coal = a penny (1d). (Thanks R Maguire for prompting more detail for this one.). cock and hen = ten pounds (thanks N Shipperley). Partridge doesn't say). "The company fired its accountant because there was some monkey business going on with the accounts. Monkey Emoji is a very simple emoji usually used for its literal meaning when talking about wild and funny animals such as monkeys. dosh = slang for a reasonable amount of spending money, for instance enough for a 'night-out'. Note that this thesaurus is not in any way affiliated with Urban Dictionary. mean in texting? Used either to show sympathy, or to soften an insult. Half is also used as a logical prefix for many slang words which mean a pound, to form a slang expresion for ten shillings and more recently fifty pence (50p), for example and most popularly, 'half a nicker', 'half a quid', etc. Roadman - someone well-acquainted with their local area. Berties - term for Man City fans used by Man Utd supporters; the reverse is "rags". grand = a thousand pounds (1,000 or $1,000) Not pluralised in full form. Anyone would think the Brits like a drink. bread (bread and honey) = money. The coin was not formally demonetised until 31 August 1971 at the time of decimalisation. farthing = a quarter of an old penny (d) - not slang, a proper word in use (in slightly different form - feorthung) since the end of the first millenium, and in this list mainly to clarify that the origin of the word is not from 'four things', supposedly and commonly believed from the times when coins were split to make pieces of smaller value, but actually (less excitingly) from Old English feortha, meaning fourth, corresponding to Old Frisian fiardeng, meaning a quarter of a mark, and similar Germanic words meaning four and fourth. Bad dose. Old Firm - collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers. While the origins of these slang terms are many and various, certainly a lot of English money slang is rooted in various London communities, which for different reasons liked to use language only known in their own circles, notably wholesale markets, street traders, crime and the underworld, the docks, taxi-cab driving, and the immigrant communities. Not actually slang, more an informal and extremely common pre-decimalisation term used as readily as 'two-and-six' in referring to that amount. The Bishop was not so fortunate - he was hung drawn and quartered for remaining loyal to the Pope. The term coppers is also slang for a very small amount of money, or a cost of something typically less than a pound, usually referring to a bargain or a sum not worth thinking about, somewhat like saying 'peanuts' or 'a row of beans'. One pound is subdivided into 100 pence, the singular of which is one penny. Horner, so the story goes, believing the bribe to be a waste of time, kept for himself the best (the 'plum') of these properties, Mells Manor (near Mells, Frome, Somerset), in which apparently Horner's descendents still lived until quite recently. "He started an exercise routine and his wife copied it. In this sort of dipping or dibbing, a dipping rhyme would be spoken, coinciding with the pointing or touchung of players in turn, eliminating the child on the final word, for example: dinarly/dinarla/dinaly = a shilling (1/-), from the mid-1800s, also transferred later to the decimal equivalent 5p piece, from the same roots that produced the 'deaner' shilling slang and variations, i.e., Roman denarius and then through other European dinar coins and variations. An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'. spondulicks/spondoolicks = money. Ye - archaic spelling for "the" - the definite article or archaic for "your" - possessive pronoun. dibs/dibbs = money. Cream-crackered - = knackered, thus extremely tired, exhausted. This mostly means a deliciously spicy Mexican taco, but is also slang for money. Chipping-in also means to contributing towards or paying towards something, which again relates to the gambling chip use and metaphor, i.e. The term was coined by British soldiers returning from India where the 500 rupee note of that era had a picture of a monkey on it. He is just being a cheeky monkey.". In their natural habitat, monkeys are incredibly compassionate and carrying. It is spoken mainly by young, working-class people in multicultural parts of London. Bint - (archaic) slang for woman (from the Arabic). The Covid-19 pandemic has been a recent source of new expressions as is popular music such as grime. Flog a dead horse - waste energy on a lost cause or a situation that cannot be changed. All rights reserved. When the British Empire occupied India in the 19th century, some Indian slang words made it over to the UK, with "monkey" being one