Chav - derogatory term for member of the "lower classes". Bloody hell: To express anger, shock or surprise. What does pony mean in British slang? Totty - (uncountable) sexually attractive women considered collectively (sexist and offensive). Slang continues to evolve with new words coming into use every year. Further information on many of the listed terms is available via accompanying links. A final claim is that pony might derive from the Latin words legem pone, which means, payment of money, cash down which begins on the March 25, a quarter day in the old financial calendar, when payments and debts came due. Origin unknown. Here are the most common and/or interesting British slang money words and expressions, with meanings, and origins where known. two and a kick = half a crown (2/6), from the early 1700s, based on the basic (not cockney) rhyming with 'two and six'. Less well used slang terms include Lady Godiva for fiver and Ayrton Senna for tenner. Easy-peasy - very straightforward and easy. We use this expression a lot. Kettle and Hob is Cockney slang for Watch. Black stuff. Barmy: crazy, insane; always derogatory. 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. Initially suggested (Mar 2007) by a reader who tells me that the slang term 'biscuit', meaning 100, has been in use for several years, notably in the casino trade (thanks E). This contributed to the development of some 'lingua franca' expressions, i.e., mixtures of Italian, Greek, Arabic, Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect), Spanish and English which developed to enable understanding between people of different nationalities, rather like a pidgin or hybrid English. In South Africa the various spellings refer to a SA threepenny piece, and now the equivalent SA post-decimalisation 2 cents coin. 10. Note the use of "man" in the singular to mean "men" or even "people". 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. Also perhaps a connection with a plumb-bob, made of lead and used to mark a vertical position in certain trades, notably masons. 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. 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. Suss out - find, discover, understand. Earlier English spelling was bunts or bunse, dating from the late 1700s or early 1800s (Cassells and Partridge). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z, Abdabs - terror, fright as in "the screaming abdabs.". Doddle - something that is easy to accomplish. knicker = distortion of 'nicker', meaning 1. Mezzo/madza was and is potentially confused with, and popularity supported by, the similar 'motsa' (see motsa entry). No other language in the world has been as bastardised as this one! The actual setting was in fact Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. proper job (southwest England and Cornwall). Wank - masturbate, a wanker is an objectionable person. Wed like to share our expertise with you. Ye - archaic spelling for "the" - the definite article or archaic for "your" - possessive pronoun. 'Cheeky monkey' is an expression we use when someone is being mischievous and playful. Before decimalisation, British money was made up of pounds, shillings, and pence as follows: 1 pound = 20 shillings. The association with a gambling chip is logical. Iechyd da! Yank someone's chain - goad, provoke, irritate. Changes in coin composition necessarily have to stay ahead of economic attractions offered by the scrap metal trade. This has confusing and convoluted origins, from as early as the late 1800s: It seems originally to have been a slang term for a three month prison sentence, based on the following: that 'carpet bag' was cockney rhyming slang for a 'drag', which was generally used to describe a three month sentence; also that in the prison workshops it supposedly took ninety days to produce a certain regulation-size piece of carpet; and there is also a belief that prisoners used to be awarded the luxury of a piece of carpet for their cell after three year's incarceration. jacks = five pounds, from cockney rhyming slang: jack's alive = five. There seems no explanation for long-tailed other than being a reference to extended or larger value. 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. Bees knees - a highly admired person or thing. Boob tube - tight-fitting strapless top made of stretchy material. Others have suggested that an Indian twenty-five rupee banknote featured a pony, therefore this image was also connection to the cash amount. am gan to the toon - i'm going to Newcastle city centre. Arvo - Afternoon ( S'Arvo - this afternoon!) EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. That's about 20p. Historically bob was slang for a British shilling (Twelve old pence, pre-decimalisation - and twenty shillings to a pound). Tom Mix initially meant the number six (and also fix, as in difficult situation or state of affairs), and extended later in the 1900s to mean six pounds. It was quite an accepted name for lemonade". The Joey slang word seems reasonably