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Sep 15, 2015 23:03
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Polish term
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frajer (grypsera, prison slang)
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prison slang
I am looking for a British equivalent of a phrase that in Polish prison slang (grypsera) describes someone who does not belong to the prison subculture - is not a victim or a member of the lowest caste but an average, not respected inmate, often with a short 'insignificant' sentence or a first time convict.
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Proposed translations
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| 2 +1 | fool, chump, sucker |
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| 4 | Fresh meat, New to her majesty's pleasure, New fish |
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fool, chump, sucker
Lame: Someone who doesn't fit in with a certain click. Also, lop, rudipoop, or rumkin
Lop: A prisoner held in low regard or considered stupid. A fool, chump or sucker
http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/general-prison-talk/46...
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Chump is a synonym of sucker.
As nouns the difference between chump and sucker is that chump is (colloquial|pejorative) an incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser while sucker is a person or thing that sucks or sucker can be one who is easily fooled, or gulled - http://wikidiff.com/sucker/chump
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Magdalena Szubert
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Fresh meat, New to her majesty's pleasure, New fish
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Note from asker:
| Hmm, te terminy raczej dotyczą świeżego więźnia, który owszem z racji faktu, że dopiero trafił do więzienia jest frajerem, bo ani nie wspiął się wyżej, ani nie stał się cwelem, ale frajerem można pozostać na cały okres odsiadki. I trudno wówczas mówić, że taki ktoś jest nadal 'fresh meat' czy 'new fish'. |
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describes someone who does not belong to the prison subculture - is not a victim or a member of the lowest caste but an average, not respected inmate, often with a short 'insignificant' sentence or a first time convict.