In Australian money slang, a "pineapple" refers to the $50 banknote. It is called a pineapple because of its bright yellow, pineapple-like colour. The term is widely used, particularly in, but not limited to, blue-collar, mining, and military contexts.
A fifty-dollar note is also known colloquially as a "pineapple" or the "Big Pineapple" because of its yellow colour. The $100 note is currently green and is known colloquially as a “watermelon”, but between 1984 and 1996 it was grey, and was called a grey nurse (a type of shark).
Australia's colourful bank notes are known by many colloquial names. The twenty-dollar note is referred to as a lobster, while the fifty-dollar note is called a pineapple, and don't we all want to get our hands on a few jolly green giants, that is, hundred-dollar notes?
Common slang for $1,000 includes grand, K (from kilo), rack, stack, and band, with "grand" being a widespread term and "K" popular in digital contexts; "rack" and "band" often appear in hip-hop, while "stack" can imply more than $1,000, and "dime" is used in gambling.
cheddar. There are several theories as to why the cheesy slang cheddar is used to refer to money. According to the most popular theory, cheddar referred to government cheese found in welfare packages. From there, it was used to refer to money (i.e., benefits) from the government rather than the cheese.
£500 is called a "monkey" in British slang because British soldiers returning from colonial India brought the term back, referring to the 500 rupee note that featured a monkey on it, and they applied the name to the equivalent amount in pounds sterling. It's a related term to "pony" for £25, which also supposedly came from Indian currency.
The pineapple emoji (U+1F34D 🍍 PINEAPPLE) was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. A rendering of the pineapple emoji in Noto fonts. It can mean "complicated relationship status" in texting or social media. It is also used to indicate that one is open to taking part in "swinger" activities.
For £50, common Cockney slang terms include "Bullseye," referencing the bullseye on a dartboard for hitting the number 50, and also "Half a Ton," as £50 is half of £100 (a "ton"). Other less common or related terms might be "Pinky" (for the note) or even "Nifty," though these aren't as universally known as Bullseye.
The term 'Yard' in finance refers to one billion. The origin of the term is 'milliard' from European languages, which is equal to one billion in American English. For example, a person purchasing an item for one billion U.S. dollars is said to be purchasing it for a yard of U.S. dollars.
The green color reminded a lot of people of vegetables, so by 1911, people were calling their green bills kale, by 1929, lettuce, and by 1942, cabbage.
(Bottom) A $10 bill in use during the Japanese Occupation. Known as “banana money” because of the motifs of banana trees on the bank notes, the currency became worthless due to runaway inflation coupled with black market practices. Courtesy of the National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board.
A pineapple has often been seen as a code for swinging and sticking an upside down pineapple on your stateroom door is seen as enticing other couples into joining your 'adult fun'.
The word has been traced back from the late 18th century in London and has a vast range of suggestions for its etymology. By some it has been suggested that in the 18th century £25 was the typical price paid for a small horse, although historians have contested this is not accurate and far too much money.
(British, informal, from Cockney rhyming slang, used especially in negative constructions) A word; a brief chat. We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday. (British, informal) A small thing.
As we found out then 'Nick' has a wide variety of meanings based on cheating, snatching, and stealing. Maybe, a one pound coin was viewed as an item of currency worth nicking and became known as a nicker.
