'A Glass Of Sherbert'

[barry1010]

Another thread where TTT said 'I'd do it for a glass of sherbert' got me thinking about this phrase. 

I've looked online and it seems 'sherbert' can be cockney rhyming slang for cab/taxi (sherbert dib dab, but I'm sure that didn't come on to the market until the late 60s)

It can also be cockney rhyming slang for 'sip' (sherbert dip), but you wouldn't say 'I'll have a glass of sip'.

Alternatively, according to the internet, it is a popular word in London for alcoholic drink taken from the Turkish drink sherbet.

Is 'a glass of sherbert' a common phrase anywhere in the country? 

[naomi24]

It is a London expression but I've never associated it with rhyming slang.  I think it's more likely to have come from drinks made with a sherbet powder.  I've never heard it used in relation to taxis.

[Canary42]

TTT has his own rhyming slang.  glass of sherbert is slang for Ass(US) of Herbert  which I leave to your imagination !

[barry1010]

I got the 'cab' from several sources 

https://cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang-letter/page/4/?letter=s

https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/usage/slang_cockney.html

[Hymie]

Don’t make disparaging remarks about TTT (or post anything he disagrees with), otherwise he will cry to the mods and demand it be removed; even going so far as to post a thread demanding the mods do as he says.

[naomi24]

I've never heard that, Barry.  As far as I'm aware Sherbet has always meant alcohol.  People seem to make Cockney slang up as they go along now.  I've never heard of half the stuff TTT comes out with - and I doubt any other Londoners have either.

[ToraToraTora]

Gawd I do fascinate you lot so! PMSL!

Sherbet dab is indeed rhymming slang for cab. But in this context Sherbet just means an alcoholic drink. It's a fairly recent slang. It was often used in a club I used to go into but also an australian thing. 

[naomi24]

Sherbet meaning alcohol isn't a recent thing.  It's always been a common expression. 

[ToraToraTora]

there you go even naomi has heard of it!

[naomi24]

I've never heard of it in relation to a cab - just alcohol, 

[naomi24]

TTT, I'm a bona fide Londoner.  

[barry1010]

So is it rhyming slang or not?

[ToraToraTora]

barry, sherbet dab is ryhmming slang for cab. But that's not how I was using it. The way I used it is NOT rhymming slang it's just a fairly recent(within the last 100 years) slang probably derived from arabic words for drink. Popular in Austlralia, it's generally used for an alcoholic drink, very common in the south where I live. Not all slang is rhymming. 

[chelle7272]

Having a sherbert to mean having a drink is not rhyming slang, . I've heard it used most of my life. Surporised it is credited to by Australian slang though.

https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=%20SHERBET

[ToraToraTora]

09:21 then you have led a very sheltered life.

see bottom of page here:

https://www.taxiplus.co.uk/news/butter-boys-to-kipper-season-our-guide-to-cabbie-slangnbsp

 

[ToraToraTora]

Now if you'll excuse my I'm just having a cup of Rosy.

[barry1010]

Thanks. Somebody asked on that other thread what a 'glass of sherbet' was and I was trying to work out how it could rhyme with any sort of drink.

I've heard people say they're having a sherbet or going for a few sherbets, but never 'a glass of sherbet'

 

[naomi24]

TTT 09:30, the only expression out of that lot I would say is common is 'Be lucky' - and that isn't the sole preserve of taxi drivers.  Market traders and spivs commonly use it.  I've not heard of the rest.

[ToraToraTora]

well you must have had your ears covered a lot growing up naomi.

[naomi24]

You wouldn't know, TTT.   You're only a pretend Londoner.

[ToraToraTora]

untwist the alans love why do you always get so angry on these threads. Is it because you are embarrased at how much you've missed?