"to the phrase ""Sweeney Todd"" for ""Flying Squad"", a rapid response unit of London’s Metropolitan Police. In ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), a comic twist was added to rhyming slang by way of spurious and fabricated examples which a young man had laboriously attempted to explain to his father (e.g. 'dustbins' meaning 'children', as in 'dustbin lids'='kids'; 'Teds' being 'Ted Heath' and thus 'teeth'; and even 'Chitty Chitty' being 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', and thus 'rhyming slang'...). It was also featured in an episode of ""The Good Life"" in the first season (1975) where Tom and Barbara"
"with the words essentially backwards; cool (look), delo (old) and nammow (woman). Out of the East End of London traditional Cockney rhyming slang developed, which works by taking two words that are related through a short phrase and using the first word to stand for a word that rhymes with the second. For instance, the most popular of these rhyming slang phrases used throughout Britain is probably ""telling porkies"" meaning ""lies"" as ""pork pies"" rhymes with lies. ""Alright, me old fruit?"" is an example of this as ""fruit gum"" is translated as meaning ""chum"" (a friend or acquaintance). ""Cassell's Dictionary"
"Rhyming slang Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent in the UK, Ireland and Australia. It started in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. In the United States, especially the criminal underworld of the West Coast between 1880 and 1920, rhyming slang has sometimes been known as Australian slang. The construction of rhyming slang involves replacing a common word with a phrase of two or more words, the last of which rhymes with the original word; then, in almost"
"kestrels, red kites and buzzards Richard Todd, actor, lived and died at Little Humby Little Humby Little Humby is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby, east from Grantham, south-east from Ropsley and south from the A52 road. Great Humby, a smaller hamlet, is to the south. It is in the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby. Humby has a ford that is prone to flooding, and a British red telephone box. Inhabitants petitioned to keep the box when the local council made plans for a modern"
"the Suffolk village of Glemsford. Horkey The name horkey was applied to end of harvest customs and celebrations, especially in the Eastern Counties of England, although the word occurred elsewhere in England and also Ireland. Since it is found in dialect, there is no standard spelling and other versions include ""hawkie"" and ""hockey"". Mentioned from the 16th century onward, the custom became less common during the course of the 19th century and was more or less extinct in the 20th. It is chiefly remembered now because of the poem dedicated to it by Robert Bloomfield in 1802. In the introduction"
"land for a church, St John's Hampton Wick, built in 1831. Lapidge had been born in the village. He also designed the present Kingston Bridge. In 2010, after five years of closure, the church re-opened its doors under the Church of England's church planting scheme. Services were resumed in December 2010. In Cockney rhyming slang, ""Hampton Wick"" (often shortened to ""Hampton"") means ""dick"" or ""prick"", both of which are British vulgar slang names for the penis. Hence a character called Hugh Jampton in the 1950s BBC radio programme The Goon Show amongst many other similar examples. In the 2000s BBC"
"purchase a wood burning range from a junk trader called Sam, who litters his language with phony slang in hopes of getting higher payment. He comes up with a fake story as to the origin of Cockney Rhyming slang and is caught out rather quickly. In ""The Jeffersons"" season 2 (1976) episode ""The Breakup: Part 2"", Mr. Bentley explains Cockney rhyming slang to George Jefferson, in that ""whistle and flute"" means ""suit"", ""apples and pears"" means ""stairs"", ""plates of meat"" means ""feet"". The use of rhyming slang was also prominent in ""Mind Your Language"" (1977–79), ""Citizen Smith"" (1977–80), ""Minder"" (1979–94),"
"Hampstead Ponds Hampstead Ponds is a generic term often used for the various Hampstead and Highgate ponds on the West and East sides respectively of Hampstead Heath, North London, England. These ponds are fed by the headwater springs of the River Fleet, and three of them are now large freshwater swimming ponds — two designated single sex, and one for mixed bathing. The swimming ponds are three out of some thirty ponds in total on Hampstead Heath. They were originally dug in the 17th and 18th centuries as reservoirs. A malarial marsh was drained by the Hampstead Water Company in"
