noun
General Slang
porridge
· noun · prison
Doing time in a UK prison.
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British slang for serving a prison sentence — 'doing porridge'. Comes from the stodgy breakfast that was the standard prison meal for over a century. The 1970s Ronnie Barker sitcom Porridge cemented it in the national vocabulary for good.
“He did six months' porridge for the warehouse job and came out skinnier than he went in.”
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porridge In A Sentence
He did six months' porridge for the warehouse job and came out skinnier than he went in.
Origin & Usage
British prison slang, from the oatmeal porridge served daily as standard prison breakfast in the UK from the Victorian era onwards. Popularised by the BBC sitcom Porridge (1974–77) starring Ronnie Barker.
Variants
doing porridge
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