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Slang: 'Rhino'
Has anyone come across the word 'rhino', used as slang? I've come across it in a recording (a compilation of various tracks from 1968 to
1986) by the late lamented Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, in a song called'We Were Wrong'.
Here's an extract:
'Cos I'm going to rhino
All over your lino
I'm going to rhino with you
In all kinds of leather
We'll rhino together
We'll keep rhinoing through!
Easy to guess one or two possible meanings, of course, but has anyone heard the term elsewhere?
1986) by the late lamented Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, in a song called'We Were Wrong'.
Here's an extract:
'Cos I'm going to rhino
All over your lino
I'm going to rhino with you
In all kinds of leather
We'll rhino together
We'll keep rhinoing through!
Easy to guess one or two possible meanings, of course, but has anyone heard the term elsewhere?
Top answer
[/nq] No, but Welsh rockers Man released an album called Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics in the '70s. I don't really listen to lyrics, so I don't know whether they meant anything in particular by 'rhinos' (a noun, not a verb, in any case). I just thought they were being wacky.
- [/nq] No, but Welsh rockers Man released an album called Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics in the '70s.
- I don't really listen to lyrics, so I don't know whether they meant anything in particular by 'rhinos' (a noun, not a verb, in any case).
- I just thought they were being wacky.
- Might be worth further study, though.
- ) Mickwick
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[nq:1]Easy to guess one or two possible meanings, of course, but has anyone heard the term elsewhere?[/nq]
No, but Welsh rockers Man released an album called Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics in the '70s. I don't really listen to lyrics, so I don't know whether they meant anything in particular by 'rhinos' (a noun, not a verb, in any case). I just thought they were being wacky.
Might be wort
No, but Welsh rockers Man released an album called Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics in the '70s. I don't really listen to lyrics, so I don't know whether they meant anything in particular by 'rhinos' (a noun, not a verb, in any case). I just thought they were being wacky.
Might be wort
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[nq:1]Has anyone come across the word 'rhino', used as slang? I've come across it in a recording (a compilation of ... keep rhinoing through! Easy to guess one or two possible meanings, of course, but has anyone heard the term elsewhere?[/nq]
The only slang usage of "rhino" I'm familiar with and I haven't encountered it for decades is where it means "money". It may have been in the Jennings bo
The only slang usage of "rhino" I'm familiar with and I haven't encountered it for decades is where it means "money". It may have been in the Jennings bo
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[nq:1]Has anyone come across the word 'rhino', used as slang? I've come across it in a recording (a compilation of ... keep rhinoing through! Easy to guess one or two possible meanings, of course, but has anyone heard the term elsewhere?[/nq]
'rhino' has been UK underworld slang for money for a very long time. I don't know of any usage as a verb. Maybe Vivian just wanted a rhyme for lino?
'rhino' has been UK underworld slang for money for a very long time. I don't know of any usage as a verb. Maybe Vivian just wanted a rhyme for lino?
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[nq:2]Has anyone come across the word 'rhino', used as slang? ... meanings, of course, but has anyone heard the term elsewhere?[/nq]
[nq:1]'rhino' has been UK underworld slang for money for a very long time. I don't know of any usage as a verb. Maybe Vivian just wanted a rhyme for lino?[/nq]
There's that, plus the fact that traditional British humour can make a double entendre out of any w
[nq:1]'rhino' has been UK underworld slang for money for a very long time. I don't know of any usage as a verb. Maybe Vivian just wanted a rhyme for lino?[/nq]
There's that, plus the fact that traditional British humour can make a double entendre out of any w
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[nq:1]John Dean wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]'rhino' has been UK underworld slang for money for a ... a verb. Maybe Vivian just wanted a rhyme for lino?[/nq]
[nq:1]There's that, plus the fact that traditional British humour can make a double entendre out of any word (listening to a couple of episodes of 'Round the Horne' will prove that). So, if one replaces 'rhino' by suitab
[nq:1]John Dean wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]'rhino' has been UK underworld slang for money for a ... a verb. Maybe Vivian just wanted a rhyme for lino?[/nq]
[nq:1]There's that, plus the fact that traditional British humour can make a double entendre out of any word (listening to a couple of episodes of 'Round the Horne' will prove that). So, if one replaces 'rhino' by suitab
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Jacqui filted:
[nq:1]I'd lay money on it being a combination of a suitable rhyme, a favourite word (see below), and a naughty intent.[/nq]
Was there ever a dance called the rhino?...that would fit the sense (what there is of it) of the Bonzo lyric, and there's ample precedent for turning the name of a dance into a verb, from "Waltz With Me Henry" on up..
[nq:1]As for the OP, you could
[nq:1]I'd lay money on it being a combination of a suitable rhyme, a favourite word (see below), and a naughty intent.[/nq]
Was there ever a dance called the rhino?...that would fit the sense (what there is of it) of the Bonzo lyric, and there's ample precedent for turning the name of a dance into a verb, from "Waltz With Me Henry" on up..
[nq:1]As for the OP, you could
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[nq:1]Jacqui filted:[/nq]
Certainly it's a rather old-fashioned word for "money"; Partridge says it goes back at least as far as 1688. But something stirs in the undergowth of my mind suggesting some connection with a commercial product you could mend shoes with.
Mike.
Certainly it's a rather old-fashioned word for "money"; Partridge says it goes back at least as far as 1688. But something stirs in the undergowth of my mind suggesting some connection with a commercial product you could mend shoes with.
Mike.
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