Something Rhymes with Purple cover image

Porky pies

Something Rhymes with Purple

00:00

The Origins of Cockney Rhyming Slang

The word Cockney itself is a really strange one because the original meaning of that word was a pampered or spoiled child. It then developed into an insulting term for someone who lives in the town now English is full of insults between town dwellers and country dwellers as you know. The rhyming slang itself emerged as a playful but quite important banter amongst costamongers what is the costamonger?

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app