certainly to have been named after the politician Joseph Hume (1777-1855), who advocated successfully that the fourpenny groat be reintroduced, which it was in 1835 or 1836, chiefly to foil London cab drivers (horse driven ones in those days) in their practice of pretending not to have change, with the intention of extorting a bigger tip, particularly when given two shillings for a two-mile fare, which at the time cost one shilling and eight-pence. Thats the end of our money series so remember to tune in for our next episode to see what new slang we have in store for you! Initially London slang, especially for a fifty pound note. Britain Tourist Info. bunce = money, usually unexpected gain and extra to an agreed or predicted payment, typically not realised by the payer. Much of it derives from the designs on the notes - five pounds, ten pounds, twenty pounds. Salty - Bitter or angry. Bread (general term for money). The brass-nickel threepenny bit was minted up until 1970 and this lovely coin ceased to be legal tender at decimalisation in 1971. 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. The spelling cole was also used. For daily English language lessons and tips, like our Learn English Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or subscribe to our YouTube channel. 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. For ex: You mean he paid 300G for a house in the suburbs! The connection with coinage is that the Counts of Schlick in the late 1400s mined silver from 'Joachim's Thal' (Joachim's Valley), from which was minted the silver ounce coins called Joachim's Thalers, which became standard coinage in that region of what would now be Germany. 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. Wor lad - my boyfriend. Some of the London slang for money is based on animals thought to have originally appeared on ruppe banknotes. generalise/generalize = a shilling (1/-), from the mid 1800s, thought to be backslang. motsa/motsah/motzer = money. South African tickey and variations - also meaning 'small' - are first recorded in the 19th century from uncertain roots (according to Partridge and Cassells) - take your pick: African distorted interpretation of 'ticket' or 'threepenny'; from Romany tikeno and tikno (meaning small); from Dutch stukje (meaning a little bit); from Hindustani taka (a stamped silver coin); and/or from early Portuguese 'pataca' and French 'patac' (meaning what?.. Folding, folding stuff and folding money are all popular slang in London. Mispronunciation of sovs, short for sovereigns. You can find out more about that in this, Pavarotti he was a famous tenor so a Pavarotti is a tenner (10), If you want to read more about cockney rhyming slang and money, read this. son of Dermot. The origins of boodle meaning money are (according to Cassells) probably from the Dutch word 'boedel' for personal effects or property (a person's worth) and/or from the old Scottish 'bodle' coin, worth two Scottish pence and one-sixth of an English penny, which logically would have been pre-decimalisation currency. Skelp - a slap or smack (Dundee, Scotland). sprazi/sprazzy = sixpence (6d). Yorkshire Pudding - side dish with roast beef made with eggs, flour, salt, milk and beef dripping cooked in the oven. Yennep is backslang. Sassenach - non-Highlander (usually referring to the English). Commonly used in speech as 'some silver' or 'any silver', for example: "Have you got any silver for the car-park?" For ex: My neighbour has his own business and hes got heaps of dosh. Missing beagle limps home with broken leg 10 days after being hit by train, Hundreds of schoolchildren stage more 'TikTok protests' over toilet rules, Fake psychiatrist jailed after conning NHS out of 1,300,000. There were twenty Stivers to the East India Co florin or gulden, which was then equal to just over an English old penny (1d). Blag - a robbery (noun), to rob or scrounge (verb). 4. the head of a pile-driver ( monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device. Quid - pound (informal; British currency). As the label suggests, speakers of MLE come from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and live in diverse neighbourhoods. In finance, a Monkey is British slang for 500 pounds sterling. Exactly when the words became slurs is unknown, but offensive comparisons of black people to apes date back hundreds of centuries. Porkies - lies, from the Cockney rhyming slang "pork pies" = lies. The original derivation was either from Proto-Germanic 'skell' meaning to sound or ring, or Indo-European 'skell' split or divide. Brown bread - dead from Cockney rhyming slang. From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper). Cock and hen also gave raise to the variations cockeren, cockeren and hen, hen, and the natural rhyming slang short version, cock - all meaning ten pounds. Brewer's dictionary of 1870 says that the American dollar is '..in English money a little more than four shillings..'