As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...

(CBS News) Rest in peace, Cockney rhyming slang. Apparently Britons no longer know the "dickie birds" (words). According to a new poll, the whimsical dialect associated with London's working class is ...

These British slang words will leave anyone outside the UK scratching their heads. Learn quirky British phrases and how to ...

The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place throughout ...

For the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw cash using written prompts in Cockney rhyming slang. It works by replacing a word with a short ...

Although many of us know the odd Cockney rhyming slang, test yourself with this quiz to find out just how many phrases you know the meanings behind. Cockney rhyming slang originated in the East End of ...

A guy walks into a doctor’s office and says, “Doc, wiv dis Billy Ray Cyrus, I can’t stop Wallace and Gromiting and I ‘ave a ‘orrible on and off. Do you ‘ave any Thomas Edison what won’t hurt me ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Would you Adam and Eve it? Cockney rhyming slang is brown bread. According to a survey, the famous lingo which developed in the working class east end of London in the 19th century ...

A UK company has decided to roll out some fun cash machines in London for the next three months. Instead of seeing the options displayed on the cash machine in the Queen’s English, these ATMs will ...