Give Mike Tyson a better nickname.

Am I missing something here? Are you insinuating that Tyson was also a 'huge Johnson fan'?

 

Given the time line in which he boxed , maybe "Robocop", "RoboTyson" "The Terminator", "TermiTyson", "Cobra", "CobraTyson", "Commando", "CommanTyson", "Predator" or "PredaTyson" sounded appropriate lol

 

Haha. @JohnThomas1 , of all people (per his own moniker) , already got me for that little faux pas.

You’re a big fan of Eddie Izzard, so we can call it even..at the very least, possibly even putting me in the black.

Is “Lil Arthur” safe, or is that also another name for a donger, one eyed trouser snake, python, todger, old fella, schlong, etc?

Just as well I’m not also a big fan of Fat Willie (Meehan)…the dirty minds in this place, my goodness.

My mouse pointer (good god, that’s not another allocated “euphemism”‘ also, is it?). is now readied, hovering over the “report” button…the standards and health of the forum must be protected.

 

When he was good: iron, when he showed weakness: the tinman!

 

I'm from Northern England, but I do know this is Cockney (London) rhyming slang. "Iron" being short for iron hoof, which rhymes with, well I'm sure you can work that out.

 

Hi Buddy.
You are correct in your correlation, I am a London man born and bred, and a cockney to boot, sorry to debunk the myth but we hardly ever use rhyming slang in our everyday life, and are slightly embarrassed when others do.

 

Hi Mike,
Thank you. Yes, "iron" used in that context is more likely to be heard muttered by a cockney portrayed in some kind of gangster film, than by someone from London in every day life.

 

There is or was a misconception especially amongst Americans back in the day, that every Englishman whether they were from London or not, spoke like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins with his 'unique' version of the definitive cockney. Lol.

 

That’s a GREAT idea. The relevance might’ve come later, but using some 80s movies, for starters:-

Spinal Tap Mike
Drugstore Cowboy Mike
Breakfast Club Mike (Evander’s ears, num num!)

 

LOL
On a personal note, Breakfast Club: now that Im socially transitioning, (and I dyed my hair pink) some people say I remind them a bit of Molly Ringwald lol one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite actresses for real.,...

 

John Hughes, who directed The Breakfast Club, really had the Midas touch with a number of great films in the 80s, including Sixteen Candles, another Ringwald movie.