What is Ton?
1.
100 - strangely, not 1000 - GB pounds sterling. Or any other currency for that matter.
from cockney dialect.
oi geez, lend us a ton?
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2.
The Ton is the village of Tongwynlais, a few miles north of Cardiff, Wales
Question: "where d'yuh live?"
Answer: "In the Ton"
3.
Cockney background (Way of speaking in London), Means One Hundred GBP (pounds)
"Oi mate, lend us a ton"
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4.
A reference to the band
Among my favorite bands are: Rammstein, NIN, TON, VNV...
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5.
a hundred shots of beer in a hundred minutes, or 50 minutes. Also called a hundy-hundy
Pete: That ton was all good but i was drinking burboun and coke too and i went chuckedy-wuckedy.
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6.
"the ton" A speed of 100mph.
John nearly did the ton on the way to work.
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7.
a unit of weight for fat people
Why do you need a partner? You weigh like, more than 3 tons!
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