A system of slang in which words are replaced by rhymes and the second part of the rhyme is dropped. It is most commonly used by cockneys.

Generally rhyming slang is a load of old bollocks. In the words of terry pratchett "it is made up to annoy strangers, which is the case with most slangs"

Taking two different words to mean one, in the pattern that the first word relates to the second word, and the second word rhymes with the actual word.

As with the classic example, dog and bone (meaning phone), dog relates to bone, and bone rhymes with phone.

Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. Many of its expressions have passed into common language, and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to Cockneys.
Rhyming slang developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang, though it remains a matter of speculation whether this was a linguistic accident, or whether it was developed intentionally to assist criminals or to maintain a particular community.
Rhyming slang works by replacing the word to be obscured with the first word of a phrase that rhymes with that word. For instance, "face" would be replaced by "boat", because face rhymes with "boat race". Similarly "feet" becomes "plates" ("plates of meat"), and "money" is "bread" (a very common usage, from "bread and honey"). Sometimes the full phrase is used, for example "Currant Bun" to mean "The Sun" (often referring to the British Tabloid Newspaper of that name). There is no hard and fast rule for this, and you just have to know whether a particular expression is always shortened, never shortened, or can be used either way.

A dialect replacing numerous words with phrases that rhyme with the desired outcome, e.g. Dog and Bone = Phone, Trouble and Strife = Wife, Horse and Carriage = Marrage.
Stems from an area in London.
See Also: rhyming slang

A dialect originating in East London which involves substituting short phrases for words. The phrases rhyme with the word that they replace.

cockney rhyming slang originates in east london but is spoken all over east anglia. it ussualy consists of two words the second rhyming with the word your refuring too although you normally say the first word of the two

A culmination of words, names and phrases from the Harry Potter World that can be used to describe or dictate ordinary everyday occurrences! Kind of the Wizard's alternative to "Cockney Rhyming Slang" just replacing "Cockney" with "Potter"!