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A Dictionary of English Rhyming Slangs
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PPa Broonnoun►see Paw BroonPackard Bellnouna smell [ireland]< Packard Bell, an American computer manufacturer.· [T]heres a packard bell of your gee. – www.bebo.com, 6th December 2006Packie Bonner; Pat Bonnernounan erection [uk: scotland]Rhymes on the Scottish slang stauner, a derivative of staun ‘to stand’. < Irish footballer Packie Bonner, aka Pat Bonner (b.1960), who played for Celtic from 1978 to 1998.· Don’t know what I was dreaming about last night, but I woke up this morning with a big Pat Bonner. – Daily Record, Glasgow, 30th May 2007· I’d pump her. That picture gave me a Packie Bonner[.] – RangersMedia forum, 10th February 2010· Mines not particularly big but by fuck it gets excited, every morning i get wake up with a raging pat bonner, walk through the house and knock things off tables and what not. – RangersMedia forum, 14th August 2010· [G]ies a shout when yer oot hen you gie me a right pack-ie bonner. – twitter.com, 2nd September 2012· Chiles misery is giving me a pat bonner. – Kerrydale Street forum, 19th June 2014Paddington Bearnoun 1 a pear [uk]< Paddington Bear, a popular children’s character cre-ated by English writer Michael Bond and known for giving people a hard stare to express disapproval; he first appeared in A Bear Called Paddington, published in 1958.· – R. Puxley, BritSlang, 2003 2 a hard stare; a withering, disapproving look [uk]Also as Paddington Bear hard stare, Paddington Bear stare and Paddington stare.· Sometimes I will give other road users the “paddington bear,” especially if they have dared to pull up alongside me... – PistonHeads forum, 17th November 2009· After I delivered him a number 3 Paddington Bear (rhyming slang for stare), I was allowed to leave without injury. – www.beerintheevening.com, 3rd May 2014Paddy and Micknouna pick (a pickaxe) [uk]< Paddy and Mick, two stereotypical Irish names often applied, in context, to Irish labourers. ►see Pat and Mick· – R. Puxley, FR, 1998· – G. Tibballs, UCGGRS, 2008Paddy and Mickadjectivestupid [uk]Rhymes on thick. < Paddy and Mick, two stereotypical Irish names, used here to play on the comic conceit that Irish characters are unintelligent.· – R. Puxley, CR, 1992· – J. Ayto, ODRS, p.93, 2002· – G. Tibballs, UCGGRS, 2008Paddy Kellynounthe belly [uk: liverpool]Perhaps < Paddy Kelly, a now obsolete dialect word for a dock policeman.· – B. Minard, LYS3, p.44, 1972Paddy McGintynouna twenty-foot scaffold tube [uk: scotland]Relies on the pronunciation of twenty as twinty, a typi-cal feature of Aberdeen English. In use among Aberdo-nian scaffolders.· – Scaffolders Forum, 27th August 2010Paddy McGuigannounthe dance; a venue such as a dance hall or nightclub where the primary social purpose is dancing [uk: scot-land]Rhymes on the Scots the jiggin.· We’re aw gaun tae the Paddy McGuigan the night. – M. Munro, CP1, 1996Paddy McGuirenouna domestic fire [uk: scotland]· Sling another shovel on the Paddy McGuire while ye’re up. – M. Munro, Patter-2, 1988Paddy Macknounheroin [uk]Rhymes on smack.· – Personal correspondence, prisoner serving 6 years and 8 months in HMP Blundeston (in Lowestoft, Suf-folk), January 2002Paddy Malarkey; Paddy Malarky; Paddy Mularkynouna black person [uk: scotland]https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110535525-016
