What Does Pop Goes The Weasel Even Mean?

[Thunk]

You're nuts.

Oh you were saving that one in the barrel & just ready to fire!

 

[Road Runner]

Oh you were saving that one in the barrel & just ready to fire!

Sings "Oh, why do you have to be so ruuuuuuude!?" Thanks guys as now I'm in one of those moods that I get into at our family hillbilly hoedowns. (AKA when we all start getting goofy!! )

 

[Crepitus]

This conversation came up in the car. I still go with Tom Hawkins' response.

In Victorian London "pop" was slang for pawning something, and "weasel" was rhyming slang for "coat". "Pop the weasel" would therefore mean to pawn your coat.

 

[toobfreak]

This conversation came up in the car.

And it should have stayed there. But I will tell you this much--- whatever you do, don't ever play that tune or show any tassels around Jerome Howard unless you have some limburger cheese. Camembert will do in a pinch.

 

[Road Runner]

And it should have stayed there.

Why?

But I will tell you this much--- whatever you do, don't ever play that tune or show any tassels around Jerome Howard unless you have some limburger cheese. Camembert will do in a pinch.

Oh.

 

[Thunk]

Sings "Oh, why do you have to be so ruuuuuuude!?"

Many many moons ago I knew this girl who called me "Rudy" (not my name)...because I'm so rude

 

[Road Runner]

Many many moons ago I knew this girl who called me "Rudy" (not my name)...because I'm so rude

I was just being goofy for the record. I don't think that you're actually rude, I was just being a brat.

 

[Thunk]

I was just being goofy for the record. I don't think that you're actually rude, I was just being a brat.

I know.

She mainly called me rudy because we were driving & the sign said "SLOW - CHILDREN"... and I said this is where all the slow children live...and she fell for it

After that...my name was Rudy

 

[luiza]

The meaning of "pop goes the weasel" refers to the difficulties faced by workers living in the slum lands of London1.
"Pop" is a slang word for pawn while "weasel" refers to coat (weasel and stoat being cockney rhyming slang for coat)
It is said to describe spending all your money on drink in the pub and subsequently pawning your suit to raise some more.
The rhyme was first published in the 1850s

Sad that American lap tops do not have a SEARCH FUNCTION .

 

[Road Runner]

I know.

She mainly called me rudy because we were driving & the sign said "SLOW - CHILDREN"... and I said this is where all the slow children live...and she fell for it

After that...my name was Rudy

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Btw these other nursery rhymes don't make any sense either.

The first one that came to my mind when I saw your message is the one about Humpty Dumpty.

God bless you always!!!

Holly