. For example 'Lend us twenty sovs..' Sov is not generally used in the singular for one pound. The pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. It is believed these terms were imported from India by returning servicemen. Prang - a (minor) accident involving a motor vehicle. Chippy (Chippie) - slang for a fish and chip shop. It was a monkey see, monkey do sort of situation. Cheeky monkey is an expression we use when someone is being mischievous and playful. Also meant to lend a shilling, apparently used by the middle classes, presumably to avoid embarrassment. It's what is known as dehumanizing language, "language that deprives a person of human qualities or attributes.". ? Your response is private Was this worth your time? The ned slang word certainly transferred to America, around 1850, and apparently was used up to the 1920s. Usually now meaning one pound coins. bar = a pound, from the late 1800s, and earlier a sovereign, probably from Romany gypsy 'bauro' meaning heavy or big, and also influenced by allusion to the iron bars use as trading currency used with Africans, plus a possible reference to the custom of casting of precious metal in bars. Goblin mode - describes "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy" behaviour. simon = sixpence (6d). When the pound coin appeared it was immediately christened a 'Maggie', based seemingly on the notion that it was 'a brassy piece that thinks it's a sovereign" (ack J Jamieson, Sep 2007) If you have more detail about where and when this slang arose and is used, please let me know. Contributors: Gareth Thomas, Beydaan Dihoud, Joji Imamiya. Cockney Rhyming Slang. Traditional IPA: mki Need your document in perfect English? Pie off - to reject, dump (romantic partner). biscuit = 100 or 1,000. Cock and hen - also cockerel and hen - has carried the rhyming slang meaning for the number ten for longer. The slang term 'silver' in relation to monetary value has changed through time, since silver coins used to be far more valuable. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Report Content | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. To make a monkey out of someone means to make someone look silly. Answer (1 of 27): There is commonly held belief that the term was brought back by returning British soldiers in the days of the Raj, alluding to the idea that the 25 rupee note bore a picture of a pony (the same theory attempts to explain 500 being a 'monkey').The problem with this idea is this:. It cannot cost a million dollars. Bill - the "check" in British English after eating in a restaurant. 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. In this post we share the official and unofficial ways Brits refer to money. marygold/marigold = a million pounds (1,000,000). garden/garden gate = eight pounds (8), cockney rhyming slang for eight, naturally extended to eight pounds. tom/tom mix = six pounds (6), 20th century cockney rhyming slang, (Tom Mix = six). Shop - report someone to the police or higher authorities. 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. The series was made and aired originally between 1968 and 1980 and developed a lasting cult following, not least due to the very cool appeal of the McGarrett character. Not actually slang, more an informal and extremely common pre-decimalisation term used as readily as 'two-and-six' in referring to that amount. 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. Litty again - exciting or wild once more. Shagged out - (or just shagged) tired, exhausted. More recently (1900s) the slang 'a quarter' has transfered to twenty-five pounds. bees (bees and honey) = money. Monkeys are famously playful and mischievous, and because of this, monkey is a common diminutive (or fond nickname) for impish kids, and monkey business is foolishness or deceitful behavior. I am just trying to help!". Covidiot - someone who ignores health advice about COVID-19 similar to Morona. Dive - a dive usually refers to a dirty and dark pub or club. net gen = ten shillings (10/-), backslang, see gen net. From the late 18th century according to most sources, London slang, but the precise origin is not known. oncer = (pronounced 'wunser'), a pound , and a simple variation of 'oner'. The term ' nicker ' is probably connected to the use of nickel in the minting of coins. Easy when you know how.. g/G = a thousand pounds. All our resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum. On the front foot - meaning positive, active, attacking (from cricket). Narrowboat - canal boat of long, narrow design, steered with a tiller. three ha'pence/three haypence = 1d (one and a half old pennies) - this lovely expression (thanks Dean) did not survive decimalisation, despite there being new decimal half-pence coins. Queen mum- Cockney rhyming slang for bum. saucepan = a pound, late 1800s, cockney rhyming slang: saucepan lid = quid. "No more monkeying around! Umpteen - large quantity, numerous times, huge amount or a load of something. It's also been used as a replacement term for money. Also expressed in cockney rhying slang as 