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Cockney

(UK, , _, slang) Any Londoner.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

(UK, , _, slang) Any Londoner.

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  • Hes doing Cockney Rhyming now, we gotta get him some canadiana or he'll be european forever /s

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Why do all the English wrestlers always sound Cockney no matter where they're supposed to be from. Is it just so Americans get they're English?

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

(UK) From the East End of London, or London generally.

Origin: First attested in Samuel Rowland's 1600 The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine as "a Bowe-bell Cockney", from , used in the 16th c. by English country folk as a term of disparagement for city dwellers, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from , from cocks']](rooster’s) + egg or from Cockney and Cocknay, variants of Cockaigne, a mythical land of luxury (first attested in 1305) eventually used as a humorous epithet of London. Compare to spoil a child. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • If Puddles did speak, I would not be the least bit surprised to hear a dubious Cockney accent.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • #IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 6. A genre blending track Cockney Rebel: Sebastian Classical combined with Glam Rock. Years ahead of it's time. youtu.be/vcc4aRKP0TM?...

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • When is Musk going to sort out that rug on the top of his head? All that money, and he spends $50 on a syrup (cockney rhyming slang).

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Switched perspective The Boys and it's a horror story in world where superheroes who 100% think they're the good guys get randomly and brutally killed by an unstoppable Cockney Jason Voorhees

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • donald trump is used in Cockney rhyming slang in England for dump (defecation) which sums it up perfectly!

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026

Of or relating to people from this area or their speech style.

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