Results for “yard politics”

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Yardstick
noun

A highway mile marker post.

#trucker#cb-radio#highway#navigation
yardie
noun

A Jamaican, esp. of the diaspora; also a gang member

#caribbean#patois#people#diaspora
yarda
noun

The yard (of a house).

#spanish#spanglish#latino#home
Yard
noun

Patois for home or Jamaica itself — 'back a yard' means back home.

#caribbean#uk#music#urban-lingo
touch yard
phrase

To get home.

#mle#london#british#roadman
going yard
phrase

To hit a home run.

#sports#home run#hitting#offense
on the yard
phrase

Out in the prison's fenced outdoor recreation area.

#prison#criminal#place#recreation
politics
noun

The racial and gang rules governing inmate behavior.

#prison#criminal#conduct#gang
glaikit
adjective

Stupid-looking, gormless, vacant — that thousand-yard slack-jawed stare.

#scottish#insult#scotland#scots
frigid
adjective

Schoolyard insult for someone who's never shifted (French-kissed) anyone.

#irish#ireland#teen#slang
Cayoodle
noun

A mutt — a mixed-breed yard dog, said with affection.

#nola#louisiana#new-orleans#animals
shot caller
noun

The inmate whose word actually moves the yard.

#prison#gangs#hierarchy#street
kinfolk
noun

A Black inmate, in the yard's racial shorthand.

#prison#race#jail#gangs
toad 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#prison#race#slur#gangs
hardrock
noun

An unrepentant criminal and yard bully — the real deal, not a wannabe.

#prison#inmate#violence#american
swoop
verb

Scavenging dog-ends off the exercise yard floor.

#prison#uk-prison#british#tobacco
canberra bubble
noun

the insular world of federal politics

#australian#aussie#politics
marae
noun

A Māori meeting complex and its courtyard

#australian#aussie#culture#maori
polytricks
noun

Politics (seen as tricks/deceit)

#caribbean#patois#politics#rasta
red zone
noun

The area inside the opponent's 20-yard line.

#sports#field#scoring
NIMBY
noun

Not in my back yard; local opposition stance.

#texting#acronym#politics#attitude
SNY
noun

Sensitive Needs Yard, for inmates who can't be in gen pop.

#prison#criminal#place#safety