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Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger (m/w/d) in Essen gesucht
Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger (m/w/d) in Essen gesucht
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Jobs at: G+P Dental Consulting
Sachbearbeiter (m/w/d) im Bankumfeld – Ihr Einstieg in die Bankenbranche, Essen (Teilzeit)
Sachbearbeiter (m/w/d) im Bankumfeld – Ihr Einstieg in die Bankenbranche, Essen (Teilzeit)
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Fitness- Kampfsport- und Kampfkunsttrainer (m/w/d) in Velbert und Essen Kettwig - Vollzeit
Fitness- Kampfsport- und Kampfkunsttrainer (m/w/d) in Velbert und Essen Kettwig - Vollzeit
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Verwaltungskraft (m/w/d) in Essen gesucht
Verwaltungskraft (m/w/d) in Essen gesucht
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Hauswirtschaftskräfte (m/w/d) in Essen gesucht
Hauswirtschaftskräfte (m/w/d) in Essen gesucht
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Teamleitung Vertriebsaußendienst B2B – Nordrhein-Westfalen (m/w/d)
Teamleitung Vertriebsaußendienst B2B – Nordrhein-Westfalen (m/w/d)
Jobs in : Düsseldorf Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger (m/w/d) – Operationsdienst – Essen
Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger (m/w/d) – Operationsdienst – Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Bestattungsbegleiter*in (m/w/d) Essen
Bestattungsbegleiter*in (m/w/d) Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Fahrer*in für Bestattungen in Essen (m/w/d)
Fahrer*in für Bestattungen in Essen (m/w/d)
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Pflegefachkraft (m/w/d) in Essen
Pflegefachkraft (m/w/d) in Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Social Worker - Children with Disabilities, South Essex
Social Worker - Children with Disabilities, South Essex
Jobs in : Basildon Essex United Kingdom
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Jobs at: G+P Dental Consulting
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Jobs at: G+P Dental Consulting
Kommissionierer mit Staplerschein (m/w/d/x) ab 15,50€/Std
Kommissionierer mit Staplerschein (m/w/d/x) ab 15,50€/Std
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Warenverräumer (m/w/d) in 45307 Essen
Warenverräumer (m/w/d) in 45307 Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Zahnärztin / Zahnarzt (m/w/d) - Nachfolge - Raum Bochum und Essen
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Jobs at: G+P Dental Consulting
Sachbearbeiter (m/w/d) im Bankumfeld – Ihr Einstieg in die Bankenbranche, Essen (Teilzeit)
Sachbearbeiter (m/w/d) im Bankumfeld – Ihr Einstieg in die Bankenbranche, Essen (Teilzeit)
Jobs in : Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
LKW-Fahrer (gn) Direktvermittlung
LKW-Fahrer (gn) Direktvermittlung
Slangs & AI meanings
Term used extensively by the military in Robert O'Connors novel "Buffalo Soldiers" about US Soldiers stationed in Germany. Originates probably with the food which is a staple of southern cooking.
As a "polite" variation on the contraction "clusterfuck", to describe a situation that is FUBAR eg: "This is a complete fustercluck", "They've fusterclucked this up" etc, In current use in most of Essex (although not with rudes and gary boys!) (ed: somone like to define rudes and gary boys please?)
A fezzer is a Ford Fiesta car. All Ford Fiester's are called Fezzers in Essex, UK. Especialy by Gary boys and Kev's!
Describes how an individual puts a finger down the back of his/her pants, digitally entering their own orifice, then wiping said finger on the top lip of an unsuspecting boy or girl (wimps usually the best option). This causes a constant smell of shit on the top lip of the victim throughout the day. Shouting out very loudly to the entire playground ‘Pat Tash’ and pointing can achieve added ridicule. Maybe it's just what happens growing up in Essex?
School bus, at least where they were run by Ribble, because all the route numbers were 'S' something.
Scientific Humanitarian Committee
The first organization for homosexuals was founded 1897 in Berlin Germany, by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. The purpose of the committee was to work for decriminalize homosexuality, by trying to get the anti-gay Paragraph 175 removed for the law. But the committee was not successful. Scientific Humanitarian Committee did some important work until the Nazis forced the committee to disband in 1933.
Used in similar fashion to "brilliant" or "cool". Often used alone, or to describe something or as a substitute for the word "really". Currently used by girls aged about 16 in a comprehensive school in Essex.