of them. Like so much slang, kibosh trips off the tongue easily and amusingly, which would encourage the extension of its use from prison term to money. It's the best sound in the world to somethe cash register completing a sale. Origin: US/UK. These pages are best viewed using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, or IE. Clod was also used for other old copper coins. Example in written form: In my new job Ill be earning 75K a year. joey = much debate about this: According to my . It is therefore only a matter of time before modern 'silver' copper-based coins have to be made of less valuable metals, upon which provided they remain silver coloured I expect only the scrap metal dealers will notice the difference. British slang and dialect is rich and diverse. Popularity is supported (and probably confused also) with 'lingua franca' medza/madza and the many variations around these, which probably originated from a different source, namely the Italian mezzo, meaning half (as in madza poona = half sovereign). Monkeys are primates. I am grateful also (thanks Paul, Apr 2007) for a further suggestion that 'biscuit' means 1,000 in the casino trade, which apparently is due to the larger size of the 1,000 chip. Jib - to gain entry without paying usually to a football stadium. It is believed these terms were imported from India by returning servicemen. boodle = money. It's also been used as a replacement term for money. Goblin mode - describes "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy" behaviour. Need your document in perfect English? Every good costermonger has skill in displaying the front of his stall. Referring to 500, this term is derived from the Indian 500 Rupee note of that era, which featured a monkey on one side. Use: He's bladdered come 'ed we best swerve the next bar. clod = a penny (1d). Bunts also used to refer to unwanted or unaccounted-for goods sold for a crafty gain by workers, and activity typically hidden from the business owner. kick = sixpence (6d), from the early 1700s, derived purely from the lose rhyming with six (not cockney rhyming slang), extending to and possible preceded and prompted by the slang expression 'two and a kick' meaning half a crown, i.e., two shillings and sixpence, commonly expressed as 'two and six', which is a more understandable association. I suspect different reasons for the British coins, but have yet to find them. Posh - port out, starboard home; elegant, stylish, or upper class. Also find guides to Britain's transport system including roads, trains, buses and airports. Yennep is backslang. Below is the UK transcription for 'monkey': Modern IPA: mkj. plum = One hundred thousand pounds (100,000). From the late 20th century. For ex: Susan just had a new extension built onto her house, its beautiful but it must have cost her an arm and a leg! Why Do Cross Country Runners Have Skinny Legs? Cockney rhyming slang from the late 1800s. Brass Monkey Weather. I'll be a monkey's uncle. 2022 - 2023 Times Mojo - All Rights Reserved Prang - a (minor) accident involving a motor vehicle. Seems to have surfaced first as caser in Australia in the mid-1800s from the Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) kesef meaning silver, where (in Australia) it also meant a five year prison term. 11. Also meant to lend a shilling, apparently used by the middle classes, presumably to avoid embarrassment. 'Naff' was one of these words that actually meant someone was heterosexual. Popular Australian slang for money, now being adopted elsewhere. Slapper - promiscuous woman or prostitute. The 'where there's much there's brass' expression helped maintain and spread the populairity iof the 'brass' money slang, rather than cause it. Origin unknown, although I received an interesting suggestion (thanks Giles Simmons, March 2007) of a possible connection with Jack Horner's plum in the nursery rhyme. brass = money. Lairy - loud, brash, flashy or cunning or conceited. cabbage = money in banknotes, 'folding' money - orginally US slang according to Cassells, from the 1900s, also used in the UK, logically arising because of the leaf allusion, and green was a common colour of dollar notes and pound notes (thanks R Maguire, who remembers the slang from Glasgow in 1970s). Black stuff. Bread also has associations with money, which in a metaphorical sense can be traced back to the Bible. These, and the rhyming head connection, are not factual origins of how ned became a slang money term; they are merely suggestions of possible usage origin and/or reinforcement. Bice could also occur in conjunction with other shilling slang, where the word bice assumes the meaning 'two', as in 'a bice of deaners', pronounced 'bicerdeaners', and with other