"as rhyming slang for ""fag"" (i.e. a cigarette). The idiom made a brief appearance in the UK-based DJ reggae music of the 1980s in the hit ""Cockney Translation"" by Smiley Culture of South London; this was followed a couple of years later by Domenick and Peter Metro's ""Cockney and Yardie"". London-based artists such as Audio Bullys and Chas & Dave (and others from elsewhere in the UK, such as The Streets, who are from Birmingham) frequently use rhyming slang in their songs. British-born M.C. MF Doom released an ode entitled ""Rhymin' Slang"", after settling in the UK in 2010. The"
"Hampstead Norreys Hampstead Norreys (alternatively spelt ""Hampstead Norris"" as it is pronounced) is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is centred on the small tributary the River Pang, north of Newbury. Hampstead Norreys was awarded Berkshire's best-kept village in 1979. As well as the nucleus of Hampstead Norreys, the parish includes the hamlets or localities of Bothampstead, Eling and Wyld Court. Hampstead Norreys has a large recreational field, Dean Meadow, that is used for fetes and parties and by the village football and cricket teams. The school also uses the field for activities. In March 2011, a"
"Hampstead, New Hampshire Hampstead is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,523 at the 2010 census. Hampstead, which includes the village of East Hampstead, is home to a portion of the Rockingham Recreational Trail. Once part of Haverhill and Amesbury, Massachusetts settled in 1640, this town was formed as a result of the 1739 decision fixing the boundary line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It was originally known as ""Timberlane Parish"" because of the heavy growth of native trees. The town would be incorporated in 1749 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, who renamed it"
"Hampstead Hampstead ( or ), commonly known as Hampstead Village, is an area of London, England, northwest of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. It has some of the most expensive housing in the London area. The village of Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom. The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon words ""ham"" and ""stede"", which means, and is a cognate of, the Modern English ""homestead""."
"Kingdom have helped popularise rhyming slang for the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, amidst dispute over a new contract which has been imposed upon them. This was additionally supported in a tweet by James Blunt. Rhyming slang Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent in the UK, Ireland and Australia. It started in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. In the United States, especially the criminal underworld of the West Coast between 1880 and 1920, rhyming slang"
"describing the costermongers of London's East End. In terms of other slang, there are also several borrowings from Yiddish, including ""kosher"" (originally Hebrew, via Yiddish, meaning ""legitimate"") and ""stumm"" ( originally German, via Yiddish, meaning ""quiet""), as well as Romany, for example ""wonga"" (meaning ""money"", from the Romany ""wanga"" meaning coal), and ""cushty"" (Kushty) (from the Romany ""kushtipen"", meaning good). A fake cockney accent is sometimes called mockney. By the 1980s and 1990s, most of the features mentioned above had partly spread into more general south-eastern speech, giving the accent called Estuary English; an Estuary speaker will use some but"
"Horkey The name horkey was applied to end of harvest customs and celebrations, especially in the Eastern Counties of England, although the word occurred elsewhere in England and also Ireland. Since it is found in dialect, there is no standard spelling and other versions include ""hawkie"" and ""hockey"". Mentioned from the 16th century onward, the custom became less common during the course of the 19th century and was more or less extinct in the 20th. It is chiefly remembered now because of the poem dedicated to it by Robert Bloomfield in 1802. In the introduction to ""The Horkey"", Robert Bloomfield"
"evolved into American slang used to refer to ""the countryside"" or any implicitly isolated rural/wilderness area, regardless of topography or vegetation. Similar slang or colloquial words are ""the sticks"", ""the wops"", ""the backblocks"", or ""Woop Woop"" in Australia and New Zealand, ""bundu"" in South Africa (etymologically unrelated to ""boondocks"" or ""bundok""), and ""out in the tules"" in California. The diminutive ""boonies"" can be heard in films about the Vietnam War such as Brian De Palma's ""Casualties of War ""(1989) used by American soldiers to designate rural areas of Vietnam. ""Down in the Boondocks"" is a 1965 hit Billy Joe Royal"
"is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members. In the 1949 Looney Tunes cartoon ""A Ham in a Role"", the dog actor says the Catesby and Richard III's lines, ""Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost! A horse, A horse, My kingdom for a horse!"" before being kicked out of the window by a Goofy Gophers-hauled horse. In the 1993 Mel Brooks film """", the character Robin of Locksley, played"
