What does pig pie mean?

slang Lies. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "pies" rhymes with "lies." Primarily heard in UK. Every politician tells pork pies
pork pies
A pork pie is a traditional English meat pie, usually served either at room temperature or cold (although often served hot in Yorkshire). It consists of a filling of roughly chopped pork and pork fat, surrounded by a layer of jellied pork stock in a hot water crust pastry.
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to get elected to office, don't they? I've had about enough of your pork pies—just tell me the truth!
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What does pork pie mean in slang?

Noun. porky pie (plural porky pies) (Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) Lie (false statement).
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What does pie mean in slang?

What does pie mean? To most of us, pie conjures up an image of a pastry with fruit filling, yum … but to drug dealers (or users) pie refers to a kilogram of drugs, usually cocaine.
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Where does the saying porky pies come from?

Rhyme #1 – Porky Pies

This term dates back to the very beginning of Cockney slang around the mid-1850s and is also one of many terms still in use in present day England. Porky Pies stems from a British delicacy, the humble pork pie. For example: Don't tell me a porky pie about where you have been all night!
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What does pork pie jobs mean?

However the term “pork pies” or “telling pork pies” or “telling porkies” is a well-known piece of cockney rhyming slang which means lying or telling lies, or untruths.
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What does pork pie mean?



What does pork mean in slang?

To engage in sexual intercourse with (another). Used especially of a man.
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What does pie mean in legal terms?

Overview. The final rule includes a public interest exclusion (PIE) mechanism designed to protect the public from the affects of serious noncompliance by service agents.
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What is British slang for lying?

Porkies – if you are accused of telling a “porkie” it's serious. It means someone thinks you are lying. The saying comes from an old Cockney rhyme that used pork pies and substituted “pies,” for “lies” and it later got shortened to “porkies”.
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What was Porky Pig's famous line?

He is known for his signature line at the end of many shorts, "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" This slogan (without stuttering) had also been used by both Bosko and Buddy and even Beans at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons.
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What does custard and jelly mean in slang?

"No one's watching the custard" means "no one's watching the TV." "Custard and jelly" rhymes with "telly." "A fat geezer's north opens" means "a fat guy opens his mouth." "North and south" rhymes with "mouth." "Turns the Liza over" means "change the channel." "Liza Minnelli" rhymes with, you guessed it, "telly."
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What does pie mean in dating?

Definition: Being ditched, dumped or abandoned (akin to getting a cream pie to the face). As in: "She totally pied him off. He must be feeling like a right mug."
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What does shut your piehole mean?

US slang. used to tell someone to stop talking.
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What is apple pie slang for?

adjective. ap·​ple-pie ˈa-pəl-ˈpī : excellent, perfect.
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What is honey pie slang for?

honeypie (plural honeypies) A term of endearment; honey, sweetie, darling. quotations ▼
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What does it mean to pork a girl?

To engage in sexual intercourse with (another).
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What is the meaning of Kitty pie?

: a cute person : sweetheart.
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What does Porky Pig suffer from?

This Warner Brothers' cartoon character stutters on approx- imately 23% of his spoken words and has a wide variety of stuttering symptoms. Porky Pig was predisposed to stutter since his father also is a hard core stutterer.
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Why does Daffy Duck have a lisp?

The origin of Daffy's voice, with its lateral lisp, is a matter of some debate. One often-repeated "official" story is that it was modeled after producer Leon Schlesinger's tendency to lisp.
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What does Bugs Bunny say when he eats a carrot?

The carrot-chewing scenes are generally followed by Bugs' most well-known catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?", which was written by director Tex Avery for his first Bugs Bunny film, A Wild Hare (1940). Avery explained later that it was a common expression in his native Texas and that he did not think much of the phrase.
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What is the British slang for girl?

'Lass' or 'lassie' is another word for 'girl'. This is mainly in the north of England and Scotland. 'Lad' is another word for boy.
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How do you say angry in British slang?

Here are some common slang words that we use:
  1. Mardy.
  2. Got strop on.
  3. Throwing a wobbler.
  4. Narking me off.
  5. Whinging.
  6. Doing my head in*
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Why do lawyers have pa after their name?

P.A.

It stands for professional association and indicates that the lawyer has formed a specific entity to run the law firm. This strategy helps reduce the lawyer's personal liability associated with the firm. The P.A. means that the signature applies to the business, not to the lawyer specifically.
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How do you know if an entity is a pie?

It will be a PIE if it is EU incorporated and has securities listed on a regulated EU exchange or is a credit institution or insurance undertaking itself. Q: My company is a non-PIE entity in the UK, which has a subsidiary in the US, which in turn has a UK PIE subsidiary.
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What does pie mean in school?

PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION (PIE)
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