NORWEGIAN-ENGLISH GLOSSARY OF ENGLISH RHYMING SLANG

Compiled by Vlaiko Boyadzhiev, M.A. 

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ANSIKT (subst n) boat race (= face); Chevy (chase) (= face).

ARR (subst) (Scot.) Mars bar (= scar).

AVIS (subst m) linen (draper) (= paper).

BALL (subst m) (flertall) orchestra stalls (= balls); orchestras; Niagara (Falls) (= balls); Niagaras.

BANK (subst m) iron tank (= bank); tin tank (= bank); rattle and clank (= bank).

BAR (subst m) Jack (Tar) (= bar) (fx 'e's in the Jack); near and far (= bar); bazaar (= bar); battle cruiser (= boozer) (>kneipe).

BARBERKNIV (subst m) (brukt som våpen) malkie (= Malcolm Frazer = razor).

BEN (subst n) (flertall) bacon and eggs (= legs); bacons; Scotch pegs (= legs); Scotches.

BIL (subst m) la-di-dah (= car); near and far (= car).

BILLETT (subst m) bat (and wicket) (= ticket).

BLAKK (adj) hearts (of oak) (= broke); boracic (lint) (= skint).

BLOMST (subst m) (flertall) early hours (= flowers); April showers (= flowers).

BOK (subst fm) Captain Cook (= book).

BORD (subst n) Cain and Abel (= table).

BRØD (subst n) strike me dead (= bread); Uncle Fred (= bread); needle and thread (= bread).

BUKSE (subst m) (flertall) round the houses (= trouses = trousers).

BUKSESELER (subst) airs and graces (= braces).

BØTTE (subst fm) Mrs Duckett (= bucket).

CELLE (subst mf) (fengsel) flowery (dell) (= cell) (fx after three days in the flowery he was feeling totally bummed out).

DATTER (subst m) bottle of water (= daughter).

DOLLAR (subst m) Oxford scholar (= dollar) (fx can you lend me an Oxford?).

DOMMER (subst m) Barnaby Rudge (= judge).

DRA (vb) ... ~ deg vekk! take a penn'orth!

DRESS (subst m) piccolo and flute (= suit); whistle (and flute) (= suit).

DRINK (subst m) tiddly (wink) (= drink).

DRITINGS (adj) Scotch mist (= pissed); hit (and miss) (= piss-ed); booed and hissed (= pissed).

DROSJE (subst m) joe baxi (= taxi).

DUM (adj) Uncle Willy (= silly).

DUSIN (subst n) country cousin (= dozen).

DØR (subst fm) Rory (O'More) (= door).

DØV (adj) Mutt and Jeff (= deaf).

DÅRLIG (adj) sorry and sad (= bad).

EGG (subst n) borrow and beg (= egg).

FATTIG (adj) on the floor (= poor).

FENGSEL (subst n) bucket and pail (= jail).

FIN (adj) apples and rice.

FISK (subst m) Lilian Gish (= fish).

FLASKE (subst mf) Aristotle (= bottle).

FORSVINNE (vb) ... forsvinn! take a penn'orth (>cf tur).

FOT (subst m) (flertall) plates (of meat) (= feet).

FRAKK (subst m) I'm afloat (= coat); weasel (and stoat) (= coat); nanny goat (= coat); Glasgow boat (= coat).

FRANSKMANN (subst m) (neds.) jiggle and jog (= frog).

FROSKEGNASKER (subst m) (neds.) jiggle and jog (= frog).

FUGL (subst m) Richard the Third (= bird).

FULL (adj) elephant's trunk (= drunk)

FYRSTIKK (subst m) (flertall) cuts and scratches (= matches).

GIFT (adj) cash/cut and carried (= married).

GIN (subst m) needle and pin (= gin); mother's ruin (= ?).

(vb) Scapa (Flow) (= go) (fx I think we should just scapa).

HA (vb) ... ~ det Alf's peed again (= Auf Wiedersehen).

HALE (subst m) alderman's (nail) (= tail).

HALS (subst m) bushel and peck (= neck).

HANSKE (subst m) turtle-dove (= glove).

HATT (subst m) tit for tat (= hat); titfer.

HELVETE (subst n) ding-dong (bell) (= hell) (fx it's as hot as ding-dong in here).

HEMORROID (subst m) (flertall) Nuremburg piles (= piles); Nuremburgs.

HEST (subst m) bottle of sauce (= horse).

HJØRNE (subst m) Johnnie Horner (= corner).

HODE (subst n) crust (of bread) (= head) (fx you gotta learn how to use your crust); loaf (of bread) (= head) (fx use your loaf!); Uncle Ned (= head).

HOMO (subst m) (alle neds.) ginger (beer) (= queer); iron (hoof) (= poof).

HUND (subst m) London fog (= dog).

HUS (subst n) cat and mouse (= house); Mickey Mouse (= house).

HÆR (subst m) Kate (Karney) (= army) (fx when is it you're joining the Kate?).

HÅND (subst m) (flertall) German bands (= hands); Germans.

