RHYMING SLANG
You’ve probably heard about Cockney Rhyming Slang. This handy guide tells you all about it.
All these are bona fide phrases used by all self-respecting Londoners.
Apples and pears
Dodgy repairs
Apples and curly things
Pearly Kings
Apples and jellybones
Mobile phones
Apples and spam
Traffic jam
Apples and shortcut
Halibut
Apples and chunder rants
Underpants
So you get the picture. All the above are 100% authentic Cockney phrases. So go and try them out on the streets of Rotherhithe! Amaze your local Cockney lads with a chirpy “Oi, luv, show us your apples and chunder rants!” That will prove to them that you understand the whole rhyming slang malarkey and are truly one of the gang.