be taken too seriously! Also relates to (but not necessairly derived from) the expression especially used by children, 'dibs' meaning a share or claim of something, and dibbing or dipping among a group of children, to determine shares or winnings or who would be 'it' for a subsequent chasing game. A popular slang word like bob arguably develops a life of its own. What does Monkey mean in slang? Origin is not known for sure. We also list many of Britain's museums, churches, castles and other points of interest. Back in the 1960s, it was illegal to be gay in the UK and so gay men began to use a kind of code language or slang that was a mix of Italian, Romany and rhyming slang. monkey (plural monkeys) . I'm propa paggered - i'm really tired. simon = sixpence (6d). For ex: Ill be back in a minute, Im just off to spend a penny! (US, military slang) Tinned meat. To make a monkey out of someone means to make someone look silly. 'More fun than a barrel of monkeys' means to have a lot of fun. Meaning: used to describe extremely cold or extremely hot weather. From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper). The word flag has been used since the 1500s as a slang expression for various types of money, and more recently for certain notes. Referring to 500, this term is derived from the Indian 500 Rupee note of that era, which featured a monkey on one side. Our last slang term for money and again animal related we have a monkey M-O-N-K-E-Y, no not the animal but actually meaning 500 pounds. He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a . Britain-Visitor.com also offers information on British culture including British cuisine, history and the arts. Moola - Also spelled moolah, the origin of this word is unknown. Spruce probably mainly refers to spruce beer, made from the shoots of spruce fir trees which is made in alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties. Less common variations on the same theme: wamba, wanga, or womba. bread (bread and honey) = money. gelt/gelter = money, from the late 1600s, with roots in foreign words for gold, notably German and Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) gelt, and Dutch and South African geld. The term monkey came from soldiers returning from India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. Bees knees - a highly admired person or thing. Seymour created the classic 1973 Hovis TV advert featuring the baker's boy delivering bread from a bike on an old cobbled hill in a North England town, to the theme of Dvorak's New World symphony played by a brass band. As in "We threw everything except the kitchen sink at the problem.". Easy when you know how.. g/G = a thousand pounds. Vest - (usually) sleeveless, cotton undershirt. a monkey foresail. A "par" breaches social and common courtesy, eg, a disrespectful comment could be seen as a "par." "Par" can also be used as a verb, eg, "You just got parred." This slang term could be a British abbreviation of the French "faux pas," meaning an embarrassing or tactless remark in a social situation. seymour = salary of 100,000 a year - media industry slang - named after Geoff Seymour (1947-2009) the advertising copywriter said to have been the first in his profession to command such a wage. London slang from the 1980s, derived simply from the allusion to a thick wad of banknotes. Coppers was very popular slang pre-decimalisation (1971), and is still used in referring to modern pennies and two-penny coins, typically describing the copper (coloured) coins in one's pocket or change, or piggy bank. You can use it to refer to a person or an object. Jelly - fruit-flavored gelatin dessert or slang for valium as in "jellies". Prat - stuck up, incompetent or stupid person. Commonly used in speech as 'some silver' or 'any silver', for example: "Have you got any silver for the car-park?" Slang words or phrases develop over time. Similarly words connected with sex and stupidity frequently have slang equivalents. A variation of sprat, see below. "Coppers.". To illustrate these glorious slang expressions, we teamed up with Art Money to create visuals using ACTUAL money, with each image created using the currency of the country of the term's origin. From the 1960s, becoming widely used in the 1970s. pair of nickers/pair of knickers/pair o'nickers = two pounds (2), an irresistible pun. Kettle-biler - unemployed man in Dundee (from the 19th century jute factories). The 'where there's much there's brass' expression helped maintain and spread the populairity iof the 'brass' money slang, rather than cause it. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. From Old High German 'skilling'. a monkey bridge. McGarrett = fifty pounds (50). Originates from the Dutch 'bodel', meaning personal effects. 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. 