Influencer divides opinion with guide to London money slang - so do you know your nugs from your monkeys?
- The content creator referred to £1 as a 'nug' and a £50 note as a 'pinky'
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An influencer has sparked a hilarious debate online after revealing the various money slang terms he uses as a Londoner.
The man, known as @tenton on TikTok, gave a rundown of what he called 'London money terminology' and listed the nicknames for legal tender ranging from £1 to £1000.
The content creator is best known for his candid depictions of London life, including diary-style videos about council estates and even the best takeaway shops.
According to the creator, 'Londoners refer to a £1 coin as a 'nug', a £50 note as a 'pinky' and £500 as 'a monkey'.
However some viewers insisted they'd never heard of the slang, while others implied that he had got the names completely wrong and corrected him.
An influencer has sparked a hilarious debate online after revealing the various 'London' money slang terms he uses (Pictured: @tenton on TikTok)
According to the creator, 'Londoners' refer to a £1 coin as a 'nug', a £20 note as a 'score' and £50 as 'a pinky'
He explained: 'How Londoners refer to different amounts of money. So when you've got a £1 coin, you refer to it as a nug.
'The next one is when you've got a £5 note. We refer to this as a fiver or a fivesheet.
'The next one is a £10 note and this is also referred to as a tensheet – but back in the day they used to call it a "dime".'
He revealed that 'a score' was used to denote a £20 note. Although he didn't explain why, it is thought that the term originates from traditional Cockney slang.
It is also thought it was once used by British criminals to tally up their takings.
He then revealed that £500 was popularly called 'a monkey', and while he couldn't provide the definitive 'history' behind the term, he believed it emerged from another currency – the Indian Rupee
Fifth on the list was a 'pinky' or what some Londoners refer to as a £50 note. He said it was sometimes also called a 'pinks' because the 'colour of the note is pink'.
He continued: 'Okay cool. So when you enter the hundreds now, one hundred is a bill.
'So when you say "400", that's four bills. Say you've got £250 now, you're not going to say "two bills fifty". You're going to say "two-fifs".
'If you've got 350, you're going to say three-fifs'. However the terminology is not to be confused with mathematical fractions.'
He then revealed that £500 was popularly called 'a monkey', and while he couldn't provide the definitive 'history' behind the term, he believed it emerged from another currency.
Legend has it that a 500 Rupee note once featured an image of a monkey and following the British colonisation of India in the 19th century, the term stuck around.
Some viewers insisted they'd never heard of the slang, while others implied that he had gotten the names completely wrong and instead corrected him
Elsewhere in the video, he said a 'bag' meant £1000, and that £2000 would mean 'two bags'.
The video attracted a mixed reaction from viewers, with some quick to point out that he forgot to mention a 'big boy'.
One person wrote: 'You forgot 30 big boys'. Meanwhile another added, '£1 equals one big boy: “just spent 30 big boys".'
Another person explained that a £5 note was actually a 'jax', while another called it a 'bluey'.
'£50 is a bullseye as well' said another.
Someone insisted: 'Bro you are making it up as you go along. Only bills and fivers I've heard [of], and bag.'
One person wrote: 'Never heard half of these.'
Meanwhile, someone else said: 'I've heard all of these, don't know why these comments [have] people saying they never hear of it. They are very common in London slang.'
