Bill Cranny's definitions

doh-ray-me

money, cash, currency

I was totally out of day-ray-me so had to stay home and watch telly

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

GBH

grevious bodily harm

He was lucky he wasn't done for murder, but he had a sharp brief who even got him off the gbh charge.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Brahms and Liszt (Brahms)

cockney rhyming slang = pissed, intoxicated

two drinks and he was totally Brahms

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

bovver boy

cockney pron. for bother boy; a skinhead or other thuggish anti-social no-brain

This gang of bovver boys crashed the party and wrecked the place.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

wind-up

to tease, usually with some malice

He said he's meet her at 7 o'clock, but after she'd been standing in the rain for an hour she realised it was a wind-up

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Pork Pies (also porkies)

Lies (Cockney rhyming slang)

The judge said my defence was nothing but a load of porkies and sent me down for seven.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

drop kick (Australian slang)

a simpleton, a loser

That bloke's so slow he couldn't catch a cold. A total drop kick

by bill cranny December 16, 2003