Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoRhyming slangen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down12
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minus-squarechumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoI’ve never heard loaf used to mean head. Grass, porkies and raspberry I’d say are the ones that have gone into common usage, to the point where I didn’t even know they were rhyming slang
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI didn’t know grass was rhyming slang! What’s the connection?
minus-squarechumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoGrasshopper -> copper (police, for the Americans reading the thread) :)
I’ve never heard loaf used to mean head. Grass, porkies and raspberry I’d say are the ones that have gone into common usage, to the point where I didn’t even know they were rhyming slang
I didn’t know grass was rhyming slang! What’s the connection?
Grasshopper -> copper (police, for the Americans reading the thread) :)