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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]
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.
Ducking occurs when a prisoner becomes friendly with a prison staff member and then persuades the employee to break prison rules and laws. The prisoner then provokes the staff member (or members) into breaking an increasing number of prison guidelines until the staff member can be effectively blackmailed by the prisoner. At such point, the ...
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
The first known concert performance of the song by the author dates back to 1969. The poem was published in Russian during the poet's lifetime in Paris in 1977 in the third part of the collection Songs of Russian Bards , and in the autumn of the same year the song was released in France on the record La corde raide .
"Bae" is short for baby or babe. It refers to a person's significant other and can be used as a term of endearment. It could also be an acronym meaning "before anyone else."
(slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...
Headlice or nits. "Here comes the dick nurse" "You mean Nitty Nora, the head explorer" dip a pickpocket. [106] div idiot (prison slang) [107] From "The Divisional room" where extra reading was taught in the northern comprehensive schools during the 1970s and 1980s. do one's nut Become enraged. [108] doddle Something simple or easy to accomplish ...