Cockney Rhyme Glossary

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Abbreviations:

The list below are the abbreviated terms that are in use in the Grammatical Information section of the glossary:

Noun: n
Noun Phrase: nphr
Adjective: adj
Adjectival phrase: adjphr

Verb: v
Verb phrase: vphr
Adverb: adv
Adverbial phrase: advphr

Interjection: interj

Keywords:

The list below are terms that when put into the Search button will generate the relevant Rhyming Slang words that are associated with them:

alcohol
approval
body
            body bodily functions
            body breasts
            body genitals
            body health
clothes
            clothes jewellery
crime
dancing
disapproval

food
            food drinks [this is where non-alcoholic drinks go]
geography
language
            language command
            language greeting
            language intensifier
            language promise
            language question
            language swearing
            language term of address

media
           media newspapers
           media television
menstruation
miscellaneous
money
music
people
           people appearance
           people behaviour
           people characteristics
           people children
           people compliments
           people emotions
           people fool
           people friends
           people humour
           people insults
           people interest groups
           people men
           people race
           people relationships
           people sexuality
           people socialising
           people students
           people women
police
religion
school
sex
smoking
sport
         sport horse-racing

time
travel
           travel cars
           travel speed

work

violence

Etymologies and Citations:

These fields contain information on the origins of the slang words and an example of each use of the word:

E.g.

'20th Century. Used commonly by a man to bond in social groups

that are male-orientated i.e. rugby and football clubs.'

Pronunciation

I have included a field in the glossary where the rhyming slang is spelt out phonetically in the style of the Cockney (South East, London) accent.

E.g.

Charing Cross = (Ch-ar-in Kr-aw-s)