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DANNY DYER RHYMING SLANG IN BBC 1 ‘EASTENDERS'

DD's slang on Eastenders


a partial notation record bound to have missed some but these as spotted, I enjoyed some sneaky ones!



Danny Dyer admits he makes up rhyming slang . . . . here


4/11 or there abouts "Pipe" - have a look, from pipe and book? Or hosepipe = nose

"I should have had a better pipe at his boat" says Mick (boat the well known boat race = face)


9/11 Smudge - The act of rubbing one's penis on around and partially in a woman's vagina. This act usually implies the non-use of a condom, therefore it is often performed in lieu of full penetration sex where the female is worried about! 

Mick made reference to having a smudge!


20/11 Mick says "why don't I have a word with the shovel? " to explain why Karl Howman's character is late for recall to prison

Shovel and pick = nick 


26/1/15 Mick says "get a sherbet and I'll pay"        sherbet dab = cab

The rattler? Rattle? Underground station? "Get on the rattler" . . . . Train

'Tiger bread head' DD said of Timothy West . . Cos those who've lost their canister go like it, he's just got a tiger bread head!

"Watch my Derby" after Linda slaps his tummy  19/02

          Derby Kelly real old fashioned Cockney Rhyming slang

           (Immortalised by Harry Champion in the song Boiled Beef and Carrots.)

"I see you're wearing Grandad's kettle" referring to his son wearing his grandfather's wrist watch. Kettle and Hob = Fob (watch)

"Give us a cockle" Mick serving in the pub And the man gives him a ten pound note

Cock and hen = 10, so short for cockle?

"We're going to wet the baby's head this afternoon and then have a proper rustle later on"

Russell Harty = party


Aug '15

Not so much as rhyming slang but a sneaky filthy one after the comic (Dickie Ticker!) they're all going to see at Kush's stag do DD describes him as being 'the mutt's nuts' slang for 'the dog's bollocks'! Not so much naughty but who else can you see getting away with it?


27th August

When putting a drunk (comic Dicky Ticker) into a cab he asks the driver to 'take this string home and be careful he don't spew'

String vest = pest




8th Sept Danny (Mick Carter) says "When you go up West why don't you have a bit of Brady as well?" Brady = lunch (Brady Bunch)


[Mick handing change over the bar] - "Here's a cock, that makes an apple".
Brilliant stuff 


 - Cock and Hen - Ten (£10)- Apple Core - Score (£20)


5th Nov Mick says to Ronnie Mitchell "I know we agree to not ironing out Dean . . . . . "

Iron girder = murder?

When they have decided not to murder him


8th Feb 2016 "nobody's going to be saying anything Jekyl" Jekyl and Hyde = snide

"Me being the slice that I am . . . ." when bending over backwards to help Linda set up for an East end landladies gathering. Slice= lemon? For foolish person?


'I need a hand behind the jump' need someone to work behind the bar why the "jump" 


"Railings" for teeth? 25th Feb Not rhyming, according to Partridge, but short for "head rails". He offers no derivation, but reports without comment a suggestion that it's comparable with the Homeric expression likening the teeth to a fence (I think Housman uses the Homeric stock-phrase in his skit Head of a Traveller , which is compounded of these easy ways out for Greek poets).


Also when Mick tell's Lee his son that the car he is in is his he says "it's yours you string!" String vest = pest?

Babe said "carked it" for someone dying

Possibly originated from Hindhi?Back to cark.. it comes from the word Khak.. which means dirt, dust, etc. the word Khaki is also from the same root, meaning the colour of dust, or the colour of the dirt/mud, in Hindi.

So the term to 'cark it' derives from 'dust to dust, ashes to ashes' referring to death.. when we die, we return to dust.. therefore to cark it means to return to Khak.

"Striped me up" Mick to Johnny when he sets up a sting to get him talking to Nancy


2/05

When asked to come and look out the window at what is going on Mick says 'Can't it wait I'm watching the custard' as he's watching television. . . . From Custard and Jelly = tele?

17/06

When finding out the price of a nursing home for his Gran Sylvie (Stan's widow) Mick says "only if you got three bags wrapped around it . . . a month!" As in costly, possibly from 'bags of sand = a grand'


27 June Mick "you dry lunch" to his son when he hears he has lost a bet


25/7/2016

'Don't get lemon' . . . .Mick to his son when he gets a bit cheeky on the stairs "what are you doing"? "Well right now I'm waiting for you to get out of my way" lemon tart = smart?

