If a British person tells you theyre off to spend a penny and then they promptly disappear, its because theyre actually going to the toilet. a monkey foresail. Bagsy - it's mine; succeed in securing (something) for oneself. (British English, slang) if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather; get a monkey off your back Silver threepences were last issued for circulation in the United Kingdom in 1941 but the final pieces to be sent overseas for colonial use were dated 1944. Bread (general term for money). South African tickey and variations - also meaning 'small' - are first recorded in the 19th century from uncertain roots (according to Partridge and Cassells) - take your pick: African distorted interpretation of 'ticket' or 'threepenny'; from Romany tikeno and tikno (meaning small); from Dutch stukje (meaning a little bit); from Hindustani taka (a stamped silver coin); and/or from early Portuguese 'pataca' and French 'patac' (meaning what?.. In the US a nickel is more commonly a five cent coin. "He thought he could make a monkey out of his friend but he was not prepared for what was coming. Alternatively beer vouchers, which commonly meant pound notes, prior to their withdrawal. Your response is private Was this worth your time? oncer = (pronounced 'wunser'), a pound , and a simple variation of 'oner'. Stiver also earlier referred to any low value coin. Anyone would think the Brits like a drink. Recent post: Are Groceries Cheaper In Nevada? Possibilities include a connection with the church or bell-ringing since 'bob' meant a set of changes rung on the bells. There are many different interpretations of boodle meaning money, in the UK and the US. Another suggestion (Ack P Bessell) is that pony might derive from the Latin words 'legem pone', which (according to the etymology source emtymonline.com) means, ".. 'payment of money, cash down,' [which interpretation apparently first appeared in] 1573, from first two words [and also the subtitle] of the fifth division of Psalm cxix [Psalm 119, verses 33 to 48, from the Bible's Old Testament], which begins the psalms at Matins on the 25th of the month; consequently associated with March 25, a quarter day in the old financial calendar, when payments and debts came due." The words 'Legem pone' do not translate literally into monetary meaning, in the Psalm they words actully seem to equate to 'Teach me..' which is the corresponding phrase in the King James edition of the Bible. Learn more. Century (one hundred pounds sterling). Mug off - disrespect, make someone appear stupid. Like so much slang, kibosh trips off the tongue easily and amusingly, which would encourage the extension of its use from prison term to money. Ankle Biter - Child. We use this expression a lot. Jelly - fruit-flavored gelatin dessert or slang for valium as in "jellies". Botch - mess up, ruin; as in "the plumber botched the repair". Hog also extended to US 10c and dollar coins, apparently, according to Cassells because coins carried a picture of a pig. 2. BOODLE. Blimey - (archaic) abbreviation of "God blind me.". knicker = distortion of 'nicker', meaning 1. quid = one pound (1) or a number of pounds sterling. Whinge - to complain, thus a whinger is a person who complains, whines. Apparently we imported the word grand, which means a thousand, from the States. dibs/dibbs = money. Scran - food (originally Scottish), especially that of an inferior quality compare grub. Lolly - a lollipop or ice candy; money (slang). Queen mum- Cockney rhyming slang for bum. The word mill is derived simply from the Latin 'millisimus' meaning a thousandth, and is not anything to do with the milled edge of a coin. For example 'Lend us twenty sovs..' Sov is not generally used in the singular for one pound. Baccy: shortened word for "tobacco;" also, "wacky backy" means marijuana. Equivalent to 10p - a tenth of a pound. Butty - a filled or open sandwich (Northern England). Wow. Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slang, probably due to the . flag = five pound note (5), UK, notably in Manchester (ack Michael Hicks); also a USA one dollar bill; also used as a slang term for a money note in Australia although Cassells is vague about the value (if you know please contact us). In South Africa the various spellings refer to a SA threepenny piece, and now the equivalent SA post-decimalisation 2 cents coin. Much more recently (thanks G Hudson) logically since the pound coin was introduced in the UK in the 1990s with the pound note's withdrawal, nugget seems to have appeared as a specific term for a pound coin, presumably because the pound coin is golden (actually more brassy than gold) and 'nuggety' in feel. Cassells implies an interesting possible combination of the meanings kibosh (18 month sentence), kibosh (meaning ruin or destroy) - both probably derived from Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) words meaning suppress - with the linking of money and hitting something, as in 'a fourpenny one' (from rhyming slang fourpenny bit = hit). bice/byce = two shillings (2/-) or two pounds or twenty pounds - probably from the French bis, meaning twice, which suggests usage is older than the 1900s first recorded and referenced by dictionary sources. We use K (from kilo) when we write with digits but we also say it when speaking, so that phonetically it would sound like kay. Numpty - stupid or ineffectual (informal). The slang ned appears in at least one of Bruce Alexander's Blind Justice series of books (thanks P Bostock for raising this) set in London's Covent Garden area and a period of George III's reign from around 1760 onwards. Origins of dib/dibs/dibbs are uncertain but probably relate to the old (early 1800s) children's game of dibs or dibstones played with the knuckle-bones of sheep or pebbles. Pissed - drunk (slang) in British English; "angry" in American English. be taken too seriously! There is possibly an association with plumb-bob, being another symbolic piece of metal, made of lead and used to mark a vertical position in certain trades, notably masons. 