20 is sometimes referred to as a score, although strictly this is not a slang term for money, as score is a normal word for twenty. Ice Cream Vans - mobile ice cream vendors (read more). A more obscure British term, 'brass monkeys' is used to refer to extremely cold weather. Skelp - a slap or smack (Dundee, Scotland). Were mad about English. Brewer says that the 'modern groat was introduced in 1835, and withdrawn in 1887'. I am also informed (thanks K Inglott, March 2007) that bob is now slang for a pound in his part of the world (Bath, South-West England), and has also been used as money slang, presumably for Australian dollars, on the Home and Away TV soap series. Use: He's bladdered come 'ed we best swerve the next bar. From the 16th century, and a popular expression the north of England, e.g., 'where there's muck there's brass' which incidentally alluded to certain trades involving scrap, mess or waste which offered high earnings. How do you say monkey in British? In the US a nickel is more commonly a five cent coin. 3. The ned slang word certainly transferred to America, around 1850, and apparently was used up to the 1920s. ned = a guinea. Even if you never actually get anywhere near the sound of Bow bells, it is handy pub quiz knowledge to have in your locker. You are listening to our fourth and final episode specialising on slang and money! 11. The word cows means a single pound since technically the word is cow's, from cow's licker. Yennep is backslang. Chav - derogatory term for member of the "lower classes". The sixpenny piece used to be known long ago as a 'simon', possibly (ack L Bamford) through reference to the 17th century engraver at the Royal Mint, Thomas Simon. Yonks - in a long time as in "I haven't seen you in yonks.". Scran - food (originally Scottish), especially that of an inferior quality compare grub. Exactly when the words became slurs is unknown, but offensive comparisons of black people to apes date back hundreds of centuries. 05. This was also a defensive or retaliatory remark aimed at those of middle, higher or profesional classes who might look down on certain 'working class' entrepreneurs or traders. Tart - (archaic) slang for prostitute or woman of easy virtue. In the 1800s a oner was normally a shilling, and in the early 1900s a oner was one pound. Monkeys are famously playful and mischievous, and because of this, monkey is a common diminutive (or fond nickname) for impish kids, and monkey business is foolishness or deceitful behavior. Almost certainly and logically derived from the slang 'doss-house', meaning a very cheap hostel or room, from Elizabethan England when 'doss' was a straw bed, from 'dossel' meaning bundle of straw, in turn from the French 'dossier' meaning bundle. These, and the rhyming head connection, are not factual origins of how ned became a slang money term; they are merely suggestions of possible usage origin and/or reinforcement. Traditional IPA: mki It never really caught on and has died out now". The pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. There are other spelling variations based on the same theme, all derived from the German and Yiddish (European/Hebrew mixture) funf, meaning five, more precisely spelled fnf. Rows - Medieval galleried, timber walkways above a lower level of shops inChester. Play it by ear - proceed instinctively according to circumstances. Mispronunciation of sovs, short for sovereigns. "He started an exercise routine and his wife copied it. Therefore one quid, five quid, fifty quid. mill = a million dollars or a million pounds. 4. That's about 20p. These were called fob watches, and its from this expression that we get Kettle and Hob for watch. He is just being a cheeky monkey. A group of monkeys huddled together. Crusty - usually young homeless or vagrant person stereotypically dreadlocked; can also mean angry or irritated. Bunts also used to refer to unwanted or unaccounted-for goods sold for a crafty gain by workers, and activity typically hidden from the business owner. To sit around doing little, to be idle. It means to make a profit. fin/finn/finny/finnif/finnip/finnup/finnio/finnif = five pounds (5), from the early 1800s. I personally feel (and think I recall) there was some transference of the Joey slang to the sixpence (tanner) some time after the silver threepenny coin changed to the brass threepenny bit (which was during the 1930-40s), and this would have been understandable because the silver sixpence was similar to the silver threepence, albeit slightly larger. Budge - move, shift. From the late 18th century according to most sources, London slang, but the precise origin is not known. One pound is subdivided into 100 pence, the singular of which is one penny. A nicker bit is a one pound coin, and London cockney rhyming slang uses the expression 'nicker bits' to describe a case of diarrhoea. 'Half a job' was half a guinea. Wonga A `ton in British slang is one hundred, usually for 100 pounds (sterling). Lost the plot: If you've heard this, simply put, it means crazy. doubloons = money. Accadacca - How Aussies refer to Australian band ACDC. Tarmac - material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, named after its Scottish inventor John Louden McAdam. Crazy. Kitchen sink - a very large number of things, whether needed or not. 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. Brown bread - dead from Cockney rhyming slang. Cockney Rhyming Slang - a common word replaced with a rhyming pair of words or longer phrase and then omitting the rhyming word, for example, "Apples and pears" (= stairs, becomes "apples"), butcher's hook (look, becomes "butcher's"), loaf of bread (head, becomes "loaf"). Bent - dishonest or derogatory for homosexual. It is about money in general terms. ASAP: a popular term that stands for as soon as possible and is now used pretty much globally. Baccy - tobacco, usually rolling tobacco. 