The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place ...

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Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English jargon that originated in the East End of London. It was devised in the 19th century by locals, known as Cockneys, who invented a way to communicate ...

Does it get any more inventive than 'Raspberry Ripple'? We reckon so; check our handy top ten list and find out. Mutton Jeff = Deaf. Canary Wharf = dwarf. Cardinal Wolsey = cerebral palsy ...

Despite their long history of serving the city’s working class, London’s pie-and-mash shops are at risk of becoming as rare as Cockney rhyming slang. The Pie and Mash Club, a society for the ...

You know you’re part of the national furniture when the name of your event enters Cockney rhyming slang. On Easter Sunday, the Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities sets off down ...

Cockney is the indelible imprint of the East ... Later in the late 18th century, rhyming slang, a bewildering wordplay of rhyming phrases evolved to camouflage conversations around outsiders.

Cockney is the indelible imprint of the East ... Later in the late 18th century, rhyming slang, a bewildering wordplay of rhyming phrases evolved to camouflage conversations around outsiders.