Brick - ten pounds or ten dollars (usually the banknote) - Australian slang from the early 1900s, derived from the red colour of the note and oblong shape. My guess is that you could power a biggish town for a year on all the wasted time and effort that is consumed needlessly handling and processing these coppers. Other variations occur, including the misunderstanding of these to be 'measures', which has become slang for money in its own right. This goes back to multiplying the value of the coin for 25 cents. According to Cassells chip meaning a shilling is from horse-racing and betting. Names for money slang. Rock – If you got the rock, you got a million dollars.
My nights out were very cheap. The biblical text (from Acts chapter 10 verse 6) is: "He (Peter) lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.. ", which was construed by jokers as banking transaction instead of a reference to overnight accommodation. In English, a cabbage patch is a place or thing of no importance, while cabbage head is a stupid person. Slang names for money. The Slang Words For Money List. The list is not exhaustive, and suggestions, corrections, etc., are welcome.
Biscuits – No, we are not referring to cookies here. Mezzo/madza was and is potentially confused with, and popularity supported by, the similar 'motsa' (see motsa entry). Rhino - £250, apparently in the Worcester area, (ack S Taylor). Just keep in mind that these slang synonyms are in plural form. Dan Word © All rights reserved. Such a long time ago the rofe money slang more likely would have meant fourpence rather than four pounds, much like the trend for other slang to transfer from pennies to pounds, as the money used by ordinary people shifts with inflation to the higher values. Bunts also used to refer to unwanted or unaccounted-for goods sold for a crafty gain by workers, and activity typically hidden from the business owner. Vegetable word histories. Much more recently (thanks G Hudson) logically since the pound coin was introduced in the UK in the 1990s with the pound note's withdrawal, nugget seems to have appeared as a specific term for a pound coin, presumably because the pound coin is golden (actually more brassy than gold) and 'nuggety' in feel. Yennep is backslang. Folding Stuff – Reference to paper money being able to be folded. Handful - five pounds (£5), 20th century, derived simply by association to the five digits on a hand. The detail of the likely Romany gypsy origins of the word Tanner is given in the list of money slang words below. Various other spellings, e. g., spondulacks, spondulics.
'Bob' was an extremely common term through the 1900s up until decimalisation in 1971, and then it disappeared completely. The term coppers is also slang for a very small amount of money, or a cost of something typically less than a pound, usually referring to a bargain or a sum not worth thinking about, somewhat like saying 'peanuts' or 'a row of beans'. Half-yard – In terms of the fifty dollar bill. 1990 - The shilling-sized 5p, first minted in 1968, was de-monetised, and with it the few remaining shilling coins which had been re-denominated as 5p in the 1971 decimalisation. This contributed to the development of some 'lingua franca' expressions, i. e., mixtures of Italian, Greek, Arabic, Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect), Spanish and English which developed to enable understanding between people of different nationalities, rather like a pidgin or hybrid English. Vegetable whose name is also slang for money. Other examples of the lyrical language of small change were: thrup'ny-ha'penny, forp'ny, fivep'ny, (meaning three, four and five penny) and so on. Simoleon is in more recent times also the currency in the Maxis 'Sims' computer games series, and while this has popularised the term, it obviously was not the origin, appropriate though it is for the Sims context. Then prices in guineas - one of my friends who was a professional guitarist said his first 'decent' guitar bought for him by his dad - a Gibson Les Paul Junior was 69 guineas which is of course £72 9/-. Suggestions and comments about money slang and origins are welcome: please send them. CREAM – This word is an acronym which means "Cash Rules Everything Around Me. The re-denominated sixpence (to 2½p) was no longer minted and soon disappeared, finally ceasing to be legal tender (de-monetised) far later than most people realise, on 30 June 1980. Potentially confused with and supported by the origins and use of similar motsa (see motsa entry). Pennies, Halfpennies and Farthings were copper coins in recent centuries, and so collectively logically they were were known as 'coppers'. Backslang reverses the phonetic (sound of the) word, not the spelling, which can produce some strange interpretations, and was popular among market traders, butchers and greengrocers.
Bumblebee - American slang from the 1940s for a $1 bill, logically deriving from earlier English/US use, like other slang symbolic of yellow/gold (banana, canary, etc), referring to a sovereign or guinea or other (as was) high value gold coin. Please let me know if you can add more detail about the use of nugget meaning pound coin. Half a dollar - slang for the half-crown coin (i. 95 Slang Words For Money And Their Meanings. e., two-and-sixpence, 2/6, two-shillings and sixpence) - early and mid 1900s slang based on the 'dollar' slang for five shillings. My pocket money went up from two pence a week to three pence with the introduction of the brass thrupny bit.
I don't trust a muthafuckin' soul when the d's come they fold. If you ain't from the hood, bitch, than stop impersonating us. I'm talkin' Noriega, nigga, the real Noriega. To you crosses in my click I'mma treat you like a ho. Gotta pay some dues but my shoes too big for ya. Lookin for y'all cowards cuz y′all talking out the side of your mouth. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the requests, and not a robot. As your heart starts to race cause a robbery could turn into a homo-case. Mr. Landlord we gon bust your ass with an eviction note.
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Shots forfeit the dice game, all you see is the runnin. Ask us a question about this song. Written by: JORDAN HOUSTON, PATRICK HOUSTON, PAUL BEAUREGARD. But that's the way we was raised. Cowboys boys that bring the noise. We throw our money round here, but y'all can. That's how it is, cuz your rights be wrong. Police ass nigga watch your mouth I done told ya. Rockstar (Nickelback). Les internautes qui ont aimé "If You Ain't From My Hood" aiment aussi: Infos sur "If You Ain't From My Hood": Interprète: Project Pat. Niggas might buck at me. Some of them did they bid, the other half waiting to go to court.
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Shots go off at the dice game. You niggas'll get laid out, wit blood and ya brains out. Yeah, better believe that). I'm observant in my hood. Bookmark/Share these lyrics. Writer(s): Patrick Houston, Jordan Houston, Paul D. Beauregard
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Cuz a robbery can turn into a homi-case. My pistol in da trunk. Ho, I'm far from practical. Them boys will put you down on your knees. Put a gun in your face, tell ya open the safe. Lord forgive me for my sins, that's my confessions. Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke). I was locked up 201 wearing bo bo's. Trust me son, niggas'll go on for they cake. You shine, they gon'??
Got one by the hand, one in the stroller and one on the way. Audemar on my wrist. The Ferrari just a front, got the Lambo in the back. In my hood - the house party off the hook until them shots go off. Rollin' round in SUV's, DVD's, man fuck some 20's, I'm lo. I don't f**k with them hoes.
They drink 'til the cups dry, eat 'til the plate's clean. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Face to face, I shoot you in your mouth, 'cause ain't no love. Created Feb 1, 2010. I know some niggas from my hood that would rob Noriega. Blaaow... You know not to do good now. B**ch you wanna be me. Album: Before The Massacre. We try to make the most of what we got. If you trick it's not a problem it gets you laid. Sorry for the inconvenience.