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  2. Prison slang - Wikipedia

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    Prison slang can be found in other written forms such as diaries, letters, tattoos, ballads, songs, and poems. [2] 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 ...

  3. Tap code - Wikipedia

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    The tap code, sometimes called the knock code, is a way to encode text messages on a letter-by-letter basis in a very simple way. The message is transmitted using a series of tap sounds, hence its name. [1] The tap code has been commonly used by prisoners to communicate with each other.

  4. Fenya - Wikipedia

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    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").

  5. Shiv (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    The word is prison slang for an improvised knife. The word generally applies to both stabbing and edged weapons. The word generally applies to both stabbing and edged weapons. A shiv can be anything from a glass shard with fabric wrapped around one end to form a handle, to a razor blade stuck in the end of a toothbrush, to a simple toothbrush ...

  6. Prison gang - Wikipedia

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    The code may include an understanding of prison slang, or prison yard and dining hall territory based on gang membership, rank, race, ethnicity, religion, or crimes committed, or it could simply be loyalty between inmates and against guards. Sykes writes that an inmate may "bind himself to his fellow captives with ties of mutual aid, loyalty ...

  7. What does NSFW mean? Study reveals text abbreviations, slang ...

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    To find the texting abbreviations that confuse Floridians most, Vera found 114 of the most-commonly-used text abbreviations and “Identified the top most googled text abbreviations for their ...

  8. How 'Gen Z Slang' Connects to Black Culture Appropriation - AOL

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    In text threads, social media comments, Instagram stories, Tik Toks and elsewhere, more people are using words like "slay," "woke," "period," "tea" and "sis" — just to name a few. While some ...

  9. You're not the only person overwhelmed by the influx of new ...

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    By now you've probably at least heard the words "fanum tax," "Skibidi toilet," "rizzler" and "gyatt." If you're really in the know, you might even understand what they mean.