What is telling a porkie?
To tell a lie or say something that is not entirely true. Primarily heard in UK. The government’s clearly been telling porkies about who these tax cuts are going to benefit!
What does a porky mean?
lie
In the U.K., porky is used as a slang term meaning a lie, as in I think he’s telling a porky.
What is a porky pie?
Noun. porky pie (plural porky pies) (Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) Lie (false statement).
Why do the English call lies porkies?
Porky Pies stems from a British delicacy, the humble pork pie. Don’t tell me a porky pie about where you have been all night! The term can also be abbreviated by deleting “lies” and pluralising “porky”, resulting in the term porkies used here in a sentence: Don’t be telling me porkies!
What is cockney rhyming slang for eyes?
In Cockney rhyming slang – ‘mince pies’ are your eyes.
What’s rhyming slang for lies?
Porky Pies is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Lies!
What are porkie puppies?
While the name porkie conjures up images of a fat little dog resembling a piglet, a porkie puppy is actually a cross between the Yorkshire terrier and the Pomeranian. This mixed-breed “designer dog” also goes by the name Yoranian. No matter what their name, porkie puppies are cute.
Are you telling me porky pies?
To those who aren’t familiar with the expression, telling porky pies means someone is lying. At least it has in the UK, where recently an honorable member was taken to task by the technical media for telling “porky pies” in the House. That’s rhyming slang for telling terminological inexactitudes.
What does porky pies mean in Cockney?
Porky Pies is Cockney slang for Lies. “Stop tellin’ me Porkies!”
Why are glasses called bins?
On the subject of ‘bins’ this expression is the cockney rhyming slang for glasses, as in reading glasses, so if someone is having trouble looking up a number in a telephone book you might say put on your ‘bins’.
Why is 500 a monkey?
MONKEY. Meaning: London slang for £500. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. Referring to £500, this term is derived from the Indian 500 Rupee note of that era, which featured a monkey on one side.
Are you telling pork pies and a bag of trout?
“Are you telling a bunch pork-pies and a bag of trout?” Austin asks. Pork-pies are lies, and although we couldn’t find a reference for bag of trout, we’re guessing the phrase means lies or malarkey too. “Don’t you remember the Crimbo din-din?” Austin’s dad asks.
Are you telling me porkie pies?
Why is your belly called a derby?
“Derby Kell” is old Cockney rhyming slang for belly (“Derby Kelly”). It uses the word kite (also kyte), a dialect word, originally derived from an Old English word for the womb which, by extension, came to mean the belly.
