different between cockney vs cockneyfy

English

Alternative forms

• Cockney

Etymology

See Cockney.

Noun

cockney (plural cockneys)

1. A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Cockney (“the accent and speech mannerisms of these people”).
3. (obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.

Synonyms

• (effeminate man): nancy, pansy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man

Translations

Adjective

cockney (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to these people or their accent.

Usage notes

• Traditionally, applies only to those born within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside

Derived terms

• cockney rhyming slang

French

Noun

cockney m (plural cockneys)

1. cockney

Portuguese

Noun

cockney m, f (plural cockneys)

1. cockney (a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London)

Noun

cockney m (uncountable)

1. cockney (English dialect of the White lower class of London)

English

Etymology

cockney +? -fy

Verb

cockneyfy (third-person singular simple present cockneyfies, present participle cockneyfying, simple past and past participle cockneyfied)

1. (transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
   • 1837, William Rae Wilson, Notes abroad and rhapsodies at home, Chapter IV, p. 65,^[1]

     There certainly are a set of John Bulls, both male and female, who would cockneyfy every spot on the globe they might visit — even the very pyramids...

   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXX,^[2]

     Bozo had a strange way of talking, Cockneyfied and yet very lucid and expressive.

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 2,

     This first hint of shyness and shame, and the irony that tried to cover it, cockneyfied and West Indian too, made Nick want to jump on him and kiss him.