That whole five-tiered, jumbled mess where 635 and 75 meet. This is the beautiful beast to which they are referring, and not your loud bigoted aunt at family holidays.Įven though this is referring to Hwy 75, or Central Expressway, you’re more likely to find distress if you go a little farther north on 75 and hit 635. You know that gorgeous bridge that fills your Instagram feed multiple times a week (more if it’s a streak of beautiful days)? Many people refer to good ol’ Margaret Hunt Hill as Large Marge. Despite the huuuuuuuuge love/hate relationship with the Cowboys that varies week to week, and even more so as it relates to Dallas and Jerry Jones, the latter has earned the popular nomenclature for the new Cowboys Stadium. If you ever find yourself in Aggtown and it’s a Sunday, chances are Jerry World is packed. It was created due to Dallas and Fort Worth having such a large metropolitan area that they overlap, creating a 'plex,' whatever the hell that means. It took me too long in my adult life to realize that Metroplex is a term exclusive to DFW. Don’t really need to go into detail here. Regardless where it started, if you hear someone mention Aggtown, they’re referring to that place near JerryWorld that’s halfway between the Big D and.Īll monikers for Fort Worth. I’d like to point out the hypocrisy! No one called Washington DC the City of Hate after Lincoln’s evening at Ford's Theatre.ĭoes anybody have any clue how Arlington became known as Aggtown? We’ve read and heard different urban legends, from drugs to UTA being associated with A&M, to DVDs of fights that happened at a high school in Arlington. After the assassination, the country - and likely the world - turned against Dallas and hated us for getting the President killed.

This one stems back to that whole 'JFK dying in our city' thing. While it’s more likely that this is a reference to the city of Dallas’ logo being comprised of three Ds, I’m still holding out for it to be about Debbie Does Dallas. Unless you count that one Mark Chesnutt song. Nationally - and even internationally - any time Big D is uttered, there’s no need for clarification.

Hustle- An illegal/non-illegal job that an inmate does to be illegally paid.Obviously one of the best-known, it was first used in the Dallas Morning News in 1976, and has been popularized ever since.

Down- Amount of time an inmate has served.

Number- Amount of times one inmate has been incarcerated.

Break- Inmate food made from commisary items rather than go to the chow hall.

Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York

Rack - A Drink made with coffee, soda, orange or peach drink mix in pitcher with ice.

keister - to insert contraband into the anus.

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Skinner: A New England slang term for a Child Molester.

It's called a bomb, because it's wrapped in Saran to the body like a bomb. Kansas Kentucky Louisiana īomb: Food stolen from the kitchen and usually for sale.

The Prison Slang Dictionary, written by a currently incarcerated inmate.

(Plainfield Correctional Institution) * whoop: (noun) A sound made by one inmate to warn other inmates that a guard is approaching the area.

slam: (noun) A meal where ingredients are shared by three or more people to create dinner.

Cupper- someone who acts like they have honour then steal when no one is looking.

Catch the wall = Indicating you need to get in the corner to fight.

Tighten Up = Indicating you are about to fight.

Yard open = rec yard is open or somebody is bending over.

snippen = masturbating as above with the added feature of being covert.

gunning = masturbating while looking at somebody or something usually in plain sight.

One time = warning that an officer/s is coming.

(Federal) Shot = Incident report, write up.

Often made from fruit and sugar.Ĭolorado Connecticut Delaware Florida They are the most hated and reviled of all inmates and will get stabbed or killed if possible.

' I'm the (shot caller) for County I have the (keys) to the car. car: Refers to group identity depending on what county you are from.rug – derogatory term for blacks, mocking the texture of their hairĪlabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California.Terms are grouped for convenience' sake by state of known use, though it is likely that many of the terms are used in more than one state.ĪL AK AZ AR CA CO CN DE FL GA HA ID IL IN IA KA KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY This appendix documents slang terms that appear to be specific to United States prisons.

Florida lingo