{"id":305,"date":"2020-03-07T13:56:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T13:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/\/?p=305"},"modified":"2020-03-07T13:56:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T13:56:48","slug":"money-slang-special-whats-the-meaning-of-fiver-tenner-and-bluey-in-british-slang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/money-slang-special-whats-the-meaning-of-fiver-tenner-and-bluey-in-british-slang\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Slang Special &#8211; What&#8217;s the meaning of Fiver, Tenner and Bluey in British Slang?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=23399934&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;live-autoplay=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=false&amp;color=eb144c\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You are listening to our third episode specialising on slang and money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we are starting by looking at the most common and widely used slang terms. I was in a bar recently with my Italian friend, i bought some drinks and she asked me how much i owed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I replied \u2018only a fiver\u2019 my friend looked at me with such confused on her face and replied \u2018five what?!\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is when I released we have never spoken about one of slang terms I use most frequently. A fiver F-I-V-E-R simply means a five pound note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This slang term is used everywhere in the UK, especially down south. You will hear it in pubs, supermarkets and even in restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily we can also use a tenner T-E-N-N-E-R for a ten pound note. A fiver and a tenner have been used in slang since the mid 1800s. There is no clear reason for these slang terms but they are used daily in the UK, for example<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u2018how much was your t shirt?\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018I gave him a tenner for the T-Shirt.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A five pound note is also sometimes referred to as a bluey for the obvious reason that they used to be the colour blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cockney rhyming slang five pounds can also be referred to as a deep sea diver, rhythming with fiver, however this is not a common slang term. Just a fun one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So next time you are in an english pub and someone says the pint is a fiver, do not raise your hand in the air and try to high five them! Just hand over a five pound note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the end of our episode of the day so remember to tune in for our next episode so see what new slang we have in store for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find us on our website https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com and from there you can see our transcript and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many more apps.<br>Or head over to our facebook page https:\/\/facebook.com\/theslangpodcast for updates and more slang!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are listening to our third episode specialising on slang and money! Today we are starting by looking at the most common and widely used slang terms. I was in a bar recently with my Italian friend, i bought some drinks and she asked me how much i owed her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theslangpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}