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'''[[Cockney English|Cockney]] [[rhyme|rhyming]] [[slang]]''' was | '''[[Cockney English|Cockney]] [[rhyme|rhyming]] [[slang]]''' was a [[dialect]] used by [[Cockney|Cockneys]] as part of [[Cockney English]]. In the slang, a [[word]] would be substituted with another word or a phrase that [[Rhyme|rhymed]] with it. [[Leela]] noted that it was like a code, when she first learnt about it. | ||
Examples included "boat race" which was slang for "[[face]]", "Rosy Lee" for "[[tea]]", "[[apple]]s and [[pear]]s" as an alternative for "[[stairs]]", "[[plate]]s of [[meat]]" for "[[feet]]", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Men's Tales (audio story)|Dead Men's Tales]]'') and "butcher's hook" which meant "look". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lonely Clock (audio story)|The Lonely Clock]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'') | Examples included "boat race" which was slang for "[[face]]", "Rosy Lee" for "[[tea]]", "[[apple]]s and [[pear]]s" as an alternative for "[[stairs]]", "[[plate]]s of [[meat]]" for "[[feet]]", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Men's Tales (audio story)|Dead Men's Tales]]'') and "butcher's hook" which meant "look". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lonely Clock (audio story)|The Lonely Clock]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] once said that "[[Beethoven's Fifth Symphony|Beethoven's Fifth]]" could be rhyming slang for "[[Mickey Smith]]". ([[PROSE]]: [[Legends of Camelot (novel)|''Legends of Camelot'']]) | ||
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Revision as of 08:44, 15 November 2022
Cockney rhyming slang was a dialect used by Cockneys as part of Cockney English. In the slang, a word would be substituted with another word or a phrase that rhymed with it. Leela noted that it was like a code, when she first learnt about it.
Examples included "boat race" which was slang for "face", "Rosy Lee" for "tea", "apples and pears" as an alternative for "stairs", "plates of meat" for "feet", (AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales) and "butcher's hook" which meant "look". (AUDIO: The Lonely Clock, TV: Ascension of the Cybermen) The Tenth Doctor once said that "Beethoven's Fifth" could be rhyming slang for "Mickey Smith". (PROSE: Legends of Camelot)
