I recall while playing darts in London as a young lad a score of a treble 5, treble twenty and treble 1 being referred to as a champagne breakfast, an upgrade on the original term but it was purely that and has no other direct link to the cost of a ‘champagne breakfast’.īelow are just some of the terms used. This expression or saying is based on the cost for bed and breakfast in the early part of the twentieth century, the cost being 2s 6d (two shillings and sixpence) in old English money. This score is sometimes referred to as ‘bed and breakfast’ or BB for short.
Probably the most famous dart saying is for a score of 26! Usually a throw consisting of a single 5, single 20 and a single 1. Some of the dart terms do originate from slang terms while others have a bit more of historical meaning and the rest are just a little more obvious. The East End is famous for Pearly Kings and Queens and for their cockney rhyming slang.Īn example: “I am just going down the frog and toad!” (frog and toad in cockney means road) If you were born within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, sometimes referred to as ‘Bow Bells’ you were referred to as a cockney. Slang in England and predominantly in East End of London has been used to describe or in some cases hide the meaning of word or words. Dart Terms & Slang Terms sometimes used during dart matches