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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, in keeping with the rest of the language, is at the mercy of what one might loosely refer to as " false etymology ".
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 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 for
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 ).
An advertisement in the back of the book promised conceptual sequels, including Doon Meshugganah ; Men, Women, Children, Pets of Doon ; Lord God Help Us, Another Sequel to Doon ; The Doon Reference Book, Atlas, and Rhyming Dictionary ; and The Doon Catalogue of Quality Menswear for Dad ' n ' Lad ..
Rhyming dictionaries for Old English, Elizabethan poetry, or Standard English would have quite different content.
Rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter was by far the most popular structure for poetry of all types.
Rhyming for rhyming's sake and stuff ; and the worst thing of all is that it drew full crowd participation every night.

Rhyming and have
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 ".

Rhyming and included
Hotten's Dictionary included a " Glossary of the Rhyming Slang ", the first known such work.
Mature works, like The Book of Good Love and Rhyming Book of the Palace, were not included in the genre until the 1300s.

Rhyming and Blue
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.
* Blue Devil-Daniel Cassidy is a former Hollywood stuntman cursed by the demon Neron, now demoted to Rhyming Demon.

Rhyming and ",
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 ".
* " Chinatown ", a song by Jets to Brazil from the 1998 album Orange Rhyming Dictionary
" Sweet Avenue ", the final track of Orange Rhyming Dictionary, is often attributed to Damien Rice due to misattribution on peer-to-peer networks.

Rhyming and Four
The band followed up the success of Orange Rhyming Dictionary with Four Cornered Night in 2000.

Rhyming and by
* Herkimer Fraggle ( performed by Richard Hunt )-A Fraggle who serves as the property caretaker of Rhyming Rock.
* Uncle Gobo ( performed by Jerry Nelson )-Uncle Traveling Matt's uncle, Gobo's great-uncle and greatest Fraggle explorer only seen in flashbacks as seen in " Born to Wander " and " The Riddle of Rhyming Rock.
It spawned three UK singles, " The Only Rhyme That Bites " – featuring a sample of " The Big Country " performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic – ( UK # 10 ), " Tunes Splits The Atom " ( UK # 18 ) and " Primary Rhyming " ( UK # 67 ).
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.
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.
Orange Rhyming Dictionary is the debut album by American rock band Jets to Brazil, released October 27, 1998 on Jade Tree Records.
The Conception of Mary -- A Rhyming Translation of Book V of Le Champion des Dames by Martin Le Franc ( 1410-1461 ).

Rhyming and which
As a girl she contributed verses and tales to magazines under the pseudonym of Orris, but her first ( anonymous ) volume, A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings, which came from an established London publisher, did not appear until her thirtieth year.
Rhyming was common in these works, which were generally written in Old Belarusian, Latin, Polish or Church-Slavic.

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