It is a slang term for scrotum, but used in a derogatory way for when you are pissed off at a man, for whatever reason. Used as, "Give me back my tampon, you friggin scrote!", or "My stepson is such a scrote.", or "That big, hairy scrote is tailgating me in his big scrotemobile!", and "Don't be a scrote; give me a ride to school?". In most cases, this term refers to a man, but can be used for a manish woman. Contributor first heard this term a few years ago when her friend was mad at her step son and called him a "Scrote". She laughed so hard that she almost fell out of my chair and has been using the term ever since! Her female friends in Germany and Austria are using this term now, since she told them about it. They love it because they can insult their male friends and the male friends don't have a clue as to what a scrote is!
Child-molester". A Chi-mobile is often a Westfalia Van (or another car a chi-mo might own.) (ed: I sort of get the drift of this but would appreciate a bit more info please.)
Noun. Stereotypically describing a female from the county of Essex, or a female of the style of an 'Essex girl'. Characteristics may include being working class, sexually promiscuous, fashion conscious, heavily drinking, confident and of low morals. Derog.
Nose
Burst (urinate). I'm dying for a Geoff. Geoff Hurst's World Cup Final hat-trick v West Germany at Wembley in 1966 and six goals v Sunderland (19.10.68) two years later, have been woven into the fabric of football folklore.
For one or more assailants to seize waistband of selected victim's underpants and pull up same (sharply) to cause maximum pain and distress. A horrible craze which briefly swept the secondary schools of northwest Kent The contributor had left school by the time this became "popular" but clearly recalls his mates' little brothers' obsession with the vicious practice. Also he distinctly remembers two of the blighters trying it on his "mucker" Simon, who was "hard and in the army", and getting a sound kicking for their pains. Comment from 'Wayne'who just wanted to add that this was commonplace in Essex (UK) in the earlier eighties. Being of slight build in 1980-1982 he was often the target of the Grundy, or sometimes called 'Undie Grundy'. He's seen people paraded round several feet in the air, only being carried by their pants. Not pleasant!
To pull someone's hair back from the forehead (using your hands pressed against their head) backwards across the top of the head, causing pain to the hairline region in particular. Particularly effective if done from behind, on Tefals, or on girls with big spams (foreheads). When teachers discovered that this was going on in our Essex comp our surly Welsh head of year stood up in front of everyone in assembly and said "There is a practice going around this school called swiftying" to which we all dissolved into laughter.
Boy Racer. Someone who spends lots of money on making their car look good. Has tinted windows and a very loud sound system and drives round and round the town centre day and night. lots of these 'Gary boys' can be found in Essex. Gary boy's are similar to kev's.
Noun. A male who drives a sporty car. The vehicle is usually noticeable by its sporty appearance and souped up engine. Cf. with 'boy-racer'. [E.Anglia/Norfolk/Essex/Suffolk use]
The Alyson Almanac: A Treasury of Information for the Gay and Lesbian Community describes Rainbow Flag as follows: In 1978, Gilbert Baker of San Francisco designed and made a flag with six stripes representing the six colors of the rainbow as a symbol of gay and lesbian community pride. Slowly the flag took hold, offering a colorful and optimistic alternative to the more common pink triangle symbol. Today it is recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers, and is flown in lesbian and gay pride marches worldwide. In 1989, the rainbow flag received nationwide attention after John Stout successfully sued his landlords in West Hollywood, when they prohibited him from displaying the flag from his apartment balcony. Meanwhile, Baker is still in San Francisco, and still making more flags. The Rainbow Flag by Steven W. Anderson appeared in GAZE Magazine (Minneapolis), #191, on 28 May 1993, p. 25: Color has long played an important role in our community's expression of pride. In Victorian England, for example, the color green was associated with homosexuality. The color purple (or, more accurately, lavender) became popularized as a symbol for pride in the late 1960s - a frequent post-Stonewall catchword for the gay community was "Purple Power". And, of course, there's the pink triangle. Although it was first used in Nazi Germany to identify gay males in concentration camps, the pink triangle only received widespread use as a gay pop icon in the early 1980s. But the most colorful of our symbols is the Rainbow Flag, and its rainbow of colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple - represents the diversity of our community. The first Rainbow Flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco artist, who created the flag in response to a local activist's call for the need of a community symbol. (This was before the pink triangle was popularly used as a symbol of pride.) Using the five-striped "Flag of the Race" as his inspiration, Baker designed a flag with eight stripes: pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. According to Baker, those colors