HÅR (subst n) Barnet (Fair) (= hair) (fx he needs to get his barnet cut).

ILD (subst m) Anna Maria (= fire).

INGENIØR (subst m) ginger beer (= engineer).

KAKE (subst m) sexton (blake) (= cake).

KAKERLAKK (subst m) coach (= cockroach; roach).

KALD (adj) potatoes (in the mold) (= cold); taters (fx it's a bit taters).

KATOLIKK (subst m) (alle neds.) wine grape (= pape); (Scots) Jungle Jim (= Tim).

KINESER (subst m) (neds.) tiddley-wink (= Chink).

KIRKE (subst m) ... i -n in the lurch (= church).

KJELTRING (subst m) babbling brook (= crook).

KJEVE (subst m) jackdaw (= jaw).

KJØLIG (adj) Uncle Willy (= chilly).

KJØKKENSKAP (subst n) Mother Hubbard (= cupboard).

KJØNNSSYKDOM (subst m) cardboard box (= pox).

KLOKKE (subst fm) dickory dock (= clock); Gordon and Gotch (= watch); bottle of Scotch (= watch).

KNEIPE (subst m) battle-cruiser (= boozer); jack (tar) (= bar); rub-a-dub(-dub) (= pub).

KNIV (subst m) charming wife (= knife); man and wife (= knife).

KNYTTNEVE (subst m) Oliver (Twist) (= fist).

KOKK (subst m) babbling brook (= cook).

KONE (subst fm) trouble and strife (= wife); Duch(ess of Fife) (= wife) (fx she's me old Dutch); carving knife (= wife); plates and dishes (= missus); mother of pearl (= girl).

KONTANT (subst) (flertall) Jack and Jill (= till); sausage and mash (= cash).

KORT (subst m) bladder of lard (= card).

KUK (subst m) (alle vulg.) Uncle (Dick) (= prick); (Hampton) wick (= prick); Bob and Dick (= prick); bob.

KVELDSMAT (subst m) Tommy Tucker (= supper).

KYSS (subst n) hit (= hit and/or miss); (flertall) plates and dishes (= kisses).

KÅPE (subst m) nanny goat (= coat) (>cf frakk).

LEIE (subst m) Burton-on-Trent (= rent); Burton.

LEIEBOER (subst m) Artful Dodger (= lodger).

LOMME (subst m) sky (rocket) (= pocket) (fx my skies are empty); Lucy Locket (= pocket).

LUNSJ (subst m) kidney punch (= lunch).

LUS (subst m) (flertall) boys on ice (= lice).

LYS (subst n) Harry Randall (= candle).

LØGN (subst m) porky (pork pie = lie).

LØGNER (subst m) holy friar (= liar).

LØNN (subst m) greengages (= wages); greens.

MAGE (subst m) Auntie Nelly (= belly); Newington Butts (= guts); Newingtons.

MANN (subst m) (husbond) old pot and pan (= old man = husband).

MIDDAG (subst m) Lilley & Skinner (= dinner); Jim(my) Skinner (= dinner).

MORMON (subst m) Jerry O'Gorman (= Mormon).

MUNN (subst m) North and South (= mouth).

MØRK (adj) Noah's Ark (= dark) (fx I hate it when it's so Noah's Ark in here).

NEGL (subst m) (flertall) monkey's tails (= nails).

NESE (subst m) I suppose (= nose).

NYBEGYNNER (subst m) Lilley & Skinner (= beginner).

ORD (subst n) dicky bird (= word).

OST (subst m) stand at ease (= cheese).

PARAPLY (subst m) Auntie Ella (= umbrella).

PARK (subst m) Noah's Ark (= park).

PARYKK (subst m) Irish (jig) (= wig).

PELLE (vb) ... pell deg vekk! take a penn'orth! (>cf tur).

PENGER (subst) bees (and honey) (= money) (fx how much bees do I have to come up with?).

PIANO (subst m) Joanna (= pianner = piano).

PILLE (subst m) Jack and Jill (= pill).

PUND (subst n) jimmy (Jimmy Goblin = sovereign); 20 ~ apple core (= score); 25 ~ macaroni (= pony).

PUPP (subst m) (flertall) Bristol cities (= titties); Bristols.

PURK (subst m) grasshopper (= copper); bottle and stopper (= copper).

PUTE (subst m) weeping willow (= pillow).

REGN (subst n) Andy Cain (= rain); pleasure and pain (= rain).

REGNING (subst m) Beecham's (pill) (= bill) (fx can I have the beecham's please?); rhubarb (pill) (= bill).

RESULTAT (subst n) (av fotballkamp) (Scot.) Hampden roar (= score).

ROM (subst m) Tom Thumb (= rum); thimble and thumb (= rum).

RUMPE (subst m) Khyber (Pass) (= arse) (fx stick it up your Khyber!); bottle (and glass) (= arse).

SAG (subst m) bear's paw (= saw).

SANG (subst m) ding-dong (= song).

