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Re:Cockney Rhyming Slang History by Daub on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:14AM (#24765723)
It’s a mix of known terms and newly invented ones. Obscure cultural references are popular, whether recent or not. My favorite... Jecklls = trousers. Reasoning thusly:

Jeckll from Jeckll and Hyde. Hyde rhymes with stride. Stride is Australian slang for trousers.

I explained this to a linguist at my university and she was beyond ecstatic.

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Re:Cockney Rhyming Slang History by devindotcom on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @12:50PM (#24767338)
That's excellent. Also normally I wouldn't care but because it's your favorite and you will probably have occasion to write it out again, it's spelled Jekyll. :)
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