represented, respectively: sexuality, life, healing, sun, nature, art, harmony, and spirit. Baker dyed and sewed the material for the first flag himself - in the true spirit of Betsy Ross. Baker soon approached San Francisco's Paramount Flag Company about mass producing and selling his "gay flag". Unfortunately, Baker had hand-dyed all the colors, and since the color "hot pink" was not commercially available, mass production of his eight-striped version became impossible. The flag was thus reduced to seven stripes. In November 1978, San Francisco's gay community was stunned when the city's first openly gay supervisor, Harvey Milk, was assassinated, Wishing to demonstrate the gay community's strength and solidarity in the aftermath of this tragedy, the 1979 Pride Parade Committee decided to use Baker's flag. The committee eliminated the indigo stripe so they could divide the colors evenly along the parade route - three colors on one side of the street and three on the other. Soon the six colors were incorporated into a six-striped version that became popularized and that, today, is recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers. In San Francisco, the Rainbow Flag is everywhere: it can be seen hanging from apartment windows throughout the city (most notably in the Castro district), local bars frequently display the flag, and Rainbow Flag banners are hung from lampposts on Market Street (San Francisco's main avenue) throughout Pride Month. Visiting the city, one can not help but feel a tremendous sense of pride at seeing this powerful symbol displayed so prominently. Although the Rainbow Flag was initially used as a symbol of pride only in San Francisco, it has received increased visibility in recent years. Today, it is a frequent sight in a number of other cities as well - New York, West Hollywood, and Amsterdam, among them. Even in the Twin Cities, the flag seems to be gaining in popularity. Indeed, the Rainbow Flag reminds us that ours is a diverse community - composed of people with a variety of individual tastes of which we should all be proud. Sources used for this article were found at Quatrefoil Library in St. Paul, and include: "Vexed by Rainbows", by Paul Zomcheck, in "Bay Area Reporter" (June 26, 1986); "Rainbow Flag" in "The Alyson Almanac" (1989); and "The Rainbow Flag", in "Parade 90: San Francisco Gay/Lesbian Freedom Day Parade and Celebration" (June 24, 1990) Also see: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html http://www.pinette.net/chris/flags/gay/rainbow.html
slang for money, commonly used in singular form, eg., 'Got any dollar?..'. In earlier times a dollar was slang for an English Crown, five shillings (5/-). From the 1900s in England and so called because the coin was similar in appearance and size to the American dollar coin, and at one time similar in value too. Brewer's dictionary of 1870 says that the American dollar is '..in English money a little more than four shillings..'. That's about 20p. The word dollar is originally derived from German 'Thaler', and earlier from Low German 'dahler', meaning a valley (from which we also got the word 'dale'). The connection with coinage is that the Counts of Schlick in the late 1400s mined silver from 'Joachim's Thal' (Joachim's Valley), from which was minted the silver ounce coins called Joachim's Thalers, which became standard coinage in that region of what would now be Germany. All later generic versions of the coins were called 'Thalers'. An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'.
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Noordryn-Westfaulen or Noordrhien-Westfalen[citation needed] German: [ɛnʔɛʁˈveː] "Bevölkerung in Nordrhein-Westfalen". Landesbetrieb IT.NRW. Retrieved
Stefan Nacke". CDU Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2022. "Gewählte in Landeslisten der Parteien in Nordrhein-Westfalen – Der Bundeswahlleiter"
Humann Essen volleyball team. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020 Archived 17 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed
liberal-leaning Christians. A study done in 2005 in the western German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen by the HDZ revealed that childlessness was especially widespread
"Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen (IT.NRW) - Bevölkerungszahlen auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011". www.it.nrw.de (in German). Archived from the
Heilquellenkurbetrieb Bad Berleburg, Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen – Kneippheilbad Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Landkreis Bayreuth
the extreme western and eastern parts of the country, mainly in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sachsen, and Brandenburg. Considerable amounts are burned in coal
March 2025. "Bundestag election 2025: Elected candidates - Nordrhein-Westfalen". Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Returning Officer. Archived from the original
was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000. The Regionalliga
Philip (August 26, 2001). "wXw Broken Rulz - Event @ Roxy in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved
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Term used extensively by the military in Robert O'Connors novel "Buffalo Soldiers" about US Soldiers stationed in Germany. Originates probably with the food which is a staple of southern cooking.
