Results for “Barnet Fair”

Cockney for hair — 'Barnet Fair' rhymes with hair, clipped to your 'Barnet'.

Hair — cockney rhyming slang from Barnet Fair = hair.

To speak or talk in the cant — and to 'cut bene whids' was to speak fair and friendly.

Honest, fair, and on the up-and-up, no tricks, no double-dealing.

Insanely good at a game — playing at a level that seems almost unfair.

Geordie/Scottish for nice, good, or — as an adverb — 'quite' / 'fairly'.

A rhetorical 'explain this' aimed at something illogical or unfair.

Not quite ELI5, but a request for a fairly simple, low-jargon rundown.

To Be Fair — adding a balanced or sympathetic point to a take.