More on "punk"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I wouldn't even stroll through campus doing this.  I might be taken for a successful and beloved rap artist.

JL




Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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Hasn't this been common knowledge for decades? Is there anyone here who
would stroll through a prison yard or through the 'hood randomly
calling people "punk" or "bitch"? In the words of Homey the Clown, "I
don't think so."

-Wilson Gray

On Jun 14, 2005, at 11:26 AM, James Smith wrote:

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> “Cell Survivor, A former inmate breaks down the myths
> and realities of prison life”
> by John Bowers.
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> Salt Lake City Weekly, April 28, 2005
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> There are two words every convict immediately learns
> to remove from his vocabulary: “Punk” and “Bitch.”
> However cute or funny they sound rolling off the lips
> of a favorite comic or movie star, calling someone
> your homosexual slave is an instant declaration of war
> and invitation to a fight, your beating or your own
> murder. These two terms are not used in the same way
> as they are in the free world. It can be elementary
> school name-calling on a deadly level.
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> (NOTE from J Smith: it wasn't clear in the SL Weekly
> if this was an original piece for SL Weekly or picked
> up from another source.)
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