'macaroni'. Cassells also suggests possible connection with 'spondylo-' referring to spine or vertebrae, based on the similarity between a stack of coins and a spine, which is referenced in etymologist Michael Quinion's corespondence with a Doug Wilson, which cites the reference to piled coins (and thereby perhaps the link to sponylo/spine) thus: "Spondulics - coin piled for counting" from the 1867 book A Manual of the Art of Prose Composition: For the Use of Colleges and Schools, by John Mitchell Bonnell. These terms have something for everyone, from the silly to the sincere, and even some insults. Hump - sexual intercourse, or as in "get the hump" - get annoyed, in a bad mood. squid = a pound (1). sovs = pounds. Meaning: used to describe extremely cold or extremely hot weather. The ten pound meaning of cock and hen is 20th century rhyming slang. What does ? Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. It would seem that the 'biscuit' slang term is still evolving and might mean different things (100 or 1,000) to different people. "He really cocked up his job interview when he mentioned that he'd shagged the boss's daughter." Collywobbles: Nervousness; butterflies in the stomach. And today'post is about where it all started - British Slang! Separately bottle means money generally and particularly loose coinage, from the custom of passing a bottle for people to give money to a busker or street entertainer. These Marines (fighting Sailors) were known as Squids (I, myself, was a Squid in the latter 1900s). Fag - cigarette, "ciggie", hence fag end (stub) and fag packet. All rights reserved. Originated in the USA in the 1920s, logically an association with the literal meaning - full or large. For the record, the other detectives were called Chin Ho Kelly (the old guy) and Kono Kalakaua (the big guy), played by Kam Fong and Zulu, both of which seem far better character names, but that's really the way it was. Bread also has associations with money, which in a metaphorical sense can be traced back to the Bible. The coin was not formally demonetised until 31 August 1971 at the time of decimalisation. lolly = money. We say a heap of dosh or heaps of dosh. Other suggestions connecting the word pony with money include the Old German word 'poniren' meaning to pay, and a strange expression from the early 1800s, "There's no touching her, even for a poney [sic]," which apparently referred to a widow, Mrs Robinson, both of which appear in a collection of 'answers to correspondents' sent by readers and published by the Daily Mail in the 1990s. Now that we've covered the official British money terms and even some outdated ones it's time to see how people in the UK talk about money on a day-to-day basis. Brummie - native of Birmingham (colloquial). 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. Meaning. Slang British Money Terms. For ex: I spent over a hundred quid last weekend without even realising it! A person in a catatonic state or seemingly brain dead. Jessie - originally Scottish slang for weak or effeminate man. London slang from the 1980s, derived simply from the allusion to a thick wad of banknotes. Tom Mix was a famous cowboy film star from 1910-1940. Though familiar to many Londoners, the term "monkey" is actually Indian slang for a 500 rupee note, which used to have a monkey on it. Shank - to stab someone with a knife or bladed instrument (slang). coal = a penny (1d). Whinge - to complain, thus a whinger is a person who complains, whines. The biblical text (from Acts chapter 10 verse 6) is: "He (Peter) lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side..", which was construed by jokers as banking transaction instead of a reference to overnight accommodation. latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more, Harry and Meghan react to being evicted from Frogmore Cottage by King Charles, Girl killed in Florida shooting ran to mom for help yelling he shot me, Suspect arrested after execution-style shooting of homeless man caught on video, Dad calls on YouTube to cease collecting enormous amount of childrens data, Vladimir Putins allies call for peace but no sign of Russia withdrawing from Ukraine. The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include 'pony' which is 25, a 'ton' is 100 and a 'monkey', which equals 500. Precise origin of the word ned is uncertain although it is connected indirectly (by Chambers and Cassells for example) with a straightforward rhyming slang for the word head (conventional ockney rhyming slang is slightly more complex than this), which seems plausible given that the monarch's head appeared on guinea coins. Bob - one shilling. 