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Rhyming slang, in keeping with the rest of the language, is at the mercy of what one might loosely refer to as " false etymology ".
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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 ).
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.
Rhyming slang is often used as a substitute for words regarded as taboo, often to the extent that the association with the taboo word becomes unknown over time.
Rhyming slang terms for Jew have included " Chelsea Blue ", " Stick of Glue ", " Four by Two ", " Buckle my shoe ", and " Front Wheel Skid ", which is a more palatable form of the insulting term " Yid ", short for Yiddish, the language spoken by many Jewish immigrants to the UK in the early 20th century.
Rhyming slang is used, then described and a number of examples suggested as part of dialogue in one scene of the 1967 film To Sir With Love starring Sidney Poitier.
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Rhyming slang developed the alternative form ' Raspberry Tart ', later shortened to ' Raspberry ', and occasionally ' Razz '.
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Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things which would be unacceptable to a polite audience.
* " North and South " is Rhyming slang for the mouth
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* a slang term for sexual intercourse derived from the Cockney Rhyming Slang expression ' nook and cranny ', meaning ' fanny ', or British army slang from Arabic niki, " I fuck "-a slang term referring specifically to the vagina.
Rhyming and with
Rhyming words ending with this silent " e " were said to make up a " feminine rhyme ", while words not ending with this silent " e " made up a " masculine rhyme ".
( Rhyming words ending with a silent " s " " x " or " z " are called " plural rhymes ".
Rhyming in the Celtic Languages takes a drastically different course from most other Western rhyming schemes despite strong contact with the Romance and English patterns.
Others involved Bert wanting to pursue a boring or unreasonable hobby but Ernie asks him to play a simple game with him ( The Rhyming Game IE ) but when Bert refuses Ernie makes puns to get him into the game and finally when Bert begins to enjoy himself Ernie wants to do something else and asks him and Bert to desert the game much to Bert's dismay.
The band followed up the success of Orange Rhyming Dictionary with Four Cornered Night in 2000.
Walker's Rhyming Dictionary, one of the oldest, lists words in alphabetical order of the reversed word, with an appendix covering the differently spelled but homo-phonic endings.
Since the release of Ours Is The Kingdom Forefather have collaborated with numerous musicians on the Folkearth CD A Nordic Poem ( with the song " Rhyming With Thunder ") as well as featuring on the Perverted Taste Burzum tribute CD with their version of " Beholding the Daughters of the Firmament ".
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With one notable exception ( Rhyming Poem ), Anglo-Saxon poetry depends on alliterative verse for its structure and any rhyme included is merely ornamental.
Another important source for Old Dutch is the so-called Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible ( Dutch: Rijnlandse Rijmbijbel and German: Rheinische Reimbibel ).
Zauriel is given the mission to destroy the Shadowpact member Blue Devil, who has been demoted to the rank of a Rhyming Demon in Hell's hierarchy.
The Rhyming Poem, also written as The Riming Poem, is a poem of 87 lines found in the Exeter Book, a tenth-century collection of Old English poetry.
" Sweet Avenue ", the final track of Orange Rhyming Dictionary, is often attributed to Damien Rice due to misattribution on peer-to-peer networks.
Rhyming was most popular during the sponge fishing of the 1930s ( the sponges having been killed by a fungus ), and Peter Elliot is considered the best rhymer.
His Royalty is stripped, and he is demoted to the position of Rhyming Demon-Etrigan's plan all along.
* Blue Devil-Daniel Cassidy is a former Hollywood stuntman cursed by the demon Neron, now demoted to Rhyming Demon.
Orange Rhyming Dictionary is the debut album by American rock band Jets to Brazil, released October 27, 1998 on Jade Tree Records.
Rhyming for rhyming's sake and stuff ; and the worst thing of all is that it drew full crowd participation every night.
Rhyming and at
Orange Rhyming Dictionary was recorded at Easley McCain Recording in Memphis, TN.
Starting out in the Bronx New York, at a time when hip hop was in its embryonic stages, Bob was immersed in street culture disciplines such as Graffiti, Breakin ’, Electric Boogie, DJing, scratching and cutting the record and the MC, s Rhyming.
Rhyming and one
Rhyming couplets are one of the simplest rhyme schemes in poetry.
Rhyming and refer
Rhyming does not refer to rhyme but to verse, the rhymer, or lead-singer, singing the couplets of the verses against the sung background of the repeated chorus.
Rhyming and etymology
It should be noted, however, that Rhyming Slang can be traced only as early as the 1840s, whereas the phrase " green room " predates this by several centuries, making such an etymology unlikely.
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Among “ texters ” a form of slang or texting lingo has developed, often keeping those not as tech savvy out of the loop.
Harman's rough-hewn art style had a dramatic appeal, but his characters, who killed animals and people, coupled with the affected use of slang and thin storylines, were not in keeping with the content standards needed for wide syndication.
This is so well known that it has even entered Australian slang: a person keeping guard for sudden police raids on illegal gambling gatherings is referred to as a Cockatoo or Cocky for short.
In keeping with the theme of sexual allusion ( see arab strap ( sexual device )), Moffat records as a solo artist under the name Lucky Pierre ( later changed to L Pierre ) – slang for the man in the middle of a gay threesome.
In producing the English language version, ADV did extensive research in keeping the slang words within 1920s canon.
The name “ Generation Jones ” has several connotations, including a large anonymous generation, a “ keeping up with the Joneses ” competitiveness and the slang word " jones " or “ jonesing ”, meaning a yearning or craving.
When a man in the crowd mocks this idea, Fatt calls him a " red " ( slang for communist ), says he is keeping an eye out for them in the union, and claims that the reds, given the chance, will betray their fellow workers.
Deficit hawk is an American political slang term for people who place great emphasis on keeping the federal budget under control.
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