Americans and Britons share the same language, yet transatlantic visitors to the London Olympics might struggle to understand what's going on. The games are in East London, home of rhyming slang ...

Sick, bad, wicked: London's colourful slang on the rise The slang is an example of what has been termed "Multicultural London English" by academics ...

In London, there are numerous Cockney rhyming slang phrases that are all about beer. Here is a look at some of those traditional phrases that you can use for this year’s International Beer Day. London ...

Now that's strong London slang right there, lifted, no doubt, from the kind of real world Friday night scrap commonly witnessed while one is buying a gourmet pterodactyl wing from the high street ...

Someone with a very different grasp of the English language is teaching the world a thing or two about London slang. If you know your 'bare' from your 'mandem' you'll know exactly what this Korean ...

Hundreds of newly invented slang words have been uncovered by linguistic researchers at King's College London. The experts say slang is flourishing across all social groups, including 57 words for ...

The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place ...

A Korean student's efforts to decode London street slang into plain English have become an internet smash hit.

One of the best things about London is its inimitable slang. But to many people, phrases like, 'safe fam', or 'bare jokes' are probably impenetrable. In fact, t ...

You'd better get ready to use your loaf if you want to get your hands on some bread. Over the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw cash ...

The man, known as @tenton on TikTok, gave a rundown of what he called ' London money terminology' and listed the nicknames for legal tender ranging from £1 to £1000.

A London secondary school is reported to have "banned" pupils from using slang in the classroom - do you think this is a good or bad idea?