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my ex is a grass Google
Typo or rhyming slang...
It doesn't make you a hard man, going to court, you tit. I've been to jail because my ex is a grass. "Google my name" doesn't mean anything, but you're acting like it's a status thing, you muppet hahaha
"Grass" is slang for a snitch/informer. There are a bunch of proposed etymologies, including rhyming slang (grasshopper = copper), but none of them are very convincing.
I've never heard any rhyming slang that didn't seem like a joke was being had at the expense of sanity, but I take your meaning. Thanks though, I knew it must be something along those lines
I’ve never heard any rhyming slang that didn’t seem like a joke was being had at the expense of sanity
The one that gets me is "aris" as it's a two-stepper: Aristotle -> bottle -> bottle and glass -> arse. It also relies on the the southern pronunciation of "glass", as most ones for arse do (unlike Hagen Daas).
Days like this, I wish English was my first and zeroth language, rather than just my first.
There are a bunch of proposed etymologies, including rhyming slang (grasshopper = copper), but none of them are very convincing.
Others include "snake in the grass" or the song "Whispering grass" (although the first use predates the song by 8 years).
It could also be rhyming island from "grass in the park" -> nark.
Grasshopper handily also explains "shopping" someone.
Lack of punctuation.
It took me a while to get there, yeah.