"at the edge of the hamlet. Citations Sources Hurstwood Hurstwood is a rural hamlet on the eastern outskirts of Burnley in Lancashire, England. It is in the civil parish of Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood and the borough of Burnley. The Old English word is thought to mean a wooded prominence, as 'wood' (OE ) has been appended, it may just mean a prominence in this case. The older part of the settlement contains three buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II* listed buildings, being particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Hurstwood Hall, the"
"nicknames taken from rhyming slang. Partick Thistle are known as the ""Harry Rags"", which is taken from the rhyming slang of their 'official' nickname ""the jags"". Rangers are known as the ""Teddy Bears"", which comes from the rhyming slang for ""the Gers"" (shortened version of Ran-gers). Heart of Midlothian are known as the ""Jambos"", which comes from ""Jam Tarts"" which is the rhyming slang for ""Hearts"" which is the common abbreviation of the Club's name. Hibernian are also referred to as ""The Cabbage"" which comes from Cabbage and Ribs being the rhyming slang for Hibs. Junior doctors in the United"
"North End, Hampshire North End is a mainly residential neighbourhood in the middle of Portsea Island in Portsmouth, England. It developed rapidly after a horse-drawn tram route was opened between Portsmouth and Cosham. The area is composed of mainly late Victorian to early 20th-century buildings. It is bounded to the west by Stamshaw, to the south by Buckland and Kingston, to the east by Copnor and by Hilsea to the north. North End's name is derived from its origin as a northern expansion of the (then) village of Kingston, forming the ""northern end"" of Kingston. There are two main Anglican"
"uses this expression during his conversation with Kevin Costner's character. Cock a doodle doo ""Cock a doodle doo"" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 17770. The most common modern version is: <poem>Cock a doodle do! My dame has lost her shoe, My master's lost his fiddlestick, And knows not what to do.</poem> The first two lines were used in a murder pamphlet in England, 1606, which seems to suggest that children sang those lines, or very similar ones, to mock the cockerel's (rooster in US) ""crow"". The first full version"
"the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over. Hampstead, New Hampshire Hampstead is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,523 at the 2010 census. Hampstead, which includes the village of East Hampstead, is home to a portion of the Rockingham Recreational Trail. Once part of Haverhill and Amesbury, Massachusetts settled in 1640, this town was formed as a result of the 1739 decision fixing the boundary line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It was originally known as ""Timberlane Parish"" because"
"Album DWTW, there is a song titled RAW/WAR. -RapGenius In the 1948 poem “The Pickerel Pond: A Double Pastoral.” Edmund Wilson used the amphisbaenic rhyme to symbolize the mirror reflection of the pond’s environment. Amphisbaenic rhyme Amphisbaenic rhyme describes a pair of words that create an agreement in sound if the sequence of the letters in one of the words is reversed. The term refers to the amphisbaena serpent in classical mythology. The serpent had a head at each end of its body and therefore was able to move forwards and backwards. In its simplest form the amphisbaenic rhyme consists"
"Anglo-Saxon times and in William the Conqueror's time by the name of Hemel-Amstede. The name is referred to in the Domesday Book as ""Hamelamestede"", but in later centuries it became Hamelhamsted, and, possibly, ""Hemlamstede"". In Old English, ""-stead"" or ""-stede"" simply meant a place, such as the site of a building or pasture, as in clearing in the woods, and this suffix is used in the names of other English places such as Hamstead and Berkhamsted. It is theoretically possible for a previous name to have become corrupted to something very similar to Hempsted, and that ""Hemel"" originated as a"
"suburban London and into the Home Counties - in particular the London Borough of Havering and throughout Essex county. Today Cockney-speaking areas include parts of Ilford, Dagenham, Barking, Billericay, Brentwood, Romford, Chigwell, Cheshunt, Brimsdown, Loughton, Harlow, Basildon, Thurrock. Cockney speakers have a distinctive accent and dialect, and occasionally use rhyming slang. The Survey of English Dialects took a recording from a long-time resident of Hackney, and the BBC made another recording in 1999 which showed how the accent had changed. John Camden Hotten, in his ""Slang Dictionary"" of 1859, makes reference to ""their use of a peculiar slang language"" when"
