Cockney Rhyming Slang

Joachim and Mike

Example Sentence

It nearly knocked me off my plates he was wearing a syrup...

Mechanism

Wife Trouble and strife Telephone Dog and bone

Trouble

Dog

Take a walk Duke of York

Duke

History

Origin: East London, 1840s

Speakers: Working class

Purpose: Verbal cypher

Confuse police / outsiders Keep middle men out of loop Develop sense of community

Development

Use of London toponyms

Peckham Rye Tie

Pop culture references

Max Miller Pillow Britney Spears Beers

Used nowadays Use your loaf loaf of bread use your head

Make your own

Think of words for UCU terms!

Dining Hall The Bar Voltaire The Bubble Kromhout