'Bottle' was then rhymed with ' Aristotle' and truncated to 'Aris'. This is the result of a double rhyme, starting with the original rough synonym 'arse', which is rhymed with 'bottle and glass', leading to 'bottle'.

For example, the word 'Aris' is often used to indicate the buttocks. In some examples the meaning is further obscured by adding a second iteration of rhyme and truncation to the original rhymed phrase. The following are further common examples of these phrases: Slang wordīottle & Glass - Aris is shorthand to differentiate between an actual bottle and the cockney rhyming slang for Ass, and is where the word Arse originates Following the pattern of omission, 'and pears' is dropped, thus the spoken phrase 'I'm going up the apples' means 'I'm going up the stairs'. The rhyming phrase 'apples and pears' is used to mean 'stairs'. The form of Cockney slang is made clear with the following example. The construction of rhyming slang involves replacing a common word with a phrase of two or more words, the last of which rhymes with the original word then, in almost all cases, omitting, from the end of the phrase, the secondary rhyming word (which is thereafter implied), making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to listeners not in the know. In the US, especially the criminal underworld of the West Coast between 18, rhyming slang has sometimes been known as Australian slang. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. The rhyming words are not omitted, to make the slang easier to understand. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īn optional Cockney rhyming slang language setting on an ATM on Hackney Road in London, England. WikiProject Linguistics may be able to help recruit an expert. The specific problem is: unsourced material, some dubious examples and poor structure suggests a non-encyclopedic article.

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