London Slang Map
ARGOTOPOLIS, The map of London slang is a collaboration between Adam Dant and Jonathon Green, lexicographer of slang, organised around relevant locations in the capital.
Here are a few that caught my eye:
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More slang: Spitalfields Life
Open Your Kimono: to reveal one’s business plans
Sleep with Mrs Green: to sleep in the open air
Snob’s duck: a baked sheep’s head (which is far cheaper than a real duck)
Wrinklies: old people
Paddington Spectacles: the sack which is placed over the prisoner’s head prior to the hanging
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