{"product_id":"gangster-speak","title":"Gangster Speak","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Aladdin's cave of criminal slang as spoken in the UK, America and Australia. If you're scratching or set tripping, if you're viper mad or coming heavy, if the ming are on the wing and you've no idea what any of this means, then you need \u003ci\u003eGangster Speak.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the shocking to the ridiculous, \u003ci\u003eGangster Speak \u003c\/i\u003econtains over 2,500 linguistic gems:\u003cbr\u003eGhosting - the practice of transferring a troublesome prisoner to another establishment during the night without warning\u003cbr\u003eHobbit - a prisoner who complies with or sucks up to the system\u003cbr\u003ePut on armour - layer oneself with magazines to deflect knife wounds in a prison fight\u003cbr\u003eHooch - 'illicit liquor'\u003cbr\u003eA Bernie - a victim who might be armed and prepared to use a weapon, after Bernard Goetz who killed a robber on the subway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding a useful guide to the nicknames of criminals, as well as fascinating word histories and multiple definitions for different uses of a word around the globe, with \u003ci\u003eGangster Speak \u003c\/i\u003eyou'll never be lost for words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54253143130456,"sku":"9780753522851","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780753522851_00c44ed0-81eb-4a43-936e-6cf7165d9e15.jpg?v=1764855038","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gangster-speak","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}