As a "polite" variation on the contraction "clusterfuck", to describe a situation that is FUBAR eg: "This is a complete fustercluck", "They've fusterclucked this up" etc, In current use in most of Essex (although not with rudes and gary boys!) (ed: somone like to define rudes and gary boys please?)
A fezzer is a Ford Fiesta car. All Ford Fiester's are called Fezzers in Essex, UK. Especialy by Gary boys and Kev's!
Describes how an individual puts a finger down the back of his/her pants, digitally entering their own orifice, then wiping said finger on the top lip of an unsuspecting boy or girl (wimps usually the best option). This causes a constant smell of shit on the top lip of the victim throughout the day. Shouting out very loudly to the entire playground ‘Pat Tash’ and pointing can achieve added ridicule. Maybe it's just what happens growing up in Essex?
School bus, at least where they were run by Ribble, because all the route numbers were 'S' something.
Scientific Humanitarian Committee
The first organization for homosexuals was founded 1897 in Berlin Germany, by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. The purpose of the committee was to work for decriminalize homosexuality, by trying to get the anti-gay Paragraph 175 removed for the law. But the committee was not successful. Scientific Humanitarian Committee did some important work until the Nazis forced the committee to disband in 1933.
Used in similar fashion to "brilliant" or "cool". Often used alone, or to describe something or as a substitute for the word "really". Currently used by girls aged about 16 in a comprehensive school in Essex.
It is a slang term for scrotum, but used in a derogatory way for when you are pissed off at a man, for whatever reason. Used as, "Give me back my tampon, you friggin scrote!", or "My stepson is such a scrote.", or "That big, hairy scrote is tailgating me in his big scrotemobile!", and "Don't be a scrote; give me a ride to school?". In most cases, this term refers to a man, but can be used for a manish woman. Contributor first heard this term a few years ago when her friend was mad at her step son and called him a "Scrote". She laughed so hard that she almost fell out of my chair and has been using the term ever since! Her female friends in Germany and Austria are using this term now, since she told them about it. They love it because they can insult their male friends and the male friends don't have a clue as to what a scrote is!
Child-molester". A Chi-mobile is often a Westfalia Van (or another car a chi-mo might own.) (ed: I sort of get the drift of this but would appreciate a bit more info please.)
Noun. Stereotypically describing a female from the county of Essex, or a female of the style of an 'Essex girl'. Characteristics may include being working class, sexually promiscuous, fashion conscious, heavily drinking, confident and of low morals. Derog.
Nose
Burst (urinate). I'm dying for a Geoff. Geoff Hurst's World Cup Final hat-trick v West Germany at Wembley in 1966 and six goals v Sunderland (19.10.68) two years later, have been woven into the fabric of football folklore.
For one or more assailants to seize waistband of selected victim's underpants and pull up same (sharply) to cause maximum pain and distress. A horrible craze which briefly swept the secondary schools of northwest Kent The contributor had left school by the time this became "popular" but clearly recalls his mates' little brothers' obsession with the vicious practice. Also he distinctly remembers two of the blighters trying it on his "mucker" Simon, who was "hard and in the army", and getting a sound kicking for their pains. Comment from 'Wayne'who just wanted to add that this was commonplace in Essex (UK) in the earlier eighties. Being of slight build in 1980-1982 he was often the target of the Grundy, or sometimes called 'Undie Grundy'. He's seen people paraded round several feet in the air, only being carried by their pants. Not pleasant!
To pull someone's hair back from the forehead (using your hands pressed against their head) backwards across the top of the head, causing pain to the hairline region in particular. Particularly effective if done from behind, on Tefals, or on girls with big spams (foreheads). When teachers discovered that this was going on in our Essex comp our surly Welsh head of year stood up in front of everyone in assembly and said "There is a practice going around this school called swiftying" to which we all dissolved into laughter.
Boy Racer. Someone who spends lots of money on making their car look good. Has tinted windows and a very loud sound system and drives round and round the town centre day and night. lots of these 'Gary boys' can be found in Essex. Gary boy's are similar to kev's.
