Places
Arsehole of the World - Deptford SE8
The Batcave - Westfield Shopping Centre (T6)/Lower Robert Street WC2/Area under Charing Cross Station (there seems to be a debate as to what EXACTLY it refers to)
Blackfriars Underpants/BFUP - Blackfriars Underpass
The Bone - Marylebone Station
Bullring - The crescent at the entrance to back of Royal Hospital Chelsea Embankment
CK's - Chelsea Kitchen (Fulham Rd)
CTZ rank (also Tez rank)- Selfridges rank
CX - Charing Cross Station
Dilly - Piccadilly
Dungeon, The - The Public Carriage Office
Dogs, The - Wimbledon Dog track
Euro/St P - Eurostar/St Pancras Station
Fen, The - Fenchurch Street station
Flyers - Airport
The Gas Chamber - Euston Taxi Rank
The Gas Works - Houses Of Parliament
GHH - Grosvenor House Hotel
GSS - Great Suffolk Street cafe/shop
HC - Hurlingham Club
Hole In The Wall - Wilton Road entrance to Victoria Station
HPC - Hyde Park Corner
The Iron Lung - Toilet on Horseferry Road SW1
JL - John Lewis
KX/The Cross/The X - Kings Cross Station
K's - Kennedy's Fish & Chips (Goswell Rd)
LCA - London City Airport
LDC - Camley St Cafe
LHR - London Heathrow Airport
The Loo - Waterloo Station
Magic Roundabout - bottom of M41
MBON - May be old news
Mcliver - Liverpool Street taxi rank (by McDonalds)
OKR - Old Kent Road
Qs - Quaglinos Restaurant
QVS - Queen Victoria Street
Padders - Paddington Station
P G Tips - Palace Gardens Terrace
The Pipe - The Blackwall Tunnel
PPH (Pissy Pike Hill) - Paddington Station
RAFT - Rail Air & Freight Terminal (Gatwick Express)
Roundhouse - Camden Roundhouse
RAH - Royal Albert Hall
Royal Lobster - Kings Cross Station
ROH - Royal Opera House
Scabacus - Abacus night club/bar
Stage Door - Main Entrance to Waterloo Station
Steps - Large steps entrance to north entrance at Waterloo
Sweetings - 24 hour cafe on Queen Victoria Street
The Bays - Bayswater
The Vic - Victoria Station
T6 - Westfield Shopping Centre
Tez Rank (also CTZ rank) - Selfridges Duke St rank
TFP - The Feeder Park (Heathrow)
TT - Tiger Tiger
The Tennis - Wimbledon annual tennis tournament
Tom's - Burger Van on Clapham Common
Twickers - Twickenham Stadium
Up The Stairs Euston - Queue of people all the way onto the stairs at Euston rank
The Wedding Cake, QVM - Queen Victoria Memorial
Wharf/The Island - Canary Wharf
WW - Winter Wonderland (Hyde Park) when it's on
Other Abbreviations
Arnie (To do an Arnie) - as in "I'll be back", I'm coming back to work, not going home.
A Churchill - A meal. Churchill gave cabbies the right to refuse a fare while eating
B&B - Badge & Bill check (by PCO, TFL, Police)
Bag of Sand - a grand - £1000 (although very unlikely you'll ever get this)
Bill - Taxi license
BTF - Back to front (from the back of the queue to the front time)
Bill & Ben - "10"
Blue Book - Books containing runs knowledge students have to learn
Blue Lights - Police dealing with accident/crime
Blue Trees - Policeman with speed camera hiding behind a tree
Bottle - 2
Broom - passing a job you don't want to the driver behind you on a rank
Bullseye - 50
Burst/On The Burst - people emerging from a venue at the end
Butterboy - Cabbie who hasn't been in the business long
Butterfly - A Cabbie who only work in the summer.
Cabbed Out - A place is full with cabs
CabUp - Cabbie Updates
Carpet - 3
Ching - 5
CBJ - Clipboard Johnny
Cock & Hen - Man and Woman passenger or "10"
Code Red - Heathrow needs taxis badly & you are to bypass the feeder park
Cooking/Roasting - A driver referring to a very long time spent on a rank
Copperbottom - A Cabbie who drives for an excessive number of hours
Cricket Seats - Tip up seats
DAC - Dial A Cab
Den of Thieves/Fagin's Kitchen - Stock Exchange
Dried Up - No work
Droshky - A Taxi
EB or E/B - Eastbound
FP - Fixed Price
Fubar - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
Full House - Maximum number of passengers on board
Gavroched - When the traffic in Upper Brook Street is so bad it is possible to get out of cab, read menu in the porch of La Gavroche restaurant, and get back into cab.
GBx - Golden Bollox (Jammy Git)
Grow Bag Aerial - Aerial used on a minicab
Guvner - Bloke what owns the cab you rent
Hands Up - People needing cabs
Hanging Up - Cabbies sitting with light off and picking work they want
Hairdyer/Oil/Oil Slick - Copper with speed radar gun
Hickory - Taxi Meter
im 'n' er - Man & Woman
Jacks - 5
Kojac with a Kodak - Copper with a radar gun
KOL - Knowledge Of London
Legalled/Legal - Being paid exact fare (no tip)
Long'un, a oner - £100 (job)
Louis Vuitton, Loius V, L.V. - Good job on board
Low Loader - Old Cab
Mash Up - Traffic is atrocious
Mexican Wave - lots of punters with their hands up in one place
Monkey - 500
MRA - Mini Roundabout
Musher - Owner Driver
Neves - 7
NB or N/B - Northbound
OFL - One For Later - referring to places that will have work later on in the day
On & Off - arriving at a rank/place & then straight off with a punter
On me Jack (Jones) - I'm the only one here
On Point - first taxi on a rank
Peeps/ppl - People or punters
Penguins - Men in black ties/black tie event
Pete's On The Finz - Tea hut at Finsbury Square run by Peter
Plate - Expensive plastic on back of taxi
POB - Passenger On Board
PONR - Point Of No Return
Pony - £25
Port - Airport
Putting on Fowl - Over the space provided by rank
Q - Queue (or people or taxis)
Roader - Long Distance Job
Roader (said sarcastically) - A VERY short job
RTG - Radio Taxis
Ruof, rhymes with loaf...4....Four spelt backwards, back-slang
Runner - Punter who doesn't pay the fare
Running well - A rank that has cabs, but is moving fast with fares
SALT - Single Alternate Lane Traffic
Scab - Illegal minicab
Score - 20
Sherbert/Sherb - A Taxi Cab
SB or S/B - Southbound
Set - An accident
Showing Out - punter with hand out looking for cab
Single Pin - Single passenger
SNAFU - Situation Normal All Fouled Up
Soz - Sorry
Spare - Part timer who only shows up when it's busy
Stalking - Working with meter off
Suit - City Gent (from back when they wore bowler hats)
Toes Up/Foot up - a warning to slow down, there's a speed radar trap
TLC - Tweetalondoncab
VHT/VVVVVVHT - Very Heavy Traffic
WB or W/B - Westbound
Wrong-un - A punter you have on board you know will be trouble/not pay
The Yard - Name for the old Public Carriage Office location
Zeiger - Meter