![]() ![]() Making a killingĭefinition: To be involved in an activity that generates a lot of money. Originated from an unknown Californian street slang source. ‘I want some cake’ / ‘if we do this the right way we’re going to be baking later’ / ‘He’s making cake’. Origin: Cake became a slang term meaning money. In the middle ages, the rope trade was big business. You needed rope for everything houses, ships, carts and even tying up witches to dunk them in the village pond!ĭefinition: To be remunerated for your effort with copious amount of cash. Several Hundred years ago the term ‘money for old rope’ meant good cash paid for rope. Origin: The Athenaeum, published in 1919, contained the phrase “the great use of jam in the army…” and thereby ‘money for jam’ was born. Money for jam (or money for old rope)ĭefinition: Making money in an extremely easy manner. Other examples of Cockney slang related to money include Greengages (wages) and Oxford Scholar (dollar). Rhyming slang is still widely used today, especially in Guy Richie's movies. It was thought to have originated in the 19th Century when street traders used it to communicate with each other whilst trading illegally. Origin: Cockney rhyming slang was originally a secret language in East London. ![]() Making bread & honeyĭefinition: Bread & honey is Cockney rhyming slang for money. Origin: A mint is a facility for manufacturing money, for example the Royal Australian Mint and Royal Mint. Making a mintĭefinition: Making a very abundant amount of money such as could be found in a mint. Roll is US slang meaning an amount of money. Origin: Rolling comes from ‘to enjoy ample amounts’. Rolling in itĭefinition: Someone with a lot of money–so much so that they can physically roll around in large piles of it. Origin: Stacking informally means ‘a large quantity’, and loot is slang for money. Stackin’ lootĭefinition: To make money, generally a lot of it. This comes from Cockney rhyming slang, Jack’s alive. Origin: One meaning of Jack is a five-pound note from back in the UK. Also known as Uncle Scrooge, this Glaswegian anthropomorphic duck first appeared in a comic published in 1947. Origin: This slang term evolved from the character Scrooge McDuck. Scrooge McDuckin’ĭefinition: Making an absurd amount of money, usually by crooked means. Making money to the point that if you were to liquidate your funds you could swim in your money–just like good old Scrooge McDuck! They might even come in useful, like the next time you're playing Trivial Pursuit. No matter how you make a living, we all have funny ways of telling other people that we're making money. "If we're really going to be honouring people, we should be honouring people who are through-and-through good-hearted, kind, caring people who have done great things - not just for white settlers - but for all of Canada, including Indigenous people.For most of us, we have to roll up our sleeves, get an education, gain enough experience to get a good job, and steadily build wealth over many years. And then there are people who inherited wealth, won the lottery, or sold a website to share videos of cats for a few billion dollars. Those are true facts, those aren't made-up things."įor Soule, choosing who is honoured by being placed on currency is something that shouldn't be taken lightly. "It was a systematic slaughtering of the buffalo as a means of starvation, as a means of clearing for industrial cattle, and for settlers and for the railroad. Soule said during that project he learned things about Canadian history that he wasn't taught in school. ![]() Not So Funny Money started off as a research project on the buffalo - which led him to discovering more about Canada's first leader - John A. What we're talking about getting back is that 82% of uninhabited Crown land," Sould explained. "I think it's important for Canadians to understand that when we're asking for our lands to be returned to us, we're not asking for your homes or your cottage, your businesses, your small towns to move off of our land. 0.2% of Crown land has been set aside for the use of Indians." Soule also created a sticker for the Queen's bill that says, "I own 82% of the landmass in Canada (Crown land). I've put these quotes in little speech bubbles, and you stick them onto the currency." I've taken historical quotes from Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and John A. "I've created little vinyl stickers that go on the $5, $10, and $20 bills. (Jay Soule/Supplied)His new grassroots sticker project is called Not So Funny Money. Jay Soule has created vinyl stickers that can be attached to Canadian currency. ![]()
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