mockney
Britishnoun
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(often capital) a person who affects a cockney accent
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an affected cockney accent
adjective
Etymology
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 • Sep. 11, 2025
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 • Mar. 19, 2020
Related: Mad Max: Fury Road review – Tom Hardy is a macho Mr Bean in brilliantly pimped reboot Hoult beams away, bouncy beneath some mockney self-deprecation.
From The Guardian • May 14, 2015
When he started as a comedian, he felt obliged to try to obscure his privileged upbringing: "There's horrible, horrible footage of me talking all mockney on YouTube," he says, looking mortified.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012
He's got a little twang of a London working-class accent called "mockney" because the character is not royalty.
From Reuters • May 26, 2010
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