Used when someone does something to another person that is not looked upon favourably.
What does carpet mean in cockney slang.
I m going upstairs becomes i m going up the apples in cockney apples is part of the phrase apples and pears which rhymes with stairs.
Cockney according to the strict definition refers to those born within the sound of bow bells.
I m a london man with a van and a londoner to the core.
It developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang though it remains a.
Many of its expressions have passed into common language and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to cockneys.
T and h.
And pears is then dropped.
As a name cockney rhyming slang is 20th century as are the majority of examples of crs terms.
Ratings for carpet this slang has been rated.
Cockney rhyming slang is just shorthand for london or english rhyming slang.
The thick knotted mass of pubic hair just north of the vagina.
Carpet is cockney slang for 3.
That means i know my bottle and glass from my beggar boy s ass and neither mean what you think they might.
In this example a word is replaced with a phrase that ends in a rhyming word and that rhyming word is then dropped along with.
I appreciate that most come from cockney rhyming slang but nobody has been able to tell me where this comes from and why.
Cockney rhyming slang is a form of english slang which originated in the east end of london.
Allan border was the australian cricket captain in the late 80 s early 90 s so we now have our first example of international rhyming slang.
The manner in which cockney rhyming slang is created may be best explained through examples.