slang sureno

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ABEJA Spanish slang for the Aryan Brotherhood
ACE-DEUCE Best friend
AGUA Spanish slang for meth
ALL DAY A life prison sentence
ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT Life without parole
AMARILLO Cops are coming
A TODA MADRE Spanish slang for perfect
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT A severe beat down
B STREET B Section, San Quentin
BAD MONK Bad person
BADGE A correctional officer
BAJA CORTE Spanish for "lower cut," used as a cutting agent for heroin
BASTILLE BY THE BAY San Quentin
BEHIND THE WALL In prison
BEING MADE Being inducted into the Hand
BITCH MARK A slash across the face made with a razor intended to let people know the wearer is marked for death
BOGUS Bullshit
BOX Carton of smokes
BRASS High ranking correctional officers
BRICKS As in, "on the bricks", outside of prison
BULL Prison guard
BULLET One year sentence
BUM RAP A bad charge
BUNKIE Cell or dorm mate
BURN COAL Sex with a black
BURNT OUT Older convict who is tired of doing time
BUS RIDE Court appearance
BUS THERAPY Transferring prisoners
BUSTING SLOB Kissing
CACHUCHONES Spanish slang for cops
CANTÓN House or cell
CARTA Spanish for "letter"
CHAPETE Stupid or otherwise worthless inmate
CHASING THE DRAGON Smoking heroin
CHECKED IN Initiated into gang
CHEESE EATER Informer
CHIP OR CHIPPY To use intravenous drugs recreationally without a serious addiction, "he's got a chippy"
CHIVA Heroin
CHOMO Child molester
CHOTA Spanish slang for "cops"
CLAVO A stash or collection
CLEAN HOUSE A purging process where the Eme kills its own members to get rid of chapetes
CLOSED CAR Select few
CLOSE THE BOOKS Prohibit new members from joining the Eme
CO-SIGN Approve or back up
CONDADO County jail
CULON Asshole
DIME Ten year sentence
DOGS Slang for shoes or feet
DONKEY DICK Sliced cold cuts
DOPE FIEND MOVE A sleazy maneuver
DOWN BY EMILY Killed by the Hand
DRAW Commissary or canteen order
DROP A DIME Inform
DUMP TRUCK Someone who does not do his part
FIERRO Spanish for knife or shank
FRONT OFF An action that brings attention to someone
GAFFLE To handcuff a prisoner
GANG JACKET Validated as being a gang member
GASSING Throwing urine and/or feces on a guard
GET JAMMED To be attacked or confronted
GIG Job
GOMBA Spanish for heroin
GLOBO Spanish for a balloon used to transport heroin
GOON SQUAD Security squad that handles special prison assignments
GRAMO A gram
GRAPEVINE Word around the block
GRAY RULES Rules that are frequently broken by Emeros
GREASE Pay off or bribe
GROWING DAISIES Dead
HACK An officer
HANK BOOK A titty mag
HANK RAG A sock or rag used to cum into
HAVE A TAIL To be on parole
HIGH SIGNING Showing off
HIT THE BRICKS Release on probation or parole
HOYO The hole or SHU
HUILA Kite or note
HUMPS Slang for Camel non-filters
HUNG UP THE GLOVES To defect from a criminal organization
IN THE CAR Being accepted in a group in prison
IN THE HAT Being in trouble, marked for murder
IRON PILE Weight lifting area
JACKET A prisoner's reputation or central file
JAILHOUSE LAWYER A prisoner well versed in criminal procedure
JEFA Mother
JEFE Father
JIVE To lie
JODY The anonymous lover taken by a wife or girlfriend "I bet your woman's fuckin Jody right now, ey."
KAMIKAZE MOVE An assault or hit in front of a prison officer
KANPOL A Nahuatl word for Southerner
KEISTER Put it in your bum
KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM To understand
L.O.P. Loss of Privileges
LA LISTA The hit list
LA MARIPOSA Spanish for butterfly, code for the Eme
LA RAZA The Mexican people
LA VIDA LOCA The crazy life
LAME One who doesn't fit in
LENO A joint
LIMBO Time spent awaiting trial
LINA The line, gen. population
LISA A shirt
LLAVERO A key holder or shot caller in prison
LLESCA Slang for weed
LODO Mud or heroin
LOPP A lame prisoner
LOW RIDE Make trouble
MAD DOG To stare at someone in a challenging way
MADE A member of the Eme
MARICON A gay boy
MARRANO A cop or guard
MAYATE A black guy
MERCA Merchandise
MORENO A black guy
MOTHERS DAY When welfare checks arrive
MOVE To attack or stab
NANCY FLORES Nuestra Familia
NANCY FLORES' COUSIN Maravilla inmates
NICKEL Five year sentence
NO ACCOUNT Unproductive inmate
ON THE UP AND UP To be sincere or truthful
ONZA An ounce
OPEN THE BOOKS To recruit new members of a prison gang
PAISA A Mexican national
PALABRA A man's word or respect
PAPEL A small bindle of drugs
PECKERWOOD White boy
PEDAZO A shank
PERICO Someone who is talkative
PERRY To describe someone who is paranoid
PERRY COMO A popular singer, also to describe someone who is paranoid
PESCADO A new inmate or "fish"
PINTA Prison
PINTO Convict
PISTO Beer or pruno
PLACA A nickname
PLACASO Also a nickname
POLITICKING What it sounds like retard
POLVO Powder, heroin or cocaine
PONY EXPRESS Mail
PRIMO Cousin
PROGRAM The way things are in prison, "Down with the program"
RAISIN JACK Homemade alcohol
RANFLA A car
RAT A snitch
RATA Also a snitch
REGLAS Rules
REST YOUR NECK Shut up
RIGHTEOUS Sraight person
ROAD DOG A partner in crime
ROD A shank
ROLL To inform
RUCA Old lady or wife
RUG HEAD A wog
RUMBLE Riot or disturbance
RUTINA Routine
SACKETT An AB member
SANGRES Blood gang members
SAVANA Sheet, used to describe a white boy
SCHOOLED Groomed for prison survival
SCREAMING The best of the best
SEND HOME To kill
SKIN POP To inject drugs subcutaneously
SPOON A balloon of heroin
SPREAD YOUR HUSTLE To mooch off someone
SPUN OUT Crazy
SQUARE A cigarette
STATE RAISED Habitual criminal who has spent little time out of prisons
TACKED BACK Covered with ink
TANQUE Jail cell
TANGO Hat
TECATO Drug addict
THE BIRD BATH Bathing from a cell sink
THE SHELF Death Row
THE TIP The Eme
TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF Denoting loyalty, "to the end"
TIPPED UP Affiliated
TUNED UP Hurt
VATO A dude or guy
VENTILATE To stab someone a lot
WALK THE LINE To be safe in gen. population
WOODPILE White people working out
WORKING IN FRISCO Doing time in San Quentin
YANKED HIS JACKET Confronting another inmate about something they are hiding
YARDA The yard
YOKE UP Getting strong or muscular