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tadger, tadge - the penis.

(to) take the biscuit - to add insult to injury, to be even worse than first thought. e.g. "I can't believe what he did, that really takes the biscuit !".

tanked (up) - to get very drunk .

taters - Rhyming Slang for 'potatoes in the mould' meaning cold. The word taters is an abbreviation of potatoes.

tea leaf - Rhyming Slang for thief.

that old chestnut - see chestnut.

thrupenny bits - Rhyming Slang for 'tits'. Often abbreviated to "froops".

tin bath - Rhyming Slang for 'laugh'.

tin tack - Rhyming Slang for 'sack', to be made redundant at work. e.g. "I've heard that Jim's gonna get the tin tack".

tits-up - all gone wrong. Vulgar version of 'belly-up'.

(on your) Todd - short for Todd Sloane, Rhyming Slang for 'own'. After the famous jockey. e.g. "There's you lot having a wild time and I'm left here all on me' Todd".

toerag - originally means a tramp or a vagrant but used more as a mild offensive term. e.g. "You complete toerag !".

tom - a 'street walker' (prostitute). The term goes back many years and was the name given to prostitutes from the Mayfair area of London. I still can't find the reason for this but I know that the police used to refer to girls from the Piccadilly area as 'Edie' as it was seen as a poor persons name and the Piccadilly / Bayswater Road were considered 'cheap' streets. Often heard in UK TV police drama's. There is no evidence that the term is part of a Rhyming Slang phrase.

tomtit - Rhyming Slang for 'shit'. e.g. "Just nipping out for a tomtit".

tool - the penis, a foolish person.

tooled-up - to arm oneself, usually with improvised weapons like bottles or sticks. e.g. "There was a right ruck dahn the pub last night and then these headcases got tooled-up !".

tooled - a euphemism for drunk.

top ! - brilliant, excellent. A 90's term.

top bannana - something that is excellent or a person that is in a position of authority.

top drawer - similar to 'top bannana'.

trainspotter - a socially inept young male who records useless information about trains such as number and type. The 'classic' trainspotter will have a spiral bound notebook, thermos flask, unfashionable shoulder bag and an anorak. Used as a term of abuse much like 'geek' or 'spod'. Also used to describe someone who hangs around a DJ watching him mix.

trashed - common term for getting very drunk. e.g. "We got completely trashed last night".

trog - common word for an ugly girl.

(the) trots - diarrhoea. Named because of the frequent trip to the khazi if you have this condition.

trouble and strife - Rhyming Slang for 'wife'.

trouser action - a euphemism for sexual activity.

turn it in - 'calm down', 'stop that', 'leave it out'.

turtles/tortoise head - to have the tortoise/turtles head is to need to defecate urgently, i.e. like a turtles head poking out ! e.g. "Quick, quick, I've got the turtles head !".

two 'n' eight - Rhyming Slang for 'state' (in a panic etc). e.g. "O.k., no need to get in a two and eight".

tyre kicker - a time waster. From the pointless act of kicking tyres when looking round a second-hand car.

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