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rhyming slang

any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it
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rhyming slang

Summary

rhyming slang ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,122 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rhyming slang's image is recorded as Cockney rhyming slang ATM 1, Co-Op grocery, Hackney Road, Hackney, London, UK.jpg[2].
  • rhyming slang's subclass of is recorded as slang[3].
  • rhyming slang's subclass of is recorded as derivation[4].
  • rhyming slang's subclass of is recorded as English[5].
  • rhyming slang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0222p[6].
  • rhyming slang's time of earliest written record is recorded as +1840-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • rhyming slang's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4853de3f-345d-4de3-9d8f-b60fb599abf5[8].
  • rhyming slang's uses is recorded as elision[9].
  • rhyming slang's uses is recorded as rhyme[10].
  • rhyming slang's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as rhyming-slang[11].

Why It Matters

rhyming slang ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,122 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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