Noun. A male who drives a sporty car. The vehicle is usually noticeable by its sporty appearance and souped up engine. Cf. with 'boy-racer'. [E.Anglia/Norfolk/Essex/Suffolk use]
The Alyson Almanac: A Treasury of Information for the Gay and Lesbian Community describes Rainbow Flag as follows: In 1978, Gilbert Baker of San Francisco designed and made a flag with six stripes representing the six colors of the rainbow as a symbol of gay and lesbian community pride. Slowly the flag took hold, offering a colorful and optimistic alternative to the more common pink triangle symbol. Today it is recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers, and is flown in lesbian and gay pride marches worldwide. In 1989, the rainbow flag received nationwide attention after John Stout successfully sued his landlords in West Hollywood, when they prohibited him from displaying the flag from his apartment balcony. Meanwhile, Baker is still in San Francisco, and still making more flags. The Rainbow Flag by Steven W. Anderson appeared in GAZE Magazine (Minneapolis), #191, on 28 May 1993, p. 25: Color has long played an important role in our community's expression of pride. In Victorian England, for example, the color green was associated with homosexuality. The color purple (or, more accurately, lavender) became popularized as a symbol for pride in the late 1960s - a frequent post-Stonewall catchword for the gay community was "Purple Power". And, of course, there's the pink triangle. Although it was first used in Nazi Germany to identify gay males in concentration camps, the pink triangle only received widespread use as a gay pop icon in the early 1980s. But the most colorful of our symbols is the Rainbow Flag, and its rainbow of colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple - represents the diversity of our community. The first Rainbow Flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco artist, who created the flag in response to a local activist's call for the need of a community symbol. (This was before the pink triangle was popularly used as a symbol of pride.) Using the five-striped "Flag of the Race" as his inspiration, Baker designed a flag with eight stripes: pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. According to Baker, those colors represented, respectively: sexuality, life, healing, sun, nature, art, harmony, and spirit. Baker dyed and sewed the material for the first flag himself - in the true spirit of Betsy Ross. Baker soon approached San Francisco's Paramount Flag Company about mass producing and selling his "gay flag". Unfortunately, Baker had hand-dyed all the colors, and since the color "hot pink" was not commercially available, mass production of his eight-striped version became impossible. The flag was thus reduced to seven stripes. In November 1978, San Francisco's gay community was stunned when the city's first openly gay supervisor, Harvey Milk, was assassinated, Wishing to demonstrate the gay community's strength and solidarity in the aftermath of this tragedy, the 1979 Pride Parade Committee decided to use Baker's flag. The committee eliminated the indigo stripe so they could divide the colors evenly along the parade route - three colors on one side of the street and three on the other. Soon the six colors were incorporated into a six-striped version that became popularized and that, today, is recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers. In San Francisco, the Rainbow Flag is everywhere: it can be seen hanging from apartment windows throughout the city (most notably in the Castro district), local bars frequently display the flag, and Rainbow Flag banners are hung from lampposts on Market Street (San Francisco's main avenue) throughout Pride Month. Visiting the city, one can not help but feel a tremendous sense of pride at seeing this powerful symbol displayed so prominently. Although the Rainbow Flag was initially used as a symbol of pride only in San Francisco, it has received increased visibility in recent years. Today, it is a frequent sight in a number of other cities as well - New York, West Hollywood, and Amsterdam, among them. Even in the Twin Cities, the flag seems to be gaining in popularity. Indeed, the Rainbow Flag reminds us that ours is a diverse community - composed of people with a variety of individual tastes of which we should all be proud. Sources used for this article were found at Quatrefoil Library in St. Paul, and include: "Vexed by Rainbows", by Paul Zomcheck, in "Bay Area Reporter" (June 26, 1986); "Rainbow Flag" in "The Alyson Almanac" (1989); and "The Rainbow Flag", in "Parade 90: San Francisco Gay/Lesbian Freedom Day Parade and Celebration" (June 24, 1990) Also see: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html http://www.pinette.net/chris/flags/gay/rainbow.html
slang for money, commonly used in singular form, eg., 'Got any dollar?..'. In earlier times a dollar was slang for an English Crown, five shillings (5/-). From the 1900s in England and so called because the coin was similar in appearance and size to the American dollar coin, and at one time similar in value too. Brewer's dictionary of 1870 says that the American dollar is '..in English money a little more than four shillings..'. That's about 20p. The word dollar is originally derived from German 'Thaler', and earlier from Low German 'dahler', meaning a valley (from which we also got the word 'dale'). The connection with coinage is that the Counts of Schlick in the late 1400s mined silver from 'Joachim's Thal' (Joachim's Valley), from which was minted the silver ounce coins called Joachim's Thalers, which became standard coinage in that region of what would now be Germany. All later generic versions of the coins were called 'Thalers'. An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'.