"heard only from the older population. The slower, more pronounced, speech means that while the dropping of consonants or use of glottal stops is heard, it is not to the same extent as in Cockney. Additionally, consonants may be lengthened, such as ""r"" in ""hovercraft"", or changed to emphasise a word such as the ""g"" in ""something"" being pronounced as a ""k"". The island also has a few surviving dialect words. Some, such as ""grockel"" (visitor/tourist) and ""nipper/nips"" (referring to a younger person) are shared with neighbouring regions. Others are unique: ""mallishag"" (meaning caterpillar), ""nammit"" (meaning food, usually lunch or"
"""blooming"", or ""ruddy"". Alliterative minced oaths such as ""darn"" for ""damn"" allow a speaker to begin to say the prohibited word and then change to a more acceptable expression. In rhyming slang, rhyming euphemisms are often truncated so that the rhyme is eliminated; ""prick"" became ""Hampton Wick"" and then simply ""Hampton"". Another well-known example is ""cunt"" rhyming with ""Berkeley Hunt"", which was subsequently abbreviated to ""berk"". Alliteration can be combined with metrical equivalence, as in the pseudo-blasphemous ""Judas Priest"", substituted for the blasphemous use of ""Jesus Christ"". Minced oaths can also be formed by shortening: e.g., ""b"" for ""bloody"" or"
"and truncated to ""Aris"". Ghil'ad Zuckermann, a linguist and revivalist, has proposed a distinction between rhyming slang based on sound only, and phono-semantic rhyming slang, which includes a semantic link between the slang expression and its referent (the thing it refers to). An example of rhyming slang based only on sound is the Cockney ""tea leaf"" (thief). An example of phono-semantic rhyming slang is the Cockney ""sorrowful tale"" ((three months in) jail), in which case the person coining the slang term sees a semantic link, sometimes jocular, between the Cockney expression and its referent. The use of rhyming slang has"
"side of the field is Hampstead Norreys Village Hall. It is considerably larger than the village halls in surrounding villages. On the south side is Eling estate, a large wooded area (consisting of Park Wood, Westbrook Copse, Down Wood and Elingpark Copse) backed by a path which is what remains of the old Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway running between Hermitage and Compton, the two nearest villages. Hampstead Norreys Hampstead Norreys (alternatively spelt ""Hampstead Norris"" as it is pronounced) is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is centred on the small tributary the River Pang, north of"
"Steeple Bumpstead Steeple Bumpstead is a village and civil parish south of Haverhill in Braintree district, Essex, England. The parish church does not have a steeple, however the Congregational Church has a small Victorian one. It is believed that the steeple referred to was located on the A1307 close to what is now the Wixoe Pumping Station. Bumstead or Bumsted is Anglo-Saxon for ""place of reeds"". The Moot Hall is recorded in the ""Domesday Book"". In feudal times it was called Bumstede ad Trim, from ""ac-Turrum"" or ""with the tower"" The Knights Templar positioned themselves on the river. The town"
"Henstridge Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset. The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston. The village has a population of 1,814. The village name means ""the ridge where stallions are kept"". The parish was part of the hundred of Horethorne. Yenston Priory was a 16th-century house of Benedictine monks. The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local"
"use among rural Englishmen (attested in 1520) as a pejorative term for effeminate town-dwellers, from an earlier general sense (encountered in ""the Reeve's Tale"" of Geoffrey Chaucer's ""Canterbury Tales"" ) of a ""cokenay"" as ""a child tenderly brought up"" and, by extension, ""an effeminate fellow"" or ""a "". This may have developed from the sources above or separately, alongside such terms as """" and """" which both have the sense of ""to make a ... or darling of"", ""to indulge or pamper"". By 1600, this meaning of cockney was being particularly associated with the Bow Bells area. In 1617, the"
"name is used in this context as rhyming slang for ""wrong""; ""Green Street Hooligans"" (2005). In ""Margin Call"" (2011), Will Emerson, played by London-born actor Paul Bettany, asks a friend on the telephone, ""How's the trouble and strife?"" (""wife""). Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) mocked the genesis of rhyming slang terms when a Cockney character calls zombies ""Trafalgars"" to even his Cockney fellows' puzzlement; he then explains it thus: """"Trafalgar square - fox and hare - hairy cheek - five day week - weak and feeble - pins and needles - needle and stitch - Abercrombie and Fitch - Abercrombie: zombie""""."