired out

dickie dirt
- shirt

dog and bone
- phone (dog 'n' bone)

duck and dive
- skive, avoid work

Dutch (Street)
- to share (Going Dutch means everyone pays their bill)

fiddle
- diddle = swindle

Flowery dell
- cell = prison or small room

frog and toad
- road

Ginger beer
- queer = homosexual

half - inch
- pinch ("He's half-inched me motah") (He has stolen my car)

Hampstead Heath
- teeth

Hampton wick
- prick = penis

J Arthur Rank
- wank = masturbate (also merchant banker)

jam jar
- motor car

jimmy riddle / jimmy riddle
- piddle = urinate

joanna
- piano

kermit the frog
- bog = lavatory

marbles and conkers
- bonkers = mad ("He's lost his marbles")

Mickey Bliss
- piss, deriding or making fun of as in 'Taking the Mickey'

mince pies
- eyes

mothers ruin
- gin

Mutt and Jeff
- deaf ("She's a bit mutt and jeff")

Nellie Duff
- puff = life ("Not on your Nellie")

north and south
- mouth (norf 'n souf)

peckham rye
- tie

plates of meat
- feet

plink and plonk
- vin blanc = wine (all wine is plonk, from bad french vin blanc)

pony
- £25 ("That'll cost you a pony")

pony and trap
- crap = rubbish ("That's a load of old pony")

pork pies / porkies
- lies

rabbit and pork
- talk ("Can that woman rabbit!)

Radio Rental
- mental = A few sandwiches short of a picnic ("He is a bit Radio rental")

raspberry tart
- fart (blowing a raspberry = a rude and derogatory noise)

Richard the Third
- turd, shit

rip and tear
- swear ("He really let rip")

rock and roll
- dole now called social security (in USA a fight, as in "Lets rock")

Rosey Lee
- tea

Rub a dub dub
- pub

Ruby Murray
- curry

Scarpa Flow
- go ("Got to scarper")

sixes and sevens
- fix = difficulties ("We are all at sixes with this work")

strides
- trousers (from striding along - walking)

Sweeny Todd
- (Metropolitan Police) Flying Squad normally called "The Sweeny"

syrup of fig
- wig ("That bloke is wearing a syrup!")

taters in mould
- cold (It's a bit taters today)

thr'penny bit
- tit

tit for tat
- hat

Tod Sloan
- alone ("I'm on me tod"). Tod Sloan was a jockey who was always out in front, in his own.

Tom and Dick
- sick

Trouble and strife
- wife

two and eight
- state = problems ("You are in a right old two and eight")

Whistle and flute
- suit


SOME MORE GENERAL SLANG

bung
- bribe

bunk
- abscond

cor blimey / strewth
- surprise (cor blimey is from God Blind me, whilst
strewth is from Lord's truth)

dosh
- money

dutch courage
- drink, alcohol

french letter
- condom (lettre anglais, if you are French)

going dutch
- share expenses

gone for a Burton
- dead eg "Where is Tom" "He has gone for a burton" (from an advert, during the war, for Burton Ales that had a missing character in the picture)

guv
- governor = boss

hot
- stolen ("I think this car's hot" could mean stolen or fast)

Kushti
- comfortable, good (bad translation of an Indian word)

luv
- love

mush
- friend (possibly from Russian for Husband)

nark
- police informant

nosh
- food (possibly from Russian for Knife)

varder
- look at, see

lallies
- legs (varder those bulging lallies - look at those musclar legs)

bonnie palones
- girls

sorted (pronounce "sor-id")
- solved a problem



lol, That's the kind of stuff you would here in Oliver Twist :p
Not many people talk like that anymore Happy
06-23-2011, 08:56 PM #14
You missed out ALOT Happy
06-23-2011, 09:22 PM #15
Mr. DarkKV
League Champion
Originally posted by 9775
Yeah he's a wasteman talking gas, He aint repping london ya get me fam?


:FU: Lol, I aint gassing down at my ends everyone says shotgun.
E4 bang bang.

---------- Post added at 09:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 PM ----------

Originally posted by 5ensation View Post
You missed out ALOT Happy


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06-23-2011, 09:57 PM #16
i got some scottish expressions... fk off u english tw@

^^ dont hate 100% factual

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☯✌Psychedelic✌☯
06-23-2011, 10:02 PM #17
You brits have some odd slang words. But then again, aren't they all odd? :carling:

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☯✌Psychedelic✌☯
06-24-2011, 12:49 PM #18
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Originally posted by 9775
Yeah he's a wasteman talking gas, He aint repping london ya get me fam?


Erm LOL!?


Mess too short.
06-24-2011, 05:26 PM #19
Originally posted by Mr.
Slang:
Chi-Chi man = Gay
Peng = Hot girl / boy
Butters = Ugly girl / boy
Bang tidy = Hot girl / boy
Boooookie = Ugly
Don = The daddy / awesome guy / the shit / the best
Piff = Hot girl
Baty 'boy' / 'man' = Gay boy
Fam = Family / close friend / friend / same race as you
Gas / Gassing = Lie / Not telling the truth
Peak = Sad times / sad for you
Bruv = Brother / mate / friend
Rep / Repping = Representing / Following


Phrases:
Smash = When someone tells you to do something and you do it.. E.g ; Sit down *Person sits down*. SMASH!
Shotgun, bang = Someone says shotgun then someone else would say "bang"
Are you dumb = You really wanna try that? / Are you stupid to try that / Orly / are you dumb



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i got a few more for your bruv;

wag1 - whats goin on/whats happenin/whats up
mysize - hot chick
batti boy - gay boy
cheddar/bud - weed/marijuana
rahhhh/sickk - wicked

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