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Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language. [ 1] Many of the terms deal with criminal behavior, incarcerated life, legal cases, street life, and different types of inmates. Prison slang varies depending on institution, region, and country. [ 2]
Shiv (weapon) A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie, or shank, [ 1][ 2] is a handcrafted bladed-weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are highly prohibited in the prison environment, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction. An especially thin handle, for instance, makes ...
Nazi Lowriders (Ca, Tx) Public Enemy No. 1 (Ca) Peckerwood is a term for a woodpecker which is used in the Southern United States and it is also used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural whites. [ 2] Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs ...
The following slang words used in South African originated in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and subsequently came to South Africa. bint – a girl, from Arabic بِنْت. Usually seen as derogatory. buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar.
Fenya (Russian: феня, IPA: [ˈfʲenʲə]) or fen'ka (Russian: фенька, IPA: [ˈfʲenʲkə]) is a Russian cant language originated among the travelling peddlers and currently used in the Russian criminal underworld and among former detainees of Russian penal establishments ("prison slang"). In modern Russian language it is also referred ...
Pot, a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration in New York City. More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use. [1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.
Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).
Grypsera. Grypsera ( Polish pronunciation: [ɡrɨˈpsɛra]: from Low German Grips meaning "intelligence", "cleverness"; also drugie życie, literally "second life" in Polish [ 1]) is a distinct nonstandard dialect or prison slang of the Polish language, used traditionally by recidivist prison inmates. [ 2]