Another suggestion is that it may have been used by criminals (see thieves’ cant) to confuse the police. It is possible that it was used in the marketplace to allow vendors to talk amongst themselves in order to facilitate collusion, without customers knowing what they were saying. If deliberate, it may also have been used to maintain a sense of community. Contributors comments: The word dinner was always used to describe the middday meal in the Adelaide region and the word tea to describe the evening meal. Barrack - to cheer for a sports team, or indulge in noisy. Get familiar with these Australian phrases and slang words and as a foreign city slicker you’ll feel right at home and easily join in on the yarn with some fellow ringers on your first day out bush 1.
It is also quite common to use it as slang for dinner, especially in Australia. Aussie - an Australian Australian salute - movement of the hand brushing away flies Bag of fruit - a mans suit (rhyming slang) Banana Bender - Queenslander (used with caution, if at all, in Queensland) Barbie - a barbecue (grill) Barney - a dispute or argument. It remains a matter of speculation whether rhyming slang was a linguistic accident, a game, or a cryptolect developed intentionally to confuse non-locals. (Noun) In general, a nosh-up is an occasion in which people eat a huge amount of food. That said, there are a number of other slang terms which might be applied to dinner, such as blowout, chow, nosh-up, or repast. It dates from around 1840 among the predominantly Cockney population of the East End of London who are well-known for having a characteristic accent and speech patterns. This is by far the most common slang way to refer to dinner, and virtually any Australian will know what you mean when you say tea. Rhyming slang is believed to have originated in the mid-19th century in the East End of London, with sources suggesting some time in the 1840s. Hot on the heels of our success with our Top 100 Best British Slang Phrases, we thought we’d explore the beauty of Cockney Rhyming Slang next.
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