buanryoh Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I was looking on a website http://www.effingpot.com/people.shtml and came across this. Bristols - This is a good example of a word that most Brits would know, but not necessarily realise it was derived from rhyming slang. Bristols means breasts. If you haven't worked it out yet, bristols is short for bristol city's (a football team), city's rhymes with t--ties, i.e. breasts! Easy huh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Exile Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Must confess I did not know it was rhyming slang, or the connection with the full club name! And the term 'home banker' is presumably slang then for.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompo Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Must confess I did not know it was rhyming slang, or the connection with the full club name! And the term 'home banker' is presumably slang then for.... ← oil tanker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Taunton Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 In a nutshell then we are a group of tits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I was looking on a website http://www.effingpot.com/people.shtml and came across this. Bristols - This is a good example of a word that most Brits would know, but not necessarily realise it was derived from rhyming slang. Bristols means breasts. If you haven't worked it out yet, bristols is short for bristol city's (a football team), city's rhymes with t--ties, i.e. breasts! Easy huh! ← I don't know where this site got their info from but it has nothing to do with the football club. Bristol was one of the earliest conurbations to be called a "city" that and the fact that it was THE biggest and richest port outside of London at the time, meant the sailors adopted it as their rhyming slang for large breasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I was looking on a website http://www.effingpot.com/people.shtml and came across this. Bristols - This is a good example of a word that most Brits would know, but not necessarily realise it was derived from rhyming slang. Bristols means breasts. If you haven't worked it out yet, bristols is short for bristol city's (a football team), city's rhymes with t--ties, i.e. breasts! Easy huh! ← Give it up.... it's been done 100 times, erm well at least once by me, I think? If you want interesting.... look into the origins of 'Berk' which is a shortened version of 'Berkley Hunt', I'll leave it at this point but if you've got it .... it has crossed over and despite its origin is now no longer frowned upon in polite conversation..... not even by our forum Mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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