• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I’ve never heard any rhyming slang that didn’t seem like a joke was being had at the expense of sanity, but I take your meaning. Thanks though, I knew it must be something along those lines

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOP
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      10 days ago

      I’ve never heard any rhyming slang that didn’t seem like a joke was being had at the expense of sanity

      The one that gets me is “aris” as it’s a two-stepper: Aristotle -> bottle -> bottle and glass -> arse. It also relies on the the southern pronunciation of “glass”, as most ones for arse do (unlike Hagen Daas).