phoney??

no, it's definately "pony"

never heard that

Probably some record industry slang ...

take a pick:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter...

Its definitely, not defanitely

OK I'll try again:
definitely, not definately

Thx

19. pony
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A very uncool person; too ugly to be a geek, too stupid to be a nerd. A very gullible, irritating individual. One who dresses like and listens to Barry Manilow. Dances like a galloping pony, hence the name.

Did you see that pony with the polyester pants?
by MaryT Chicago Jul 20, 2005 email it

If it refers to the band being dumbasses
then I would translate it this way.

It has to do with a pony being small. That is, the band isn't a thoroughbred racehorse but rather a crappy little pony. They'll never amount to anything big or good.

It's just regular UK slang, not music industry jargon.

Fadenexhumierung, weil ich gerade selbst herausgefunden habe, woher es wirklich kommt, nämlich aus dem Cockney Rhyming Slang. Laut OED:
" 6. Brit. slang. [Rhyming slang.] Also more fully pony and trap.
a. As a count noun: an act of defecation. As a mass noun: faeces (fig. in quot. 1986). Cf. crap n.1 and adj. 7a.

2. Brit. slang. [Rhyming slang: see sense A. 6.] Worthless, useless; = crap adj. Additions. Cf. sense A. 6b.
1964 Guardian 2 Mar. 7/6 Other wrestling slang terms include a ‘pony’ wrestler (Pony-and-trap—crap).
1996 Premiere Feb. 83/1 There's nothing in the world as bad as a bad drunk act—think how pony it could have been!
2002 M. Beaumont Bk., Film, T-shirt (2003) x. 122 We may be mates, but if you want to shoot this pony piece of writing you can find some other prick to point the camera at it."

Zur Bestätigung:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/287275.html

Rubbish; nonsense, or 'of poor quality'. Often shortened just to 'pony'.
Origin

This is Cockney rhyming slang - pony and trap -> crap.


Aber wie bist du darauf gekommen, Lady Grey?
Ich liebe ja Cockney rhyming slang, aber für einen Übersetzer sind sie wirklich immer eine Herausforderung! Ich glaube, ich habe noch nie einen "rhyme" ohne Hilfe geknackt. :(

Ich habe den Ausdruck halt gerade mal wieder gehört, und mich mal wieder gefragt, woher das wohl kommt. Und dann einfach nachgeschaut :-).

Zum Nachschauen hätte mir "trap" zum "pony" gefehlt, aber du bist halt vor Ort ... :)

Ich wusste das mit "trap" eben auch nicht, das hab' ich beim Nachschauen gefunden.