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General Slang
Pete Tong
· adjective · cockney
Cockney rhyming slang for wrong — as in 'it's all gone Pete Tong'.
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Definitions
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Wrong — but specifically in the phrase 'it's all gone Pete Tong', meaning the whole thing has fallen apart spectacularly. Modern Cockney, coined after BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong, whose name happened to rhyme too perfectly to ignore. There's a 2004 film of the same name about a deaf DJ.
“Tried to fix the boiler myself and it's all gone Pete Tong.”
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Pete Tong In A Sentence
Tried to fix the boiler myself and it's all gone Pete Tong.
Origin & Usage
Late 20th-century Cockney rhyming slang, after British DJ Pete Tong (b. 1960).
Variants
all gone Pete Tong
People Also Ask
What does Pete Tong mean?
Pete Tong is Cockney rhyming slang for wrong — as in 'it's all gone Pete Tong'.
How do you use Pete Tong in a sentence?
"The wedding plans went completely Pete Tong at the last minute."
Where does Pete Tong come from?
It borrows the name of DJ Pete Tong because it rhymes with 'wrong'.
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