With sincere-ish apologies to our Lemmings across the pond. Credit to SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world for the comment about M. Bison
With sincere-ish apologies to our Lemmings across the pond. Credit to SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world for the comment about M. Bison
I wonder if the Cockney rhyme “Derry and toms” is partially influenced by the Northern Irish town that had fighting during the Troubles. (And was later the setting for a cracker coming-of-age comedy series.)
Referring not just to the famous London store, but to “derry” as to “have a derry on” meaning to dislike, referring to “down on”, meaning prejudiced against, from Derry Down in Ireland.
Cockney rhyming slang