Rhyming slang is a form of phrase construction in the English language and is especially prevalent in dialectal English from the East End of London ; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang ( or CRS ).

According to Partridge ( 1972: 12 ), it dates from around 1840 and arose in the East End of London, however John Camden Hotten in his 1859 Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words states that ( English ) rhyming slang originated " about twelve or fifteen years ago " ( i. e. in the 1840s ) with ' chaunters ' and ' patterers ' in the Seven Dials area of London.

In Britain rhyming slang had a resurgence of popular interest beginning in the 1970s resulting from its use in a number of London-based television programmes such as Steptoe and Son, Mind Your Language, The Sweeney ( the title of which is itself rhyming slang —" Sweeney Todd " for " Flying Squad ", a rapid response unit of London ’ s Metropolitan Police ), Minder, Citizen Smith, Only Fools and Horses, and EastEnders.

Polari is a mixture of Romance ( Italian or Mediterranean Lingua Franca ), London slang, backslang, rhyming slang, sailor slang, and thieves ' cant.

Hill has also worked in related fields-in 1978, the National Theatre in London staged his ' version for the English stage ' of Brand by Henrik Ibsen, written in rhyming verse.

Cockney rhyming slang is probably the best known form of London slang.

In 2005, Professor Sue Fox from Queen Mary, University of London concluded that Cockney rhyming slang was dying out because children in London are being overwhelmed by words and phrases from outside cultures.

Rhyming slang is believed to have originated in the mid-19th century in the East End of London, with several sources suggesting some time in the 1840s.

Rhyming slang is used mainly in London in England but can to some degree be understood across the country.

Slang lexicographer Jonathon Green said that " 404 " as a slang term had been driven by the " influence of technology " and young people, but at the time, such usage was relatively confined to London and other urban areas.

* London slang

The version created by William Moncrieff ( 1794 – 1857 )-one of contemporary London's most successful dramatists and theatrical managers and a man whose knowledge of London and of its slang equalled Egan's-was praised, not without justification, as ' The Beggar's Opera of its day '.

Moncrieff's production of Tom and Jerry, or, Life in London ran continuously at the Adelphi Theatre for two seasons and it was the dramatist's work as much as the author's that did so much to popularize the book's trademark use of fashionable slang.

In colloquial London ( or Cockney ) slang, it is referred to as the " Old Bill ".

Richard Shuckburgh, a British army surgeon, added words to a popular tune of the time, Lucy Locket ( e. g., “ stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni ”, macaroni being the London slang at the time for a foppish dandy ).

The show ran for ten series between 29 October 1979 and 10 March 1994, and starred Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, an honest and likable bodyguard ( minder in London slang ) and George Cole as Arthur Daley, a socially ambitious, but highly unscrupulous importer-exporter, wholesaler, used-car salesman, and anything else from which there was money to be made whether inside the law or not.

In the book " Above the Battle " by Vivian Drake, published in 1918 by D. Appleton & Co., of New York and London, being the memoirs of a pilot in the British Royal Flying Corps, there is the following passage: " Our ennui was occasionally relieved by new gadgets -- " gadget " is the Flying Corps slang for invention!

Some even bagan calling the club " Saffracens ", due to their strong South African links ( Safffa being London slang for South African ).

* Mock election in the King's Bench Prison: In July 1827, the inmates of the King's Bench Prison, in Borough, South London, organised a fantastical mock hustings, to elect an MP to represent " Tenterden " ( a slang name for the prison ) in Parliament.

There is an annual round-up of the usage of medical slang by British physician Dr. Adam Fox of St Mary's Hospital, London.

Simon Gray employs the colloquial slang term in your face to describe contemporary theater dialogue in his play Japes, which premiered in London, in early February 2001.

Twang is famed for his live performances all around the world and his ability, especially in his earlier recordings, to include various South London word usage and slang as well as locations without sounding too obvious, making him a firm favourite with English hip-hop fans as the original, " Hip-Hop Geezer "

It is perhaps difficult to conceive, but imagine that tonight on London bridge the Teddy boys of the East End will gather to sing Marlowe, Herrick, Shakespeare, and perhaps some lyrics of their own.

It is screaming at you even in the taxis of London ''.

There is Karl Marx, of course, buried in London.

He is a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, a registered professional engineer in Connecticut and Ohio, and a chartered electrical engineer in Great Britain.

Like the recent Scheherazade from London ( High Fidelity, Sept. 1961 ), it is successful because emphasis has been placed on good musical and engineering practices rather than on creating sensational effects.

The respectability which money confers implies a different etiquette, and, upon taking up the life of a London gentleman, Pip must learn from Herbert Pocket that `` the spoon is not generally used over-hand, but under ''.

She is in Madame Tussard's Waxworks in London, a princess of the Kiowa tribe and an honorary colonel in many states.

For the `` tide is well on the turn '', as the London Catholic weekly Universe has written.

One is an imperial London stockbroker called Jerebohm.

London explains that the very distinct directional effect in the Phase 4 series is due in large part to their novel methods of microphoning and recording the music on a number of separate tape channels.

The London label offers an operatic recital by Ettore Bastianini, a baritone whose fame is international.

There is Mijbil, an otter who travelled with Maxwell -- and gave Maxwell's name to a new species -- from the Tigris marshes to his London flat.

This is not only a compliment to Mijbil, of whom there are a fine series of photographs and drawings in the book, but to the author who has catalogued the saga of a frightened otter cub's journey by plane from Iraq to London, then by train ( where he lay curled in the wash basin playing with the water tap ) to Camusfearna, with affectionate detail.

With Julie London enacting the central role with husky-voiced sincerity, the longsuffering heroine is at least attractive.

She is just home from a sojourn in London where she has become the sweetheart of a young fellow named Ronnie ( we never do see him ) and has been subjected to a first course in thinking and appreciating, including a dose of good British socialism.

There is an Anglican Communion Office in London, under the aegis of the Archbishop of Canterbury, but it only serves a supporting and organisational role.

After four years of war-torn London, Christie hoped she can return some day to Syria, which she described as " gentle fertile country and its simple people, who know how to laugh and how to enjoy life ; who are idle and gay, and who have dignity, good manners, and a great sense of humor, and to whom death is not terrible.

* 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.

* 1755 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.

* 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.

The London Illustrated News published this photo in January 1921 ( shown at right ) This 1921 photo was also used by the Perth Western Mail in 1924 in a montage and is shown at the right below it.

* 1965 – A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.

) Henry Babbage's " Analytical Engine Mill " is on display at the Science Museum in London.

The first known instance of Newton's lines joined to music was in A Companion to the Countess of Huntingdon's Hymns ( London, 1808 ), where it is set to the tune " Hephzibah " by English composer John Jenkins Husband.