6. From the fact that a ton is a measurement of 100 cubic feet of capacity (for storage, loading, etc). In their natural habitat, monkeys are incredibly compassionate and carrying. Dib was also US slang meaning $1 (one dollar), which presumably extended to more than one when pluralised. silver = silver coloured coins, typically a handful or piggy-bankful of different ones - i.e., a mixture of 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p. There are so many slang words for being drunk and new ones are constantly being invented. french/french loaf = four pounds, most likely from the second half of the 1900s, cockney rhyming slang for rofe (french loaf = rofe), which is backslang for four, also meaning four pounds. 4. the head of a pile-driver ( monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device. shilling = a silver or silver coloured coin worth twelve pre-decimalisation pennies (12d). Mug - stupid, gullible or ignorant person. Prat - stuck up, incompetent or stupid person. Doddle - something that is easy to accomplish. "Some silver will do." In the pre-decimal era half a dollar was half a crown, a bob was a shilling, a tanner a sixpence and a joey a threepenny bit. a luv yee pet - I love you (talking to your partner not your dog) Cheers pet - thanks. The coin was not formally demonetised until 31 August 1971 at the time of decimalisation. Traditional IPA: mki It was inspired by a monkey on the 500 Rupee banknote. Bender: derogatory term for homosexual, like "poof." (Note: You probably shouldn't use it or you'll get slapped, but it's worthy of note for giving Futurama a very different meaning.) Bugger off . The origin is almost certainly London, and the clever and amusing derivation reflects the wit of Londoners: Cockney rhyming slang for five pounds is a 'lady', (from Lady Godiva = fiver); fifteen pounds is three-times five pounds (3x5=15); 'Three Times a Lady' is a song recorded by the group The Commodores; and there you have it: Three Times a Lady = fifteen pounds = a commodore. Intriguingly I've been informed (thanks P Burns, 8 Dec 2008) that the slang 'coal', seemingly referring to money - although I've seen a suggestion of it being a euphemism for coke (cocaine) - appears in the lyrics of the song Oxford Comma by the band Vampire weekend: "Why would you lie about how much coal you have? guinea = guinea is not a slang term, it's a proper and historical word for an amount of money equating to twenty-one shillings, or in modern sterling one pound five pence. EXPLANATION: Although this London-centric slang is completely British, it is actually from India in the nineteenth century. Chip and chipping also have more general associations with money and particularly money-related crime, where the derivations become blurred with other underworld meanings of chip relating to sex and women (perhaps from the French 'chipie' meaning a vivacious woman) and narcotics (in which chip refers to diluting or skimming from a consignment, as in chipping off a small piece - of the drug or the profit). A final claim is that pony might derive from the Latin words legem pone, which means, payment of money, cash down which begins on the March 25, a quarter day in the old financial calendar, when payments and debts came due. It would seem that the 'biscuit' slang term is still evolving and might mean different things (100 or 1,000) to different people. This is short for the word "beverages," usually alcoholic, most often beer. wedge = nowadays 'a wedge' a pay-packet amount of money, although the expression is apparently from a very long time ago when coins were actually cut into wedge-shaped pieces to create smaller money units. The Bishop was not so fortunate - he was hung drawn and quartered for remaining loyal to the Pope. Toodle pip - archaic, posh form for "goodbye". Ned was traditionally used as a generic name for a man around these times, as evidenced by its meaning extending to a thuggish man or youth, or a petty criminal (US), and also a reference (mainly in the US) to the devil, (old Ned, raising merry Ned, etc). Add a little spark to your vocabulary with Scottish slang. Blicky - a handgun (word is US in origin). Boyo. The term was coined by British soldiers returning from India where the 500 rupee note of that era had a picture of a monkey on it. ABC Education brings you high-quality educational content to use at home and in the classroom. London slang from the 1980s, derived simply from the allusion to a thick wad of banknotes. Then you gotta know the key money values: 20 is a Score, 25 is a Pony, 100 is a Ton, 500 . Bad dose. I suspect different reasons for the British coins, but have yet to find them. Pint - unit of beer drunk in pubs (0.568 liters). Bloody hell: To express anger, shock or surprise. And this is only the tip of the iceberg! "Coppers.". Monkeys are primates. Shortening of 'grand' (see below). For example: "What did you pay for that?" Kitchen sink - a very large number of things, whether needed or not. Meaning: used to describe a person who is mischievous or silly. Joey - 3d or threepence. