Rhyming Slang
Mar 14th 2012, 2:56 pm
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Mar 14th 2012, 2:57 pm
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Re: Rhyming Slang
And how very topical with this on NPR this very morning:
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/14/148574...er-from-london
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/14/148574...er-from-london
Mar 14th 2012, 3:04 pm
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Re: Rhyming Slang
/Nerd hat on
The saying is actually "It's cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey"
It comes from the days when ships had cannons and the iron cannonballs would freeze to the bowl-type container, which was made of brass and called brass monkeys when the weather got too cold.
It got bastardized, but the original expression was actually clean!
/Nerd hat off
The saying is actually "It's cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey"
It comes from the days when ships had cannons and the iron cannonballs would freeze to the bowl-type container, which was made of brass and called brass monkeys when the weather got too cold.
It got bastardized, but the original expression was actually clean!
/Nerd hat off
Mar 14th 2012, 3:33 pm
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Re: Rhyming Slang
/Nerd hat on
The saying is actually "It's cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey"
It comes from the days when ships had cannons and the iron cannonballs would freeze to the bowl-type container, which was made of brass and called brass monkeys when the weather got too cold.
It got bastardized, but the original expression was actually clean!
/Nerd hat off
The saying is actually "It's cold enough to freeze the balls on a brass monkey"
It comes from the days when ships had cannons and the iron cannonballs would freeze to the bowl-type container, which was made of brass and called brass monkeys when the weather got too cold.
It got bastardized, but the original expression was actually clean!
/Nerd hat off
Mar 14th 2012, 3:43 pm
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Re: Rhyming Slang
Someone needs to put a Chas and Dave record on now ...
Mar 14th 2012, 3:45 pm
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Mar 14th 2012, 4:08 pm
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Mar 14th 2012, 4:14 pm
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Re: Rhyming Slang
I now do not know how I managed to survive and communicate during my London years.
Mar 14th 2012, 4:16 pm
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Re: Rhyming Slang
Nearly forgot cobbler's.
Mar 14th 2012, 4:26 pm
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