London Slang -- Pete Tong

Pete Tong
adj.

Rhyming slang for 'wrong'.

Editor's Note: This is the first Cockney rhyming slang I've posted. I kinda shied away from it because it is sorta too easy and I wanted to put up stuff people actually used. Rarely does someone working in the City say, "Go up the apples and pairs and pick up the dog and bone." However, I do here Pete Tong sometimes and it makes me happy.

For those not in 'the scene,' Pete Tong is a very famous British DJ who works for the BBC radio station Radio 1. Apparently there was a movie that helped push this phrase into common usage -- "It's all gone Pete Tong."