mockney
Britishnoun
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(often capital) a person who affects a cockney accent
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an affected cockney accent
adjective
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Origin of mockney
C20: mock + (cock)ney
Example Sentences
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"Yeah that helped a lot," agrees guitarist Nigel Tufnel, portrayed by Christopher Guest in his best mockney accent.
From BBC
Badger, meanwhile, was un-masked as the Grammy-winning US singer Ne-Yo, who attempted to put everyone off the scent with a mockney accent.
From BBC
Boasting a preposterously stage-y mockney vocal – “she ’ad an ’orror of rooms” – Scary Monsters’ title track apparently dated back to the early 70s.
From The Guardian
“It may be hard for long-term fans of Master Oliver to fathom the profundity of the nation’s loathing for their mockney pin-up,” wrote one critic in the Independent, before reluctantly admitting that the show had transformed Oliver “from a national semi-pariah to a plausible hero”.
From The Guardian
The former head of Harrow recently complained of former pupils using “mockney” accents.
From The Guardian
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