BOODLE. 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. This means that something is incredibly expensive. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Wow. 23. doubloons = money. Jib - to gain entry without paying usually to a football stadium. Huff - to take offense as in "get the huff"; to inhale the vapors of something to become intoxicated as in to huff glue. 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. Missing beagle limps home with broken leg 10 days after being hit by train, Hundreds of schoolchildren stage more 'TikTok protests' over toilet rules, Fake psychiatrist jailed after conning NHS out of 1,300,000. For ex: Ill be back in a minute, Im just off to spend a penny! Perhaps based on jack meaning a small thing, although there are many possible different sources. Prang - a (minor) accident involving a motor vehicle. am gan to the toon - i'm going to Newcastle city centre. Less well used slang terms include Lady Godiva for fiver and Ayrton Senna for tenner. As a matter of interest, at the time of writing this (Nov 2004) a mint condition 1937 threepenny bit is being offered for sale by London Bloomsbury coin dealers and auctioneers Spink, with a guide price of 37,000. More recently (1900s) the slang 'a quarter' has transfered to twenty-five pounds. 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. Earlier 'long-tailed finnip' meant more specifically ten pounds, since a finnip was five pounds (see fin/finny/finnip) from Yiddish funf meaning five. Cockney rhyming slang for pony. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. For example, you might say a chair has a wonky leg. Bevvy - (alcoholic) drink, usually beer, from "beverages". (m ki) n., pl. Backslang evolved for similar reasons as cockney rhyming slang, i.e., to enable private or secret conversation among a particular community, which in the case of backslang is generally thought initially to have been street and market traders, notably butchers and greengrocers. Its uncountable, so wed say: For ex: My son just bought a new house for three hundred thousand grand. Answer (1 of 27): There is commonly held belief that the term was brought back by returning British soldiers in the days of the Raj, alluding to the idea that the 25 rupee note bore a picture of a pony (the same theory attempts to explain 500 being a 'monkey').The problem with this idea is this:. 'Monkey's uncle' is used as an expression of surprise. Whilst this is not cemented in fact, the widely held belief is that the terms came from soldiers returning to Britain from India. ", "The children will get up to monkey business if we do not keep our eye on them.". A clod is a lump of earth. Stitched up - to trick someone so that they are placed in a difficult or unpleasant situation. Zebra Crossing - black and white pedestrian crossing. Now that we've covered the official British money terms and even some outdated ones it's time to see how people in the UK talk about money on a day-to-day basis. Scunnered - tired or exhausted (Glaswegian). By some it has been suggested that in the 18th century 25 was the typical price paid for a small horse, although historians have contested this is not accurate and far too much money. The female genitals. A person in a catatonic state or seemingly brain dead. Porkies - lies, from the Cockney rhyming slang "pork pies" = lies. He is just being a cheeky monkey.". Kermit is a male given name found mainly in the United States. I just threw in an extra slang term for free. Watering hole - this is one of the many British slang words for a pub. I am grateful to J Briggs for confirming (March 2008): "I live in Penistone, South Yorks (what we call the West Riding) and it was certainly called a 'Brass Maggie' in my area. Below is the UK transcription for 'monkey': Modern IPA: mkj. Bung - as a verb meaning to throw as a noun, or a bribe. 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. This expression has negative connotations, so filthy lucre would refer to money that has been illegally acquired. jacks = five pounds, from cockney rhyming slang: jack's alive = five. 4. the head of a pile-driver ( monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device. And 59 per cent don't understand what . denoting a small light structure or piece of equipment contrived to suit an immediate purpose. Logically 'half a ton' is slang for 50. Scouser - native of Liverpool (colloquial). 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. Meaning: used to describe extremely cold or extremely hot weather. Further information on many of the listed terms is available via accompanying links. 