Dimensions
111 x 154 x 29mm
Pointed, dry, witty and endlessly inventive, rhyming slang is held in greater popular affection than any other type of colloquial English language. This tome, from Britain's foremost lexicographer of slang, will tell you everything you need to know about this enduringly fascinating vernacular.
One thing about rhyming slang is it doesn't always rhyme. Or at least it doesn't seem to. It isn't always easy to understand or decipher, and it was never meant to be. This book explores its history and diversity in three main sections: a brief introductory history, a dictionary of 3000 words and phrases (with full etymologies), and a thematic listing that translates basic English vocabulary into its rhyming slang equivalents, enabling the reader to learn the language.
"If you've spent your Monte Cairo or blown the rock of ages, and you reckon you're seriously After Eight, don't worry about the bees, you'll soon be bagging a Bunsen, and besides this King Farouk won't break the J Arthur. Oh no my penny, it s not going to cost you a macaroni, a bag of sand or a carpet, it's less than a ton, an apple and a golden gate, in fact it's even cheaper than a Tony Benn or a cock and hen. No word of a lie, we're not even asking for an Ayrton and you can't say fairer than that."
