PRISON – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE escaped from prison → 2004 sl. (Bk.)
► ANGEL CAKE AND WINE ► ANGEL FOOD CAKE AND WINE bread and water as a punishment diet → 1942 Amer. prison sl.
► ANOTHER DAY UP THE QUEEN’S ARSE a day of one’s sentence completed → 1980s Aust. prison sl.
► BEEN TO SEE CAPTAIN BATES? a greeting to a person one knows or suspects has been in prison; said to one recently released from prison → L19 sl.
► BEHIND THE WALL imprisoned → 1989 US sl.
► FRESH AND SWEET very recently released from jail → 1982 US sl.
► IN THE WIND free from prison → 1992 US sl.
► MAN WALKING a signal that a prison officer is approaching → 2000s US prison sl.
► OH, MY LEG! a teasing remark, aimed at anyone recently freed from prison → c1810 sl.
► ON THE GRASS out of prison → 1885 Aust. sl.
► ON TOP! used as a warning that a prison officer is close → 1996 UK sl.
► OUT TO PASTURE serving time in prison → 1992 US criminals’ sl.
► OVER THE WALL escaped from prison → 1935 sl.
► PLAYING TOO CLOSE becoming over-familiar and invading the privacy of a fellow inmate → 1960s US prison sl.
► QUODDING DUES ARE CONCERNED it is a matter that will involve imprisonment → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
► RADIO THAT! ► RADIO THAT SHIT! used in prison as a demand for quiet → 1981 US sl.
► THE COACHES WON’T RUN OVER HIM M18 – he’s in jail
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