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Rhyming slang is said to be of British Cockney origin and first arrived in Australia with the first convicts. The convicts employed the use of rhyming slang to prevent the authorities from understanding what they were talking about. This type of slang uses two or more words with the last word rhyming with the object being referred to. A variation is to use two or more syllables instead of words. It gets even more confusing for the non Australian when this rhyming slang is shortened to the first which doesn't even rhyme at all. For example, elephants trunk rhymes with drunk but is shortened to elephants and Wally Grout rhymes with shout but is shortened to Wally.