money slang, for example bice of tenners, pronounced 'bicertenners', meaning twenty pounds. The term monkey came from soldiers returning from India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. The word can actually be traced back to Roman times, when a 'Denarius Grossus' was a 'thick penny' (equivalent). Bronze (term to describe the one and two pound coins) 4. Our currency is officially known as pounds sterling. Shiv - contemporary slang for knife or other sharp or pointed object used as a weapon (often homemade). I am just trying to help!". Ape and monkey are considered offensive terms when they're used to describe a person of color. So although the fourpenny groat and the silver threepenny coin arguably lay the major claim to the Joey title, usage also seems to have extended to later coins, notably the silver sixpence (tanner) and the brass-nickel threepenny bit. Folding, folding stuff and folding money are all popular slang in London. Bail - To cancel plans. Whey Aye Man - yes. These would be considered vulgar so use with caution: bladdered. a luv yee pet - I love you (talking to your partner not your dog) Cheers pet - thanks. Hello MaryParker, Thank you for your comments. There were twenty Stivers to the East India Co florin or gulden, which was then equal to just over an English old penny (1d). Less common variations on the same theme: wamba, wanga, or womba. 23. A clod is a lump of earth. The symbol for a penny was a "d" (for the Latin denarius), and for a shilling, it was "s" (the Latin solidus). Scunnered - tired or exhausted (Glaswegian). Strop - displeased, angry, as in "having a strop". This would be consistent with one of the possible origins and associations of the root of the word Shilling, (from Proto-Germanic 'skell' meaning to sound or ring). Machair - fertile low-lying grassy plain in the Outer Hebrides. be taken too seriously! Tea - often used as an alternative for dinner up North, thus "What time is tea, mam, I'm starving". bung = money in the form of a bribe, from the early English meaning of pocket and purse, and pick-pocket, according to Cassells derived from Frisian (North Netherlands) pung, meaning purse. Variations on the same theme are motser, motzer, motza, all from the Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) word 'matzah', the unleavened bread originally shaped like a large flat disk, but now more commonly square (for easier packaging and shipping), eaten at Passover, which suggests earliest origins could have been where Jewish communities connected with English speakers, eg., New York or London (thanks G Kahl). An obscure point of nostalgic trivia about the tanner is apparently (thanks J Veitch) a rhyme, from around the mid-1900s, sung to the tune of Rule Britannia: "Rule Brittania, two tanners make a bob, three make eighteen pence and four two bob" My limited research suggests this rhyme was not from London. oncer = (pronounced 'wunser'), a pound , and a simple variation of 'oner'. Initially London slang, especially for a fifty pound note. The term ' nicker ' is probably connected to the use of nickel in the minting of coins. How much money does a monkey cost? 8. A 'flo' is the slang shortening, meaning two shillings. bob = shilling (1/-), although in recent times now means a pound or a dollar in certain regions. 6. Tom Mix was a famous cowboy film star from 1910-1940. There is also a view that Joey transferred from the threepenny bit to the sixpence when the latter became a more usual minimum fare in London taxi-cabs. gen = a shilling (1/-), from the mid 1800s, either based on the word argent, meaning silver (from French and Latin, and used in English heraldry, i.e., coats of arms and shields, to refer to the colour silver), or more likely a shortening of 'generalize', a peculiar supposed backslang of shilling, which in its own right was certainly slang for shilling, and strangely also the verb to lend a shilling. This is a truly British expression. To illustrate these glorious slang expressions, we teamed up with Art Money to create visuals using ACTUAL money, with each image created using the currency of the country of the term's origin. score = twenty pounds (20). We've shown you the 100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases. Blicky - a handgun (word is US in origin). Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. You can find us on our website https://theslangpodcast.com and from there you can see our transcript and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more apps. These terms have something for everyone, from the silly to the sincere, and even some insults. It is therefore unlikely that anyone today will use or recall this particular slang, but if the question arises you'll know the answer. Let us walk you through some of the most popular Spanish slang words and phrases throughout Latin America and Europe. No plural version; it was 'thirty bob' not 'thirty bobs'. Very occasionally older people, students of English or History, etc., refer to loose change of a small amount of coin money as groats. We have a complete dictionary of London money slang .A Cockney knows all about moneyCos its what make his world go aroundBut he doesn't say money, he says Bees and Honey When talking about pennies and pounds. Bees knees - a highly admired person or thing. sprazi/sprazzy = sixpence (6d). As well as quid, we have a whole series of words that we use to refer to money, such as: Dosh is uncountable, so you cant have doshes! sky/sky diver = five pounds (5), 20th century cockney rhyming slang. oxford = five shillings (5/-), also called a crown, from cockney rhyming slang oxford scholar = dollar, dollar being slang for a crown. Some non-slang words are included where their origins are particularly interesting, as are some interesting slang money expressions which originated in other parts of the world, and which are now entering the English language. E.g." It was a great holiday, we just sat around cabbaging, topping up our tans and drinking cocktails." 2. Recent post: Are Groceries Cheaper In Nevada? Pronunciation emphasises the long 'doo' sound. Pigs in Blankets - small sausages wrapped in bacon. Rhymes: -ki Hyphenation: monkey Noun []. It is about money in general terms. "Did you just whistle at that old lady? "No more monkeying around! She is such a cheeky monkey. The tickey slang was in use in 1950s UK (in Birmingham for example, thanks M Bramich), although the slang is more popular in South Africa, from which the British usage seems derived. pissed. 5. Bro: just like "mate" in the UK, "bro" means friend . "That's a barmy idea". jacks = five pounds, from cockney rhyming slang: jack's alive = five. tony benn - ten pounds (10), or a ten pound note - cockney rhyming slang derived from the Labour MP and government minister Anthony Wedgwood Benn, popularly known as Tony Benn. If you want to read more about cockney rhyming slang and money, read this BBC article. Narrowboat - canal boat of long, narrow design, steered with a tiller. British Accents: Tips on Understanding Brits! Bloke What does Bloke mean in British slang. Shop - report someone to the police or higher authorities. Once the issue of silver threepences in the United Kingdom had ceased there was a tendency for the coins to be hoarded and comparatively few were ever returned to the Royal Mint. Margaret Thatcher acted firmly and ruthlessly in resisting the efforts of the miners and the unions to save the pit jobs and the British coalmining industry, reinforcing her reputation for exercising the full powers of the state, creating resentment among many. Example in spoken form: In my new job Ill be earning 75 kay a year. Cock up: Make a mess of something. Interestingly also, pre-decimal coins (e.g., shillings, florins, sixpences) were minted in virtually solid silver up until 1920, when they were reduced to a still impressive 50% silver content. sir isaac = one pound (1) - used in Hampshire (Southern England) apparently originating from the time when the one pound note carried a picture of Sir Isaac Newton. How do you say monkey in British? gen net/net gen = ten shillings (1/-), backslang from the 1800s (from 'ten gen'). How many medals has Great Britain won at the Winter Olympics? There has been speculation among etymologists that 'simon' meaning sixpence derives from an old play on words which represented biblical text that St Peter "lodged with Simon a tanner.." as a description of a banking transaction, although Partridge's esteemed dictionary refutes this, at the same time conceding that the slang 'tanner' for sixpence might have developed or been reinforced by the old joke. Cockwomble - foolish or obnoxious person. beer tokens = money. fin/finn/finny/finnif/finnip/finnup/finnio/finnif = five pounds (5), from the early 1800s. The 'tanner' slang was later reinforced (Ack L Bamford) via jocular reference to a biblical extract about St Peter lodging with Simon, a tanner (of hides). Queer the pitch- spoil the business in hand already discussed. Dib was also US slang meaning $1 (one dollar), which presumably extended to more than one when pluralised. pony = twenty-five pounds (25). Folding green is more American than UK slang. Brown bread - dead from Cockney rhyming slang. ", "The children will get up to monkey business if we do not keep our eye on them.". I'm convinced these were the principal and most common usages of the Joey coin slang. Cheeky Monkey. Tony Benn (born 1925) served in the Wilson