- "once you had an 'eyelash in the wardrobe' we thought it was cute" (laughs) again to his son about funny things when little - eyelash=slash=urinate


28/07/2016

"Of course not you string . . . ." Mick when asked by his son Lee  if he wished he had made his wife have an abortion when expecting him - string vest= pest?


10Jan 2017

Mick running round the square to get fit after Christmas says . . . "And I've still got bigger Lils than the old woman" as in breasts? But why? Could b as old as Lily Langtry?! But why?


31 July 2017

"I'm sorry Whit I was a real melt . . . . ." Melt = idiot but can't find out why, not rhyming slang? As in not hard (?) somewhat affectionate insult it’s often used for an overly soppy man or synonymous with idiot


25th August "I escaped before the tweedles arrived . . . . " Mick to Jack after leaving the pub because it's lady's night.         Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dums = Mums ?


9Oct 2017

Mick said "Nip on the Oxo  and make it into town" Oxo Cube = Tube

Also a new one, when talking about a treat for his wife Linda Mick mulls over whether to go and see an movie or "instead of a film we could have a spot of Brady"

Brady bunch = lunch


22 Oct  Jay said 'soon as it's on top you legged it for cake' to Billy when accusing him of hiding the chaotic receipt system from his wife 

21 Nov

Mick used two expressions con joining slang words"

"Dropped boat" and "Billy clobber"

'Dropped boat' said of his barman looking miserable when his girlfriend is distracted by another man (boat race=face dropped presumably looking miserable?)

'Go on, get yer Billy Clobber on!" To Whitney when asked by her boyfriend to go to the theatre 

30/11/2017

Mick to his Mother when she has said something especially stupid "You string . . !"  which he has used before string= string vest = pest

1/12

Mick "trust me to nause it up" referring to his relationship and asking Linda to say her vows again nause up = to mess up, make a mess of, but why? Nauseating applies to he a right nause but a nause up? V common


19/12

Mick suggests Linda treat herself to a "lesbian tea" [this even caused a fuss in the twitter sphere in the media and it transpires it was 'scripted' which confirms and echoes what I have been feeling that DD gets away with improv slang!] He said: “You can have a nice lesbian tea, sort your nut out,” as she stressed about moving. This is thought to be a fruit tea raspberry and the like, camomile maybe etc


22/12/2017

When asked to join in the Christmas Carols Mick says he has 'trouble' with his "weasel" and points at his neck. Presumably rhyming slang as in weasel and stoat = throat


28/12/2017

Mick leaves the pub with Lady Di (the bulldog!) saying to his wife "I'm just taking the dog for an eye-lash" Eye lash = slash in rhyming slang presumably 


29/1/2018

Mick - "what do you think I'm gonna do, have it away on me Bromley's? " 

Bromley by Bows = toes


8/03/2018

"Let's hop on the Oxo" Mick Carter to Linda when their taxi is delayed 

Oxo=Oxo Cube = Tube - the Underground


22/3

Mick offering to be the life model in a raffle (sic!) says "Derby out and everyfink" Derby Kelly = belly  . . presumably!


13/04 As Vincent is spotted taking photos of his car Mick shouts across

"You sellin' your haddock?" from 'Haddock & Bloater is Cockney rhyming slang for Motor'.


21/6/2018

"You're my mate but your a string" to Stuart after they've been fighting - again string vest = pest?


16 July 2018

'Here, have an Apple! ' Mick says to Stuart for unblocking the sink, handing him a note

Apple core= score = £20


13/09/2018 

"I going to see him and find out the apple" = apple core = score, find out what's going on 


16th May 2019

Taking his youngster to Denise's hair salon Mick's parting shot (again) is "Here's an apple" £20 for a little boys haircut


27May 19

'The answer to everything a mini pork pie, here we go get that down your skrag' = neck

Danny to Mitch at football training 

Not rhyming slang but old scrag Noun. (archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep.