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PPa Broonnoun►see Paw BroonPackard Bellnouna smell [ireland]< Packard Bell, an American computer manufacturer.· [T]heres a packard bell of your gee. – www.bebo.com, 6th December 2006Packie Bonner; Pat Bonnernounan erection [uk: scotland]Rhymes on the Scottish slang stauner, a derivative of staun ‘to stand’. < Irish footballer Packie Bonner, aka Pat Bonner (b.1960), who played for Celtic from 1978 to 1998.· Don’t know what I was dreaming about last night, but I woke up this morning with a big Pat Bonner. – Daily Record, Glasgow, 30th May 2007· I’d pump her. That picture gave me a Packie Bonner[.] – RangersMedia forum, 10th February 2010· Mines not particularly big but by fuck it gets excited, every morning i get wake up with a raging pat bonner, walk through the house and knock things off tables and what not. – RangersMedia forum, 14th August 2010· [G]ies a shout when yer oot hen you gie me a right pack-ie bonner. – twitter.com, 2nd September 2012· Chiles misery is giving me a pat bonner. – Kerrydale Street forum, 19th June 2014Paddington Bearnoun 1 a pear [uk]< Paddington Bear, a popular children’s character cre-ated by English writer Michael Bond and known for giving people a hard stare to express disapproval; he first appeared in A Bear Called Paddington, published in 1958.· – R. Puxley, BritSlang, 2003 2 a hard stare; a withering, disapproving look [uk]Also as Paddington Bear hard stare, Paddington Bear stare and Paddington stare.· Sometimes I will give other road users the “paddington bear,” especially if they have dared to pull up alongside me... – PistonHeads forum, 17th November 2009· After I delivered him a number 3 Paddington Bear (rhyming slang for stare), I was allowed to leave without injury. – www.beerintheevening.com, 3rd May 2014Paddy and Micknouna pick (a pickaxe) [uk]< Paddy and Mick, two stereotypical Irish names often applied, in context, to Irish labourers. ►see Pat and Mick· – R. Puxley, FR, 1998· – G. Tibballs, UCGGRS, 2008Paddy and Mickadjectivestupid [uk]Rhymes on thick. < Paddy and Mick, two stereotypical Irish names, used here to play on the comic conceit that Irish characters are unintelligent.· – R. Puxley, CR, 1992· – J. Ayto, ODRS, p.93, 2002· – G. Tibballs, UCGGRS, 2008Paddy Kellynounthe belly [uk: liverpool]Perhaps < Paddy Kelly, a now obsolete dialect word for a dock policeman.· – B. Minard, LYS3, p.44, 1972Paddy McGintynouna twenty-foot scaffold tube [uk: scotland]Relies on the pronunciation of twenty as twinty, a typi-cal feature of Aberdeen English. In use among Aberdo-nian scaffolders.· – Scaffolders Forum, 27th August 2010Paddy McGuigannounthe dance; a venue such as a dance hall or nightclub where the primary social purpose is dancing [uk: scot-land]Rhymes on the Scots the jiggin.· We’re aw gaun tae the Paddy McGuigan the night. – M. Munro, CP1, 1996Paddy McGuirenouna domestic fire [uk: scotland]· Sling another shovel on the Paddy McGuire while ye’re up. – M. Munro, Patter-2, 1988Paddy Macknounheroin [uk]Rhymes on smack.· – Personal correspondence, prisoner serving 6 years and 8 months in HMP Blundeston (in Lowestoft, Suf-folk), January 2002Paddy Malarkey; Paddy Malarky; Paddy Mularkynouna black person [uk: scotland]https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110535525-016
© 2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction VII
  4. Acknowledgements XXIX
  5. Dictionary
  6. A 3
  7. B 57
  8. C 201
  9. D 306
  10. E 388
  11. F 413
  12. G 459
  13. H 517
  14. I 587
  15. J 605
  16. K 704
  17. L 731
  18. M 781
  19. N 854
  20. O 883
  21. P 908
  22. Q 978
  23. R 981
  24. S 1058
  25. T 1166
  26. U 1251
  27. V 1260
  28. W 1268
  29. X 1299
  30. Y 1300
  31. Z 1306
  32. Select bibliography 1308
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110535525-016

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction VII
  4. Acknowledgements XXIX
  5. Dictionary
  6. A 3
  7. B 57
  8. C 201
  9. D 306
  10. E 388
  11. F 413
  12. G 459
  13. H 517
  14. I 587
  15. J 605
  16. K 704
  17. L 731
  18. M 781
  19. N 854
  20. O 883
  21. P 908
  22. Q 978
  23. R 981
  24. S 1058
  25. T 1166
  26. U 1251
  27. V 1260
  28. W 1268
  29. X 1299
  30. Y 1300
  31. Z 1306
  32. Select bibliography 1308
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