The A-Z of Cockney Speak
ahssbahnd - ''I am confined to the house''. as in ''Am assband''.
awse - a four-legged animal on which money is often won or lost.
blinding - excellent, as in ''West Am/Tottenham/Arsenal are blinding'' (delete as appropriate).
bruvver - male sibling
cort a panda - quarter pound hamburger.
cach - sofa, settee.
caff - daytime eating establishment
dahn ill - a) in the direction of the bottom of an incline, b) in decline, ie. ''Kat from East Enders has gone a bit dahn ill lately.''
donut - idiot.
eassband - as in ''Eassband, mate'' (instructions to cabbie to take a fare man in an easterly direction).
effix - moral principles.
fanx - an expression of gratitude.
fink 鈥?to ponder.
Furrock - where to find the Lakeside Shopping Centre.
gaff - house or home.
garrij 鈥?where one fills one鈥檚 motah (weels) with petrol.
haitch - letter between G and I, usually dropped
Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island.
innit - a) is it not? A superfluous suffix, as in: ''that's rite, innit''
janartahmean - do you understand the purport of my communication?
larf - you cannot be serious , to laugh, as in: ''You're 鈥榓vin a larf''
motah - car (generic); a banger, usually a Ford Fiesta.
muhllard - very, very drunk, also trolleyed, bladdered, legless through alcohol.
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