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. An example of erroneous language becoming real actual language through common use. Dont believe us?Watch this! In addition, Britain-specific words are included. Follow our writing guidelines and make your words COUNT! Slang British Money Terms. We've shown you the 100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases. Usually meaning a large amount of spending money held by a person when out enjoying themselves. British slang and dialect is rich and diverse. Like the 'pony' meaning 25, it is suggested by some that the association derives from Indian rupee banknotes featuring the animal. Apparently we imported the word grand, which means a thousand, from the States. 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. Other slang terms: Fiver = 5, Lady Godiva (Cockney rhyming slang for a fiver) = 5, Tenner = 10, Pony = 25, Half a ton = 50, Ton = 100, Monkey = 500, Grand = 1000. Chalupa. I can hear you asking me- Louisa why are we now talking about a baby horse? Why would you lie about something dumb like that?". An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'. Red Top - tabloid newspaper such as The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Star. Wor lass - my girlfriend. Mither - Northern word meaning pester or irritate. Other intriguing possible origins/influences include a suggested connection with the highly secretive Quidhampton banknote paper-mill, and the term quid as applied (ack D Murray) to chewing tobacco, which are explained in more detail under quid in the cliches, words and slang page. In the old days, you had to pay one penny to use the public toilet and the expression to spend a penny has lived on to this day. Bevvy - (alcoholic) drink, usually beer, from "beverages". gen = a shilling (1/-), from the mid 1800s, either based on the word argent, meaning silver (from French and Latin, and used in English heraldry, i.e., coats of arms and shields, to refer to the colour silver), or more likely a shortening of 'generalize', a peculiar supposed backslang of shilling, which in its own right was certainly slang for shilling, and strangely also the verb to lend a shilling. Add a little spark to your vocabulary with Scottish slang. In this post we share the official and unofficial ways Brits refer to money. Clod was also used for other old copper coins. The spelling cole was also used. Lets get serious about the project. Bloke What does Bloke mean in British slang. Wangle - means to get or do something that is a bit devious. Ankle Biter - Child. madza poona = half-sovereign, from the mid 1800s, for the same reasons as madza caroon. We want to make sure youre leaving a professional image of yourself. Bro: just like "mate" in the UK, "bro" means friend . Short for sovereigns - very old gold and the original one pound coins. See also 'pair of knickers'. Plastered Another British slang term for being drunk. It's not cheap to own a . The official Urban Dictionary API is used to show the hover-definitions. ten bob bit = fifty pence piece (50p). Common use of the coal/cole slang largely ceased by the 1800s although it continued in the expressions 'tip the cole' and 'post the cole', meaning to make a payment, until these too fell out of popular use by the 1900s. Haggle - argue, debate the price of something. The term ' nicker ' is probably connected to the use of nickel in the minting of coins. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. jack = a pound, and earlier (from the 1600s), a farthing. "He thought he could make a monkey out of his friend but he was not prepared for what was coming. Origin: US/UK. . Cassell's says Joey was also used for the brass-nickel threepenny bit, which was introduced in 1937, although as a child in South London the 1960s I cannot remember the threepenny bit ever being called a Joey, and neither can my Mum or Dad, who both say a Joey in London was a silver threepence and nothing else (although they'd be too young to remember groats). Barmy. Earlier English spelling was bunts or bunse, dating from the late 1700s or early 1800s (Cassells and Partridge). The word dollar is originally derived from German 'Thaler', and earlier from Low German 'dahler', meaning a valley (from which we also got the word 'dale'). Bad dose. 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). Old Firm - collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers. jacks = five pounds, from cockney rhyming slang: jack's alive = five. Butty - a filled or open sandwich (Northern England). More rarely from the early-mid 1900s fiver could also mean five thousand pounds, but arguably it remains today the most widely used slang term for five pounds. Modern slang from London, apparently originating in the USA in the 1930s. If you think we've missed anything let us know by commenting below. Pronunciation emphasises the long 'doo' sound. Not pluralised for a number of pounds, eg., It cost me twenty nicker.. From the early 1900s, London slang, precise origin unknown. Top 100 Cockney Rhyming Slang Words and Phrases: Adam and Eve - believe Alan Whickers - knickers apples and pears - stairs Artful Dodger - lodger Ascot Races - braces Aunt Joanna - piano Baked Bean - Queen Baker's Dozen - Cousin Ball and Chalk - Walk Barnaby Rudge - Judge Barnet Fair - hair Barney Rubble - trouble Battlecruiser - boozer squid = a pound (1). It is spoken mainly by young, working-class people in multicultural parts of London. (Thanks M Johnson, Jan 2008). We opted not to join the Europe-wide currency and have stubbornly kept our pounds and pence. The rules about capital letters and currency are the following: you dont use a capital letter to spell out the whole name, therefore: pounds, euros and dollars. 