SAUS (subst m) (brun) Army and Navy (= gravy).

SENERE (adv) ... vi sees (~) alligator (= later).

SENG (subst m) Uncle Ned (= bed).

SIGARETT (subst m) oily rag (= fag).

SILD (subst m) ... saltet ~ Jack the Ripper (= kipper).

SJEF (subst m) pitch and toss (= boss).

SJEKK (subst m) I'm a wreck (= cheque); goose's neck (= cheque); goose's (fx please write me a goose's); goose (fx I'm never gonna take your goose, it's gonna bounce).

SKAP (subst n) Mother Hubbard (= cupboard).

SKIP (subst n) 'apenny (dip) (= ship).

SKJORTE (subst mf) dicky (dirt) (= shirt) (fx I need another clean dicky); Uncle (Bert) (= shirt).

SKO (subst m) red, white and blue (= shoe).

SLAGSMÅL (subst n) read and write (= fight).

SLÅSSKAMP (subst m) read and write (= fight).

SMIL (subst m) penny-a-mile (= smile); penny.

SMØR (subst n) roll me in the gutter (= butter); Johnny Rutter (= butter); stammer and stutter (= butter).

SOKK (subst m) almond (rock) (= sock) (fx your almonds need washing).

SOL (subst mf) Bath bun (= sun).

SPADE (subst m) Lord Lovell (= shovel).

SPANN (subst n) Mrs Duckett (= bucket).

SPASERTUR (subst m) ball of chalk (= walk); whisper (and talk) (fx he went out for a whisper) (>tur).

SPURV (subst m) bow and arrow (= sparrow).

SPØK (subst n) Bushey Park (= lark).

STINKE (vb) pen and ink (= stink); pen (fx it really pens in here).

STJELE (vb) half-inch (= pinch).

STOL (subst m) lion's lair (= chair); Lionel Blair (= chair); (flertall) Owen Nares (= chairs).

STØVEL (subst m) (flertall) daisy roots (= boots).

SUPPE (subst mf) loop the loop (= soup) (fx a nice bowl of loop the loop would do me real good right about now); loopers.

SVARTING (subst m) (neds.) Harvest Moon (= coon).

SVINDLER (subst m) babbling brook (= crook).

SYK (adj) Tom and Dick (= sick); Bob (and Dick) (= sick).

SYLTETØY (subst m) baby's pram (= jam).

SØNN (subst m) Bath bun (= son).

SØSTER (subst mf) skin and blister (= sister).

SØVN (subst m) plough the deep (= sleep); bo-peep (= sleep).

SÅPE (subst m) Cape of Good Hope (= soap); band of hope (= soap).

TANTE (subst mf) Mrs Chant (= aunt).

TANN (subst m) (flertall) Hampstead (Heath) (= teeth); hampsteads; hamps.

TE (subst m) rosy (lea) (= tea); you and me (= tea).

TELEFON (subst m) dog and bone (= phone); Molly Malone (= phone).

TID (subst m) bird lime (= time).

TISSE (vb) hit and miss (= piss); take a jimmy (riddle) (= piddle); go for a jimmy.

TITT (subst m) butchers (hook) (= look) (fx take a butchers at it); Captain Cook (= look); cook; ta en ~ på take a Captain Cook/a cook/a butchers at.

TOBAKK (subst m) salmon (and trout) (= snout).

TOG (subst n) Mary Blane (= train).

TRAPP (subst m) apples (and pairs) (= stairs).

TRIKK (subst m) jam-jar (= tram car).

TRO (vb) Adam and Eve (= believe) (fx I don't Adam and Eve you).

TUR (subst m) ball of chalk (= walk); penn'orth (of chalk) (= walk).

TV (subst m) nervo and knox (= goggle box); Marie Correlli (= telly).

TYSTER (subst m) (politi) Noah's Ark (= narc).

TYV (subst m) tea leaf (= thief).

ULYKKE (subst m) sausage and mash (= crash).

VARM (adj) peas in the pot (= hot); peasy.

VEI (subst m) frog (and toad) (= road) (fx driving down that frog felt great).

VEKK (adv) ... ha/kom/pell deg ~ take a penn'orth (>cf tur).

VEST (subst m) Jimmy Prescott (= waistcoat).

VIN (subst m) mammy (mine) (= wine).

VINDU (subst n) burnt cinder (= winder = window).

WHISKY (subst m) gay and frisky (= whisky); (Scotch) pimple and blotch (= Scotch).

ØL (subst n) never fear (= beer); pig's (ear) (= beer) (fx I like me a glass of pig's); Nelson (Nelson Mandela = Stella Artois); (sterkt mørkt øl) salmon and trout (= stout); (type fatøl) April Fritter (= bitter).

ØRE (subst n) bottle of beer (= ear); (flertall) bottle of beers (= ears).

ØYE (subst n) Nellie Blight (= sight) (fx do you think there's something wrong with me Nellie Blights?); mince (pie) (= eye) (fx she's got these big minces).

ÅS (subst m) Jack and Jill (= hill).

 

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