Gangster Speak: A Dictionary of Criminal and Sexual Slang

Contains over 2,500 linguistic gems: Ghosting - the practice of transferring a troublesome prisoner to another establishment during the night without warning; Hobbit - a prisoner who complies with or sucks up to the system; Put on armour - layer oneself with magazines to deflect knife wounds in a prison fight; Hooch - 'illicit liquor'; and, more.