Come on, pull your Alum Rocks up! That’s Brummie rhyming slang for socks, of course. According to historian Carl Chinn, we had our own kind of lingo, especially among market traders. READ MORE: ...

A guy walks into a doctor’s office and says, “Doc, wiv dis Billy Ray Cyrus, I can’t stop Wallace and Gromiting and I ‘ave a ‘orrible on and off. Do you ‘ave any Thomas Edison what won’t hurt me ...

A UK company has decided to roll out some fun cash machines in London for the next three months. Instead of seeing the options displayed on the cash machine in the Queen’s English, these ATMs will ...

Every region of London has its own accent, dialect and even language. While it may all be English, to some untrained ears, it might not always sound like English. Those used to the prim and proper of ...

“Apple and pears” meanings stairs, “tin of fruit” meaning suit – most people are familiar with the idea of rhyming slang being a Cockney, east London, invention, but there are some who believe the ...

We tested an NFL fan's Cockney rhyming slang knowledge at Wembley, and surprisingly, they knew more than you'd think. Scott Bessent reveals tariff plan B under Supreme Court ruling Prosecutor who ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Would you Adam and Eve it? Cockney rhyming slang is brown bread. According to a survey, the famous lingo which developed in the working class east end of London in the 19th century ...