Slang, part 1

I am a silly white woman from middle class world. It has been years since I’ve been in high school, and my children went to a rural, rather than urban school. The whole slang thing has been a journey for me. I am lucky that my guys are tolerant. Quite a number of them take pride in bringing me new slang terms to use, and in group, patiently explain to my often bewildered expression.

Bit – your current felony time, as in second bit (when you’ve discharged the requirements of your first set of felonies, and are in prison for a second set)
Bug out – lose control and appear insane
Buggy – anywhere from odd to insane, but warranting watching because of it.
Brake pad - unidentified meat patty
Bumping Gums – talking without meaningful content
Cat– other inmate (I was amazed at this reference to 60’s slang)
Cho-mo – Child molester
Cook Up - making dinner from commisary food
Ear Hustler – one who eavesdrops on others and then breaks into the conversation.
Flip the Script – twist words back on the speaker
Flop – losing your parole for a period of time, as in 12-month-flop
Max – your date of release, excluding parole, including good behavior
Max-max – date of release excluding both parole and good behavior
Nutted Up – insane
People out there – those of us not inside the prison system.
Pressing a bunk – someone who stays in their bunk or cell without physical activity.
Psych – anybody who works with bugs
Real World – where I go home to each night and they don’t.
Slipping – making sexual comments
Them you have to feed with a long-handled spoon – those individuals that take careful handling as they are so violent and unhinged, they can become dangerous.
Tree Jumper – child molester (somebody who jumps from behind trees to accost children)
Twos & Fews – a couple dollars and change