13th June 2019

Mick to Linda "we haven't had a shovel for a long time . . . .' Whilst talking about Mick's spell in prison and not being able to talk


18th June

"How much would it cost?" Asked Linda

" I dunno maybe three bags" (to have a private autism assessment for his son) 

A bag [of sand] = a grand! or a thousand pounds 


“Everything’s kushti just a twinge in the ole bird’s nest”

Mick in the pub after his suspected heart attack 

Rhyming slang Birds nest = chest

Cushty - good (from the Romani word kusht or kushti)

12/08/2019


17/12/2019 Nothing unusual for a while the tonight as Mick goes in to the cafe he asks if he can sit at someone’s table and says

“You mind if I put my bottle down ‘ere?” Bottle and glass = arse



6th Nov 2020

Mick says to his mum, Linda “A Jekyll replica of the World Cup”

Jekyll and Hyde = snide as in A fake, dodgy, counterfeit



“Everything’s kushti just a twinge in the ole bird’s nest”

Mick in the pub after his suspected heart attack 

Rhyming slang Birds nest = chest

Cushty - good (from the Romani word kusht or kushti)

12/08/2019



29th Mar 2021 Mick Carter

I’ve whacked the ‘L’ plates on the old haddock 

(In preparation for driving lessons)

  • Haddock and Bloater is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Motor!




More Mick Carter Eastenders slang

(Danny Dyer)

‘Ere get that down ya scragg!

To a Queen Vic customer serving him a pint 3/05/2022

Classic old slang

Slang. the neck of a human being.

the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton.



Danny Dyer slang contd

About his Mother who has an upset stomach (diarrhoea)

“That’s why she’s had her bottle turned inside out!”


Bottle = Bottle and glass = Arse !



Kaibosh?

9 comments:

peter atanas said...

Mr. Andy Swapp , thank you for your comments and writings on Cpt. Beefheart . Since my youth i was an admirer of his art . I think the "new" Magic Band is doing a great job to keep the spirit of Don van Vliet´s music and the work of his Magic Band(s) alive . John French is an authentic singer and performer ...the other musicians are wonderful , too . Your blog - site helped me to discover that...

best wishes from austria
peter atanas mintscheff
(sorry for my bad english)

andrew said...

one of the best blogs I have come across ,my name is Andy too ,sheer Brilliance on your part and the captain's too of course

Andy Swapp said...

Wow Andy thanks for dropping by and such fantastic kind words! I keep meaning to upgrade all these seperate pages and bring them more up to date but . . . . . . .still the Captin rules hey?
Thanks!

Moatman said...

Love your blog, but is there any chance that these could be re-upped?? all the links no longer work......Thanks

Moatman said...

I am particulary interested in the following Beefheart:
Live At The Concetgebow [320]
Concertgebouw , Amsterdam , 22nd. June 1974

Plus

Live, Portsmouth Guildhall 1975 if you have it at all;

Cheers!!!

Andy Swapp said...

Thanks for dropping by Moatman! Unfortunately I no longer have live links to these or any other ROIOs posted on here. I thought I had said somewhere but maybe it wasn't clear. I got into so much trouble for making it apparent what they were that the copyright owners began threatening me so I had to take them all down (the only exception to that is where they were posted links from someone else's blog) and some may still be possible but I am afraid the only real advice I can give is to google the titles and see what you find comes up. All the links on the front page to other's sites are a place to start
Sorry
Happy hunting!

Andy Swapp said...

Hi Moatman! Hope you check back but I had a look around the vaults here and found it! I can send you the Dutch Beefheart Amsterdam 1974 set if you send me your email to swappers142@gmail.com

I will use WeTransfer and send it you

The other file you ask for would that be the entire gig at Portsmouth Guildhall in '75? It does of course crop up as several tracks on compilations but which boot do you mean for the whole concert?

Still looking . . . . .

zigzagwanderer said...

If anyone out there does have the Portsmouth 1975 gig [see ; https://www.discogs.com/release/2660126-Captain-Beefheart-And-The-Magic-Band-Zappa-Commemorative-Set-1972-1975-With-Bonus] I would be eternally grateful for a copy .....

The links in the list I posted elsewhere earlier on this year are no longer , however I will have a new list available in a few months time . I am slowly uploading all of my Beefheart , the final list will consist of around 120 bootlegs , many in flac .

There are still about 30 or so that I'm searching for [Glasgow '73 anyone ?] but I probably have 75% of those known to exist .

Unknown said...

man, it's a shame these no longer are available - i'll take yr advice and search elsewhere - thanks for the page/info x