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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 prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction.
Prison slang has existed as long as there have been crime and prisons; in Charles Dickens' time it was known as "thieves' cant". Words from prison slang often eventually migrate into common usage, such as "snitch", "ducking", and "narc". Terms can also lose meaning or become obsolete such as "slammer" and "bull-derm." [2]
This compilation highlights American slang from the 1920s and does not include foreign phrases. The glossary includes dated entries connected to bootlegging, criminal activities, drug usage, filmmaking, firearms, ethnic slurs, prison slang, sexuality, women's physical features, and sports metaphors.
Watch my head swivel the second I hear my name called, a very Pavlovian reaction. The Hubby wanted to be known as Zayda, the Yiddish name for grandfather. Fair enough.
A Colorado bed-and-breakfast operator who promotes herself online as the “J6 praying grandma” was sentenced on Monday to six months of home confinement in her Capitol riot case after the judge ...
"12. the narrow part of the sole of a shoe, lying beneath the instep." So, as it seems, shanks are indeed parts of shoes. Whether or not the term is the root of the "shank" we know because prison inmates sharpened metal shanks and used them as weapons (as is the fact flagged as lacking a citation in the text of the article) I do not know.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Colorado bed-and-breakfast operator who promotes herself online as the “J6 praying grandma” was sentenced on Monday to six months of home confinement in her Capitol riot case after the judge railed against “offensive” comments she has made about the criminal justice system.
I have not paid enough stamps to get my full state pension) star jump a form of exercise (US: jumping jack) sticky-backed plastic large sheet of thin, soft, coloured plastic that is sticky on one side; generic term popularised by craft segments on the children's TV show Blue Peter (US similar: contact paper) sticky wicket