mockneynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmɒk.ni/us/ˈmɑːk.ni/UK informal disapprovingpronunciation of English by someone who pretends to speak like a cockney, in order to seem as if they are from a lower social class
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Forms of the English language
- art
- aught
- Australian English
- BBC English
- British English
- Brummie
- Canadian English
- cockney
- cockney rhyming slang
- elf
- Estuary English
- Geordie
- lavender language
- Liverpudlian
- Scots
- Scottish English
- Scouse
- Strine
- the Queen's English