Rhyming Slang Upgrade
Dog’s Eye and Dead Horse is a new ABC book by Graham Seal that holds the wealth of Australian rhyming slang. Wait. Did I say wealth? Compared to Cockneys, we’re bloody ’opeless.
Even in the category of ‘famous people’, the list is slim. I found tennis champ Adrian Quist (pissed), keeper Wally Grout (shout) and Bass & Flinders (windows)….Are we serious? How dusty are these names? Surely we can modernise.
Treat this Brainstorm as the chance to enrich our rhyming reputation. Turn any TWO well-known Australians into rhyme, and put both into a sentence. For example Shane Warne (horn) and Don Burke (Merc) =
Some Don cut me off in traffic, so I had to blow the Shane.
Obviously the names don’t need to be related, but that could be fun. Or maybe your sentence will decide the names, where the two new slang terms are related. Or just go troppo – the Barnaby Joyce (choice) is yours.
Please present suggestions in the vein below, just to give us a fighting chance:
The Brendan (Fevola/bowler) bowled a ripping Max (Walker/yorker).
The dipso ordered a Cheryl (Kernot/Pernod) on the Fifi (box/rocks).
Once Friday drinks are called to a close, the jury will then determine the Prize Turd (third), the Widely Reckoned (second) and Noni Hazlehurst for the nimblest, funniest, most ambitious rhymers in the land. So Pro Hart (start).
February 9th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
When I lived in WA my mates and I would always say “time to Baden Harper” for scarper. Baden Harper was a Claremont player.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Had a question at trivia: “What rhyming slang is your Gordon?” The answer: Gordon & Gotch, watch. It is some kind of company. No one knew. In fact, no one had ever heard of the company.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Well, if we can play with companies…
That bloke is a bloody Coles (Myer/liar). Everything he says is a Dick(Smith/myth)!
February 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am
To bastardise a classic:
Aussie blokes love a bit o’ Paul (Keating/eating), rooting, and Huge (Weaving/leaving)
February 10th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Gday TT – I grew up in Sydney where ya Steve Folkes (a fine Bulldogs utility player and coach) were your smokes.
As for Gordon & Gotch, if you ever need to flog a book through newsagencies, you’ll get to know the two parties well. (Not that I’d heard of Gordon for watch…)
Some fine starters marmaloid. My literary effort:
I don’t like the new boss. He’s too Peter (Carey/wary) and David (Malouf/aloof).
February 10th, 2010 at 6:38 am
PS that last post was mine. (For some reason the Word Press software went all formal on me.)
February 10th, 2010 at 11:28 am
A couple of Australian sporting legends could appear as rhyming slang in the theme song of a fictional sports star (Don’t think I’ll need to translate this one):
“Here comes Speed Racer. He’s a Cathy on John.”
February 10th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Nice work. A menu for horse fodder:
Chop up a Peter (Garrett/carrot), mix in some Nifty (Wran/bran) with a few Leigh (Sales/bales) of Matt (Day/hay), plus a kilo and John (Coates/oats), then John (Doyle/spoil) your Susie (Maroney/pony).
February 10th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Political Rhyming slang No. 1 – The ALP:
One day you’re a political Bob (Carr/star but one Kevin (Rudd/dud) election and you’re Wayne (Swan/gone), a has-Simon (Crean/been)
February 10th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Political Rhyming slang 2 – The Coalition:
An MP who continues to Tony (Abbott/rabbit) on and make a lot of empty Barnaby (Joyce/noise) will be told told to toe the Christopher (Pyne/ line) and shut his Andrew (Robb/gob)
(PS – I thought it was best to leave Greg Hunt out of that one.)
February 10th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
In terms of real examples, surely your source mentioned “having an absolute Barry Crocker (shocker)” and Reg Grundys (undies) ?
February 10th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Haven’t sighted the book, but Reg was there in a sample extract. So too:
Adrian Knox (1863-1932) = pox
Baden Powell = towel [NB - TT]
Bea Miles (1902-1973) = piles
Frank Hyde (1916-2007) = wide
J Arthur Rank = wank
Al Capone = phone
February 10th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Australian business rhyming slang:
At glitzy corporate launches with free-flowing Frank (Lowy/Moet) and smoked salmon on Kerry, Jamie and Gretel (Packers/crackers) you can get Alan (Bond/conned).
February 10th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Australian cinema rhyming slang – including a Brainstorm favourite:
Investors soon Rose (Byrne/learn) that rather than put Naomi (Watts/lots) of Russell (Crowe/dough) into arthouse Aussie films, it’s easier to just Geoffrey (Rush/flush) the contents of their Toni (Collette/wallet) down the toilet.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Extended Australian cinema rhyming slang:
Investors soon Rose (Byrne/learn) that rather than put Naomi (Watts/lots) of Russell (Crowe/dough) in a reckless Eric (Bana/manner) into arthouse Aussie films, it’s easier to just Geoffrey (Rush/flush) the contents of their Toni (Collette/wallet) down the toilet.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Prolific stuff, X, with some 24-carat gear. Here’s a puzzle within a Storm:
What notable Australian thoroughfare lies in the triple rhyming slang of Bernard Peter Fiona?
February 11th, 2010 at 8:22 am
XXX WARNING – SPOILER ALERT XXX
Fanning Brock Coote = Canning Stock Route
February 11th, 2010 at 8:52 am
The puzzle above included one of the members of this collection of Australian music rhyming slang:
Record companies would Josh (Pyke/like) a Neil (Finn/win) regarding their Shannon (Noll/goal) of Bernard (Fanning/banning) Ben (Lee/free) music downloads.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Good to see some Aussie Bills (Hunter/punters) adding some slang to the Aussie Ernie (Dingo/lingo)