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Cheeky monkey is an expression we use when someone is being mischievous and playful. chump change = a relatively insiginificant amount of money - a recent expression (seemingly 2000s) originating in the US and now apparently entering UK usage. 5. Monkey Emoji is a very simple emoji usually used for its literal meaning when talking about wild and funny animals such as monkeys. The similar German and Austrian coin was the 'Groschen', equivalent to 10 'Pfennigs'. Closie - Dundee parlance for a stairwell in a block of flats. Half a dollar - half a crown. Perhaps based on jack meaning a small thing, although there are many possible different sources. Mezzo/madza was and is potentially confused with, and popularity supported by, the similar 'motsa' (see motsa entry). 5. These were called fob watches, and its from this expression that we get Kettle and Hob for watch. The silver threepence was effectively replaced with introduction of the brass-nickel threepenny bit in 1937, through to 1945, which was the last minting of the silver threepence coin. Cheeky Monkey. Further information on many of the listed terms is available via accompanying links. Tanner - 6d or sixpence. We opted not to join the Europe-wide currency and have stubbornly kept our pounds and pence. The most likely origin of this slang expression is from the joke (circa 1960-70s) about a shark who meets his friend the whale one day, and says, "I'm glad I bumped into you - here's that sick squid I owe you..", stiver/stuiver/stuyver = an old penny (1d). Some non-slang words are included where their origins are particularly interesting, as are some interesting slang money expressions which originated in other parts of the world, and which are now entering the English language. Silver threepenny coins were first introduced in the mid-1500s but were not popular nor minted in any serious quantity for general circulation until around 1760, because people preferred the fourpenny groat. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. measures = money, late 20th century, most likely arising from misunderstanding medzas and similar variants, particularly medza caroon (hal-crown) and medza meaning a half-penny (ha'penny, i.e., d). British Dictionary definitions for monkey monkey / ( mk) / noun any of numerous long-tailed primates excluding the prosimians (lemurs, tarsiers, etc): comprise the families Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cebidae (New World monkeys), and Callithricidae (marmosets)See Old World monkey, New World monkey Related adjective: simian A `pony is 25 pounds, a `monkey 500. Madza caroon is an example of 'ligua franca' slang which in this context means langauge used or influenced by foreigners or immigrants, like a sort of pidgin or hybrid English-foreign slang, in this case mixed with Italian, which logically implies that much of the early usage was in the English Italian communities. 'Half a job' was half a guinea. The 'tanner' slang was later reinforced (Ack L Bamford) via jocular reference to a biblical extract about St Peter lodging with Simon, a tanner (of hides). Kettle and Hob is Cockney slang for Watch. Use: He's bladdered come 'ed we best swerve the next bar. Easy-peasy - very straightforward and easy. The selected samples of fruit and vegetables . 1 shilling = 12 pence. Simply derived from the expression 'ready cash'. A Dictionary of American Idioms monkey business [monkey business] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Wonky - is another word for shaky or unstable. Some think the root might be from Proto-Germanic 'skeld', meaning shield. Posh - port out, starboard home; elegant, stylish, or upper class. Similarly words connected with sex and stupidity frequently have slang equivalents. The pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. Monkey: British slang for 500 pounds sterling; originates from soldiers returning from India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. I'll be a monkey's uncle. As the label suggests, speakers of MLE come from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and live in diverse neighbourhoods. Jimmy - "Jimmy Riddle" = piddle = urinate. Barmy: crazy, insane; always derogatory. 3. Decimal 1p and 2p coins were also 97% copper (technically bronze - 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin ) until replaced by copper-plated steel in 1992, which amusingly made them magnetic. The symbol for a penny was a "d" (for the Latin denarius), and for a shilling, it was "s" (the Latin solidus). Brewer's 1870 Dictionary of Phrase and Fable states that 'bob' could be derived from 'Bawbee', which was 16-19th century slang for a half-penny, in turn derived from: French 'bas billon', meaning debased copper money (coins were commonly cut to make change). We assure you, it's no monkey business! Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches. A clodhopper is old slang for a farmer or bumpkin or lout, and was also a derogatory term used by the cavalry for infantry foot soldiers. Originated in the 1800s from the backslang for penny. Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony. Yennep backslang seems first to have appeared along with the general use of backslang in certain communities in the 1800s. 6. It's the best sound in the world to somethe cash register completing a sale. Caser was slang also for a US dollar coin, and the US/Autralian slang logically transferred to English, either or all because of the reference to silver coin, dollar slang for a crown, or the comparable value, as was. maggie/brass maggie = a pound coin (1) - apparently used in South Yorkshire UK - the story is that the slang was adopted during the extremely acrimonious and prolonged miners' strike of 1984 which coincided with the introduction of the pound coin. Any unethical, illegitimate, or objectionable activity that is furtive or deceitful, e.g., undercover sexual advances, cheating, misuse of public funds, etc. handful = five pounds (5), 20th century, derived simply by association to the five digits on a hand. It is believed these terms were imported from India by returning servicemen. Follow our writing guidelines and make your words COUNT! It's a site that collects all the most frequently asked questions and answers, so you don't have to spend hours on searching anywhere else. They have more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Which Teeth Are Normally Considered Anodontia. 11. What does Monkey mean in slang? British people like to enjoy themselves. And some further clarification and background: k/K = a thousand (1,000 or $1,000). Cock and hen or cockle is also used for 10, whilst 1 might be referred to as a nicker, a nugget or if youre going retro, an Alan Whicker. lady/Lady Godiva = fiver (five pounds, 5) cockney rhyming slang, and like many others in this listing is popular in London and the South East of England, especially East London. They are meant for comprehension rather than reproduction. Locktail - a cocktail invented or enjoyed during Covid-19 lockdown. tray/trey = three pounds, and earlier threpence (thruppeny bit, 3d), ultimately from the Latin tres meaning three, and especially from the use of tray and trey for the number three in cards and dice games. From the Hebrew word and Israeli monetary unit 'shekel' derived in Hebrew from the silver coin 'sekel' in turn from the word for weight 'sakal'. Why Do Cross Country Runners Have Skinny Legs? You can find out more about that in this wiki post. Bent - dishonest or derogatory for homosexual. Moola - Also spelled moolah, the origin of this word is unknown. bender = sixpence (6d) Another slang term with origins in the 1800s when the coins were actually solid silver, from the practice of testing authenticity by biting and bending the coin, which would being made of near-pure silver have been softer than the fakes. medza/medzer/medzes/medzies/metzes/midzers = money. (US, military slang) Tinned meat. Yonks - in a long time as in "I haven't seen you in yonks.". (Thanks L Cunliffe). We live it, we breathe it, we make our living from it. monkey in British English (mk ) noun 1. any of numerous long-tailed primates excluding the prosimians ( lemurs, tarsiers, etc): comprise the families Cercopithecidae ( Old World monkeys), Cebidae (New World monkeys), and Callithricidae ( marmosets ) See Old World monkey, New World monkey Related adjective: simian 2. any primate except man 3. or What tip shall we leave?" The term has since the early 1900s been used by bookmakers and horse-racing, where carpet refers to odds of three-to-one, and in car dealing, where it refers to an amount of 300. A monkey means 500 Bangers and mash - cash Bread and honey - money Pavarotti - he was a famous tenor so a Pavarotti is a tenner (10) If you want to read more about cockney rhyming slang and money, read this BBC article. Loaded - having a great deal of money; rich or alternatively under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 5. Folding, folding stuff and folding money are all popular slang in London. From the early 1900s, and like many of these slang words popular among Londoners (ack K Collard) from whom such terms spread notably via City traders and also the armed forces during the 2nd World War. Bees knees - a highly admired person or thing. A Cold One - Beer. You can use it to refer to a person or an object. Interestingly also, pre-decimal coins (e.g., shillings, florins, sixpences) were minted in virtually solid silver up until 1920, when they were reduced to a still impressive 50% silver content. Brown bread - dead from Cockney rhyming slang. Dunce - an unintelligent person, so called after the much-ridiculed 13th century Scottish theologian John Duns Scotus. Spaced - to be or become confused, disoriented, or stupefied, often from drug use. "Mixing drinks last night was a terrible idea. Hump - sexual intercourse, or as in "get the hump" - get annoyed, in a bad mood. Brilliant Tart - (archaic) slang for prostitute or woman of easy virtue. The official Urban Dictionary API is used to show the hover-definitions. Lost the plot - to become upset, angry, irrational. Dog's bollocks - a person or thing that is the best of its kind. Ahhh, English. 21. The terms monkey, meaning 500, and pony, meaning 25, are believed by some to have come from old Indian rupee banknotes, which it is asserted used to feature images of those animals, but this is untrue as no Indian banknotes have featured these animals. One pound is subdivided into 100 pence, the singular of which is one penny. Fag - cigarette, "ciggie", hence fag end (stub) and fag packet. Vest - (usually) sleeveless, cotton undershirt. 2022 - 2023 Times Mojo - All Rights Reserved British slang & colloquialisms: see an A-Z listing of British slang, colloquialisms and dialect words and phrases including Cockney rhyming phrases. 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