RHYMINGSLANG

Rhyming slang

Rhyming slang is a form of phrase construction in the English language and is especially prevalent in dialectal English from the East End of London; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang . The construction involves replacing a common word with a rhyming phrase of two or three words and then, in almost all cases, omitting the secondary rhyming word, in a process called hemiteleia, making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to listeners not in the know.

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rhyming slang

Noun

  1. Any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it; the rhyming word often being dropped.


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