psst...do you want to be in a secret club?

Here's a random tidbit from the internets that made me very happy. [I'm basically going to cut and paste it here...apologies/thanks to J.Crew, etc., etc.]

A Guide to Cockney Rhyming Slang

The History
Cockney rhyming slang originated around the 1840s in London’s East End. There are varying opinions about who started it and why: to confuse non-locals, as a way for marketplace traders to talk without customers understanding or even as a code among criminals to confuse the police.

The Rules
Take a common word and create a rhyming phrase, then drop the last word of the phrase (this way, only those in the know will actually understand what you’re talking about). For example, “apples and pears” means “stairs,” but you would say, “I’m going up the apples.”

I think I'm going to teach this to Darcy.