26 Mar
2021
26 Mar
'21
3:36 p.m.
The Bank Of England has shown off the upcoming £50 note featuring computing pioneer Alan Turing <https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/25/turing_50_quid/>. The rhyming slang for this denomination is apparently “bullseyes”, but the linked page gives no explanation of the derivation ...
26 Mar
26 Mar
4:52 p.m.
The rhyming slang for this denomination is apparently “bullseyes”
At a guess, I'd say it's derived from the game of darts<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullseye_(target)>... "An inner bullseye is a smaller, inner circle and counts for 50 points..." cheers, Ian.
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