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. Potentially confused with and supported by the origins and use of similar motsa (see motsa entry). Smackers (1920s) and smackeroos (1940s) are probably US extensions of the earlier English slang smack/smacks (1800s) meaning a pound note/notes, which Cassells slang dictionary suggests might be derived from the notion of smacking notes down onto a table. Yorkshire Pudding - side dish with roast beef made with eggs, flour, salt, milk and beef dripping cooked in the oven. However, when it comes down to money, it is probably worth getting your head around the lingo, to prevent you handing over, or receiving, a wildly incorrect amount because you got the wrong word. Scottish Slang for Money. Origin unknown, although I received an interesting suggestion (thanks Giles Simmons, March 2007) of a possible connection with Jack Horner's plum in the nursery rhyme. Berties - term for Man City fans used by Man Utd supporters; the reverse is "rags". The term monkey came from soldiers returning from India, where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. Modern slang from London, apparently originating in the USA in the 1930s. 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. And this is only the tip of the iceberg! Nutmeg - soccer term to dribble or pass the ball through the legs of an opponent. There is scads of Cockney slang for money. Brummie - native of Birmingham (colloquial). 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. Crusty - usually young homeless or vagrant person stereotypically dreadlocked; can also mean angry or irritated. Chav - derogatory term for member of the "lower classes". From the cockney rhyming slang and metaphoric use of 'bread'. 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. From the 1900s in England and so called because the coin was similar in appearance and size to the American dollar coin, and at one time similar in value too. Barmy: crazy, insane; always derogatory. It works." It works." Examples include . Silver featured strongly in the earliest history of British money, so it's pleasing that the word still occurs in modern money slang. - cheers, good health (Welsh). shit faced. It was inspired by a monkey on the 500 Rupee banknote. The tickey slang was in use in 1950s UK (in Birmingham for example, thanks M Bramich), although the slang is more popular in South Africa, from which the British usage seems derived. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Wino - used as a noun for a drunk, alcoholic, especially one who is homeless. brass = money. Example: "I only paid a monkey for it." 6. fiver = five pounds (5), from the mid-1800s. Her Majesty's Pleasure - in jail; see porridge, inside. Then you gotta know the key money values: 20 is a Score, 25 is a Pony, 100 is a Ton, 500 . Now that youve got the slang down, youll want to work on your accent. In finance, a Monkey is British slang for 500 pounds sterling. In this post we share the official and unofficial ways Brits refer to money. Bail - To cancel plans. Sadly the word is almost obsolete now, although the groat coin is kept alive in Maundy Money. Cockney rhyming slang from 1960s and perhaps earlier since beehive has meant the number five in rhyming slang since at least the 1920s. dibs/dibbs = money. The spondulicks slang can be traced back to the mid-1800s in England (source: Cassells), but is almost certainly much older. Pissed - drunk (slang) in British English; "angry" in American English. Not used in the singular for in this sense, for example a five pound note would be called a 'jacks'. Not generally pluralised. See entry under 'nicker'. poppy = money. On the lash - getting drunk; compare "on the piss.". 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. Rows - Medieval galleried, timber walkways above a lower level of shops inChester. Then, build your vocabulary even more by mastering some Irish . pissed. The most commonly used slang term for a pound is a quid and it doesnt have a plural. Ok on to our next slang term for money a pony. A good or bad vibe. Magic Mushrooms - psychedelic mushrooms, Psilocybe semilanceata or the liberty cap, noted for the "nipple" at the top of the head. This contributed to the development of some 'lingua franca' expressions, i.e., mixtures of Italian, Greek, Arabic, Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect), Spanish and English which developed to enable understanding between people of different nationalities, rather like a pidgin or hybrid English. Equivalent to 10p - a tenth of a pound. clod = a penny (1d). From there it came to mean home and was reattached to Drum and Bass. 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? The ned slang word certainly transferred to America, around 1850, and apparently was used up to the 1920s. The connection with coinage is that the Counts of Schlick in the late 1400s mined silver from 'Joachim's Thal' (Joachim's Valley), from which was minted the silver ounce coins called Joachim's Thalers, which became standard coinage in that region of what would now be Germany. In the US a nickel is more commonly a five cent coin. These pages are best viewed using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, or IE. quid = one pound (1) or a number of pounds sterling. 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. bunce = money, usually unexpected gain and extra to an agreed or predicted payment, typically not realised by the payer. Meaning to throw as a verb meaning to throw as a verb meaning throw. Off to spend a penny from cockney rhyming slang and metaphoric use of 'bread ' picture... 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