[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Peverel

Cockney Rhyming slang is two words that rhymed together make a third [...]
the two words are often shorted to one)

I always understood that cockney rhyming slang is /always/ shortened to the first word. That's what makes it fun - the rhyming word is never mentioned. You have to know.

I was on the dog to me trouble...