Cockney slang for petrols and yuppies

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

First of all, words like petrol aren't derogatory, they rhyme (which a lot of UK, particularly London slang) is all about
ie: Petrol tank = Yank
     Where as a 'petrol tanker' is rude as tanker rhymes with................
     Bubble = bubble and squeak - Greek (not defamatory)

Seemingly expressions like "apples and pears" = stairs
                                        "skin and blister"  = sister
Aren't really used today except in internet A-Z's of London slang.

Proper Londoners would say......

"OI, geezer bloke fancy a trip to the boozer for some sherbets"
"Yeh, John maybe pull some Richards or Sharons"
"Yeh and take 'em to blag some scrant at the ruby house"
"Alrighty, then maybe we can jass em back to my gaff for some Rogering"
"Waddya say" ?
"I can't yet GJ is wording on the match, but after OK" ?

Especially geezers who've knocked about with pikey boffins

[HatterDon]

My favorite London pub -- from about 25 years ago -- Brahms and Lizst

[Twig]

Just to add that our theoretical cockney would not say "fancy a trip to the boozer?" he would say "fancy a trip to the battle cruiser" or "fancy a trip to the rubba dub"

[BigbadBillyMcKinley]

I always though Septic Tank was Yank.
I do so wish my missus would take it up the Gary Glitter. But that's a different story.


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[Mince n Tatties]

It's not spoken like that anymore,only one
word is used..eg,He is a septic, or,my Bleedin
Gregory is stiff this morning.

[Holders]

I thought it was Septic.

I used to work with a Millwall fan (nice guy, decent family man) who used this stuff and I used to get it deliberately wrong when talking to him. e.g. I'd suggest that he took a boracic rather than walk or I was a bit sherbet as it was nearly pay-day. He confused me when he said "christ I've dropped it on the Rory!". So I thinks "Rory Underwood...?" "no, Rory Moore - floor!". Who the hell is Rory Moore?

I only use Septic and Richard, usually "great steaming Richard".

[Holders]

My favorite London pub -- from about 25 years ago -- Brahms and Lizst

There's also one in Tunbridge Wells, of all places.

[Jem]

Years ago I had a girlfriend that in her words used to get the "petrol" - as in petrol pump - hump.

[Barry White]

I always though it was Septic tank...

[Peabody]

It was Septic

[Logicalman]

It's not spoken like that anymore,only one
word is used..eg,He is a septic, or,my Bleedin
Gregory is stiff this morning.

Quite right, I believe that was the reason behind it.

I always though it was Septic tank...

Yep, or Seppo (same thing)

[domprague]

I had a mate who said 'Sandy' as in 'Sandy McNab' for a taxi cab. Anyone have any idea who Sandy McNab is or was?

[bobbo]

Roger I always used petrols meaning petrol caps for another race - I'm sure you can work it out.

[Wimbledon_White]

An early contender for the "most random thread of the year 2016" surely?

[CorkCity]

Were you Elephants Trunk when you left the Rub a Dub last night, or Tree Trunk.  :beer:

Is there a slang for sober, I cant think of one !

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Were you Elephants Trunk when you left the Rub a Dub last night, or Tree Trunk.  :beer:

Is there a slang for sober, I cant think of one !

"boracic" 

[Logicalman]

Were you Elephants Trunk when you left the Rub a Dub last night, or Tree Trunk.  :beer:

Is there a slang for sober, I cant think of one !

"boracic" 

That's skint mate.

[Twig]

Were you Elephants Trunk when you left the Rub a Dub last night, or Tree Trunk.  :beer:

Is there a slang for sober, I cant think of one !

"boracic" 

That's skint mate.

As in Boracic mint.  Doubt v much there is one for sober. Seems a bit pointless.

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

It's not spoken like that anymore,only one
word is used..eg,He is a septic, or,my Bleedin
Gregory is stiff this morning.

Quite right, I believe that was the reason behind it.

I always though it was Septic tank...

Yep, or Seppo (same thing)

I bow to greater knowledge, it's just an expression I've always used :0)
In my teens I did mix with the local fairground boys (The Irwins and Otts) who 'wintered' in Feltham
and maybe picked up some dicky dickies and expressions.

Wacko the diddle oh
Rinky Dinky deye
Peaopy me old chav

Here's an interesting piece I dug up, although internally a Yankee is generally a Confederate term for people from the New England states.  Someone called a Yankee by a person from countries outside the US refers to  anyone in the US

Most linguists look to Dutch sources, noting the extensive interaction between the colonial Dutch in New Netherland (now largely New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and western Connecticut) and the colonial English in New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and eastern Connecticut). The Dutch given names Jan ("John") and Kees ("Cornelius") were and still are common and the two sometimes are combined in a single name, e.g., Jan Kees de Jager. The word Yankee is a variation that could have referred to the Dutch Americans.[7] However, as Americans of Dutch descent rejected the term as being derogatory, Americans in New England embraced it and adopted it for themselves.

Michael Quinion and Patrick Hanks argue that the term refers to the Dutch girl's name Janneke[9] or Janke,[10] which – owing to the Dutch pronunciation of J as the English Y – would be Anglicized as "Yankee". Quinion and Hanks posit it was "used as a nickname for a Dutch-speaking American in colonial times" and could have grown to include non-Dutch colonists as well.[9]

H. L. Mencken derived it from the slur "John Cheese", applied by the English colonists to the Dutch – "Here comes a John Cheese" owing to the importance of their dairy cultivation, which introduced the black-and-white dairy cow from Friesland and North Holland to America in the mid-1600s. The modern Dutch for John Cheese is Jan Kaas but this would be spoken Jan Kees in some dialects.

To put this into a Fulham perspective (it probably needs tweaking by some petrols/septics)

Clint Dempsey Could only be called a Yankee by someone outside of the US
Carlos Bocanegra - Is Californian, Probably a Yankee as the state was divided. (South had Confederate leanings)
Eddie Lewis - Same as Carlos Bocanegra
Luca de la Torre - Same as the 2 Californians above.
Brian McBride - Could be considered a Yankee although Illinois is a bit too far east
Emerson Hyndman - Definitely a Yankee
Brede Hangerland - Definately a Yankee
Kasey Keller - From Washington State - Not really involved in Civil War
Marcus Hahneman - Our second goalie from Washington State
Tim Ream - Would be an 'inbetweener'  Missouri had it's 'star on both flags' and separate governments representing both sides.
Eddie Johnson - Would be a Yankee (from Florida)

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Were you Elephants Trunk when you left the Rub a Dub last night, or Tree Trunk.  :beer:

Is there a slang for sober, I cant think of one !

"boracic" 

That's skint mate.

That's why he's sober, can't afford to buy a drink  :0)