'Bob a nob', in the early 1800s meant 'a shilling a head', when estimating costs of meals, etc. Used either to show sympathy, or to soften an insult. 6. bottle = two pounds, or earlier tuppence (2d), from the cockney rhyming slang: bottle of spruce = deuce (= two pounds or tuppence). Z-Cars - 1960s and 70s TV police drama set in Liverpool. Popular Australian slang for money, now being adopted elsewhere. Mezzo/madza was and is potentially confused with, and popularity supported by, the similar 'motsa' (see motsa entry). For example 'Lend us twenty sovs..' Sov is not generally used in the singular for one pound. Totty - (uncountable) sexually attractive women considered collectively (sexist and offensive). It was inspired by a monkey on the 500 Rupee banknote. The solidus and denarius . chump change = a relatively insiginificant amount of money - a recent expression (seemingly 2000s) originating in the US and now apparently entering UK usage. 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. The original derivation was either from Proto-Germanic 'skell' meaning to sound or ring, or Indo-European 'skell' split or divide. Due to the way the algorithm works, the thesaurus gives you mostly related slang words, rather than exact synonyms. See 'tanner' below. Strop - displeased, angry, as in "having a strop". See an A-Z listing of British slang, colloquialisms and dialect words and phrases. bollocksed. From the fact that a ton is a measurement of 100 cubic feet of capacity (for storage, loading, etc). First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we Your response is private Was this worth your time? Dog's bollocks - a person or thing that is the best of its kind. 2022 - 2023 Times Mojo - All Rights Reserved A Dictionary of American Idioms monkey business [monkey business] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. With dictionary look up. From the cockney rhyming slang and metaphoric use of 'bread'. Veg-out - take it easy, relax, do nothing for a while. Me ma said - My mam said. When soldiers returned from India, they had a 500 rupee note which had an image of a monkey. Backslang reverses the phonetic (sound of the) word, not the spelling, which can produce some strange interpretations, and was popular among market traders, butchers and greengrocers. This mostly means a deliciously spicy Mexican taco, but is also slang for money. All our resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum. Simply derived from the expression 'ready cash'. Then, build your vocabulary even more by mastering some Irish . There are many different interpretations of boodle meaning money, in the UK and the US. greens = money, usually old-style green coloured pound notes, but actully applying to all money or cash-earnings since the slang derives from the cockney rhyming slang: 'greengages' (= wages). The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include pony which is 25, a ton is 100 and a monkey, which equals 500. Many are now obsolete; typically words which relate to pre-decimalisation coins, although some have re-emerged and continue to do so. Naff - in bad taste, originally gay slang for heterosexual. `Ton in this sense may come from the name for a measurement of 100 cubic feet. readies = money, usually banknotes. She is such a cheeky monkey. I am grateful also (thanks Paul, Apr 2007) for a further suggestion that 'biscuit' means 1,000 in the casino trade, which apparently is due to the larger size of the 1,000 chip. On the front foot - meaning positive, active, attacking (from cricket). shilling = a silver or silver coloured coin worth twelve pre-decimalisation pennies (12d). Below is the UK transcription for 'monkey': Modern IPA: mkj. Nugget: Referencing gold, but a general term for money of any kind. You do write capitals when you use the internationally recognised abbreviations, therefore GBP for pounds, EUR for euros, USD for dollars and CNY for Chinese yuan etc. Like most languages, English has its fair share of slang terms related to a variety of topics and money is no exception. For Terry's detailed and fascinating explanation of the history of K see the ' K' entry on the cliches and words origins page. Vibe - atmosphere, feeling. 'Half a job' was half a guinea. Dodgy - suspicious, of questionable quality (slang). The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include 'pony' which is 25, a 'ton' is 100 and a 'monkey', which equals 500. "Mixing drinks last night was a terrible idea. nicker a pound (1). It was quite an accepted name for lemonade". Queer the pitch- spoil the business in hand already discussed. Originated in the USA in the 1920s, logically an association with the literal meaning - full or large. deuce = two pounds, and much earlier (from the 1600s) tuppence (two old pence, 2d), from the French deus and Latin duos meaning two (which also give us the deuce term in tennis, meaning two points needed to win). Variations on the same theme are moolah, mola, mulla. 'Monkey's uncle' is used as an expression of surprise. It is conceivable that the use also later transferred for a while to a soverign and a pound, being similar currency units, although I'm not aware of specific evidence of this. 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