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Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 46/1: cop a plea v. to plead guilty.at cop a plea, v.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 46/1: cop a plea v. to plead guilty. Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 8/2: ‘What drugs should I bring in?’ ‘A to Z,
mate’.at A to Z, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 46/1: cop a lag v. 2 to be convicted.at cop a lag (v.) under cop a..., v.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 72/1: flyway (also flyaway) n. 1 a gang member who deserts his gang.at fly(a)way, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 156/2: rub-de-dub (also rub-a-dub) n. 2 the pub.at rub-a-dub, n.2
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 156/2: rub-de-dub (also rub-a-dub) n. ascetic anhydride.at rub-a-dub, n.2
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/1: ACAC abbr. standing for an expression, 'All Crims Are Cool' and 'All Cops Are Cunts'. [similar to the current British prison expression, ACAB 'All Coppers Are Bastards'. ACAC appears frequently as a tattoo, identifying the wearer as an older criminal.at ACAC, phr.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/2: on one’s ace on one’s own, by oneself. In prison, this is generally used with reference to one’s sentence, meaning to serve one’s time in prison independently, with no outside interferences.at on one’s ace under ace, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/2: Adam and Eve on a raft two eggs on toast. [US tramps’ and waiters’ slang from c. 1930].at Adam and Eve, n.1
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 123/2: New Age Criminal n. = thug.at new age criminal, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/2: agent n. 1 a gang recruit, a young gangmember training for his patch.at agent, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/2: agent n. 2 a person, not necessarily a gang-member, employed to oversee the general management of a gang while its key members are in prison.at agent, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/2: agent n. 3 an informer.at agent, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/2: ags (also ag) n. aggravated robbery: ‘He’s doing five years for ags’.at ags, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 5/2: ainga (also a’iga or aiga) n. a group of inmates who are very close friends.at ainga, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/1: air bubble n. the Control Room, guard house [...] 32/1: bubble, the (also the bubble room) n.
the prison officials' office, the Control
Room, the guard room.at air bubble, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: Al Capone n. a telephone.at Al Capone, n.1
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/1: Al (also Al Bundy) n. an inmate regarded with contempt by his fellow inmates, an inmate with no form, occupying low status within the prison hierarchy.at Al (Bundy), n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 67/1: false alarm n. arm.at false alarm, n.2
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: albatross n. the head officer in a prison or prison unit; the officer in charge of a prison work-party.at albatross, n.2
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: album n. a criminal record.at album, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: alby n. a pound of marijuana.at alby, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: Alcatraz n. 1 Paremoremo Prison.at Alcatraz, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: Alcatraz 2 Mount Eden Men’s Prison.at Alcatraz, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: alkie n. a lesbian [origin uncertain].at alkie, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: all up n. life imprisonment.at all up, adj.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: almond rocks n. socks.at almond rock, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 6/2: alphabet, the n. 1 a life or Preventive Detention sentence. [because the criminal has received the lot].at alphabet, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 7/1: charged for or with the alphabet
arrested for possession of Class A, Class B and Class C drugs: ‘What did they charge you with?’ ‘The alphabet’.at alphabet, n.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 7/1: ‘I had an alphabet weekend: A, B, C, D, E and F.’ i.e. the speaker took a Class A drug (e.g. LSD); a Class B drug (e.g. speed); and a Class C drug (e.g. cannabis); got drunk (D); took Ecstasy (cf. E) and ‘got Fucked’ (he either had sex, or became physically and mentally incapacitated.at alphabet weekend (n.) under alphabet, n.
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