2. These are just a few examples of British slang words for being drunk. Bloke What does Bloke mean in British slang. This means that something is incredibly expensive. Lairy - loud, brash, flashy or cunning or conceited. "My friend was trying to get free copies of her favourite newspaper by queuing up in different locations. Crash - sleep, lose consciousness, stay at someone's flat as in "Can I crash at yours on Saturday night?". deuce = two pounds, and much earlier (from the 1600s) tuppence (two old pence, 2d), from the French deus and Latin duos meaning two (which also give us the deuce term in tennis, meaning two points needed to win). Chalupa. Avo - Avocado. Cock up - a mistake, as a verb "to cock up" is to make a mistake. Scunnered - tired or exhausted (Glaswegian). Then you gotta know the key money values: 20 is a Score, 25 is a Pony, 100 is a Ton, 500 . The phrase comes from the expression, 'it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. 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. 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. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a recent source of new expressions as is popular music such as grime. Bail - To cancel plans. From there it came to mean home and was reattached to Drum and Bass. Shiv - contemporary slang for knife or other sharp or pointed object used as a weapon (often homemade). strike = a sovereign (early 1700s) and later, a pound, based on the coin minting process which is called 'striking' a coin, so called because of the stamping process used in making coins. One pound is subdivided into 100 pence, the singular of which is one penny. "Gob" is a British expression for "mouth". 2. A `pony is 25 pounds, a `monkey 500. In the 1800s a oner was normally a shilling, and in the early 1900s a oner was one pound. In addition, Britain-specific words are included. nicker a pound (1). 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. 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. hog = confusingly a shilling (1/-) or a sixpence (6d) or a half-crown (2/6), dating back to the 1600s in relation to shilling. guinea = guinea is not a slang term, it's a proper and historical word for an amount of money equating to twenty-one shillings, or in modern sterling one pound five pence. The British word Quid originated from the American Colonies (circa-1700s) when the descendants of the original Scots-Irish colonists returned to the seas as Marines for what was to become the U.S. Navy. It is suggested by some that the pony slang for 25 derives from the typical price paid for a small horse, but in those times 25 would have been an unusually high price for a pony. 2. the fur of certain long-haired monkeys. Monkey - This originated from the British slang for 500 pounds of sterling. Huff - to take offense as in "get the huff"; to inhale the vapors of something to become intoxicated as in to huff glue. The . Modern London slang. 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. Normally refers to notes and a reasonable amount of spending money. Shooting and bawling - Arguing with someone. I'll be a monkey's uncle. British slang & colloquialisms: see an A-Z listing of British slang, colloquialisms and dialect words and phrases including Cockney rhyming phrases. From the 1920s, and popular slang in fast-moving business, trading, the underworld, etc., until the 1970s when it was largely replaced by 'K'. - cheers, good health (Welsh). a naughty or mischievous person, esp a child. Toodle pip - archaic, posh form for "goodbye". For ex: Wheres my share of the filthy lucre then? If a British person tells you theyre off to spend a penny and then they promptly disappear, its because theyre actually going to the toilet. An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'. If you have any problems, please let us know. measures = money, late 20th century, most likely arising from misunderstanding medzas and similar variants, particularly medza caroon (hal-crown) and medza meaning a half-penny (ha'penny, i.e., d). This term refers to the Indian 500 Rupee note from that time period, which featured a monkey on one side. There are many different interpretations of boodle meaning money, in the UK and the US. More fun British slang phrases. While this London centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th century India. Howff - meeting place, familiar haunt, usually a pub (Scotland) and in Dundee The Howff is a famous cemetery. Doss - sleep in rough accommodation or in an improvised bed, spend time idly. Botch - mess up, ruin; as in "the plumber botched the repair". (Thanks Simon Ladd, June 2007). Tanner - 6d or sixpence. The solidus and denarius . McGarrett = fifty pounds (50). Give us a bell - call me on the telephone. Bash A "bash" is a party. Jelly - fruit-flavored gelatin dessert or slang for valium as in "jellies". A slang word used in Britain and chiefly London from around 1750-1850. Posh - port out, starboard home; elegant, stylish, or upper class. Brewer says that the 'modern groat was introduced in 1835, and withdrawn in 1887'. Prat - stuck up, incompetent or stupid person. MORE : Heres how to spot the absolute worst people on Instagram, according to science, Get your need-to-know pissed. Seemingly no longer used. As in "We threw everything except the kitchen sink at the problem.". 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