and Callaghan governments of the 1960s and 70s, and as an MP from 1950-2001, after which he remains (at time of writing this, Feb 2008) a hugely significant figure in socialist ideals and politics, and a very wise and impressive man. 1 shilling = 12 pence. Britain is known for its drinking culture, so 'chunder' is a word you'll hear frequently the day after a night out. denoting a small light structure or piece of equipment contrived to suit an immediate purpose. Backslang evolved for similar reasons as cockney rhyming slang, i.e., to enable private or secret conversation among a particular community, which in the case of backslang is generally thought initially to have been street and market traders, notably butchers and greengrocers. putting chips into the centre of the table being necessary to continue playing. brown = a half-penny or ha'penny. We opted not to join the Europe-wide currency and have stubbornly kept our pounds and pence. Porkies . Under the cosh - in a difficult situation. (Thanks Simon Ladd, June 2007). (Thanks P Jones, June 2008). . Derivation in the USA would likely also have been influenced by the slang expression 'Jewish Flag' or 'Jews Flag' for a $1 bill, from early 20th century, being an envious derogatory reference to perceived and stereotypical Jewish success in business and finance. Boodle normally referred to ill-gotten gains, such as counterfeit notes or the proceeds of a robbery, and also to a roll of banknotes, although in recent times the usage has extended to all sorts of money, usually in fairly large amounts. Proper - done well; cf. Cockney rhyming slang for pony. I'm propa paggered - i'm really tired. Slang. nugget/nuggets = a pound coin (1) or money generally. (source Cassells). Gobsmacked - slang for totally surprised, shocked. Cock and hen or cockle is also used for 10, whilst 1 might be referred to as a nicker, a nugget or if youre going retro, an Alan Whicker. ". rat arsed. Equivalent to 10p - a tenth of a pound. However, in the UK, someone that's "p*ssed" is most probably drunk. noun. Other British expressions to do with money To be quids in We use this expression a lot. shrapnel = loose change, especially a heavy and inconvenient pocketful, as when someone repays a small loan in lots of coins. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. It never really caught on and has died out now". Dough . 3. From the Hebrew word and Israeli monetary unit 'shekel' derived in Hebrew from the silver coin 'sekel' in turn from the word for weight 'sakal'. Chav - derogatory term for member of the "lower classes". Banjaxed. Skip - large steel box for rubbish from demolitions/building repairs. 1. Then you gotta know the key money values: 20 is a Score, 25 is a Pony, 100 is a Ton, 500 . ", "They have been monkeying around so they did not get anything done.". Shortened to 'G' (usually plural form also) or less commonly 'G's'. Wor lass - my girlfriend. - cheers, good health (Welsh). Even if you never actually get anywhere near the sound of Bow bells, it is handy pub quiz knowledge to have in your locker. In the pre-decimal era half a dollar was half a crown, a bob was a shilling, a tanner a sixpence and a joey a threepenny bit. tosheroon/tusheroon/tosh/tush/tusseroon = half-a-crown (2/6) from the mid-1900s, and rarely also slang for a crown (5/-), most likely based in some way on madza caroon ('lingua franca' from mezzo crown), perhaps because of the rhyming, or some lost cockney rhyming rationale. Hear, understand the origins and meanings of new slang and use it immediately! EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. A clodhopper is old slang for a farmer or bumpkin or lout, and was also a derogatory term used by the cavalry for infantry foot soldiers. Butty - a filled or open sandwich (Northern England). Slang British Money Terms. Similar words for coins and meanings are found all over Europe. Normally refers to notes and a reasonable amount of spending money. Prat - stuck up, incompetent or stupid person. Space cadet - flaky, lightheaded, or forgetful person. I am also informed (thanks K Inglott, March 2007) that bob is now slang for a pound in his part of the world (Bath, South-West England), and has also been used as money slang, presumably for Australian dollars, on the Home and Away TV soap series. This means that something is incredibly expensive. daddler/dadla/dadler = threepenny bit (3d), and also earlier a farthing (quarter of an old penny, d), from the early 1900s, based on association with the word tiddler, meaning something very small. In the old days, you had to pay one penny to use the public toilet and the expression to spend a penny has lived on to this day. 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