OG - Original Gangster; usually the founder
of the set; upper echelon of leadership in
the gang
OPP - Other Peoples Property
OZ - Ounce of drugs
Opposites - Enemies
Orale - Hey, OK, Right on
Original Gangster - A leader; usually the
founder of the set; one who moved up to the
top, sometimes through attrition
~P~
P's - Pachucos
PV - Por Vida; Spanish for; "for life";
"always"
Pachucos - Hispanic street gang formed
during the early 1940's; involved in "Zoot
suit" riots in L.A.
Packing - To have a gun on your person
Peace out - See you later; goodbye
Peckerwoods - A Caucasian; cracker (Southern
slang)
Peep - Look at; listen up; used by Five
Percenters to describe the new followers who
are learning the philosophy of the group
Pee wees - Young gang members; used as
runners and look-outs
Pelon - Spanish moniker meaning "bald" or
"baldy"
PEN1 - Public Enemy Number One
People Nation - An alliance of many gangs;
gangs within this nation wear symbols and
identifiers on the left side of the body
Piru - Los Angeles street where Bloods
originated; nick name for Bloods
Placa - a gang member's street name
Player - Gang member
Played out - Something that is no longer
used
Pop goes the weasel - To kill someone
PoPo - Police
Ports - Windows of an automobile
Por vida - Spanish for: "for life"; "always"
Posse - Synonymous with gang; primarily used
on East Coast; Jamaican gang members
Primo - marijuana cigarette laced with
cocaine
Puro 13 - Meaning "Pure 13"; a reference to
Southern California allegiance
Puta - Spanish for "prostitute"
Put 'em in check - To discipline someone
Put in work - Doing an enemy; do a shooting;
a mission
Puto - Spanish for "homosexual"
Puto mark - Crossing out or disrespecting
another gangs graffiti
~Q~
Que pasa - Spanish for "What's happening?"
Que paso - Spanish for "What happened?"
Queen - Female gang member
~R~
RIP - Rest In Peace; used in graffiti as a
sign of past or futur violence
Rack up - Shop lift in large quantities
Rag - Gang colors
Rata - An informant; snitch
Red Rum - Murder spelled backwards
Red Zone - Prepare for war; get ready
Relative - Blood term for homeboys
Ride - Car
Ride on - To go to a rival gangs
neighborhood or turf to fight or do a
drive-by shooting
Rifa, rifamos - Spanish slang meaning "We
rule", "We reign", "We are the best"
Right Hand Soldier - Term used by some BGD;
meaning 2nd in command next to Original
Gangster
Rip-off - Steal/take; as in taking drugs
from a dealer
Road Dog - Homie; partner; close friend
Rockafella - Rock him to sleep; kill him
Rock star - Crack cocaine user
Rolled up - Arrested
Rollin one time - 5-0 (police) are coming
Rooster - Piru (Bloods)
Rosco - Gun (usually a hand gun)
Ruby Red - Girl; woman; lady; bitch
~S~
SLA - Symbionese Liberation Army
SMM - Sex, Money, Murder
STR8 - STR plus 8 = "straight"
SWP - Supreme White Power; also Salvadorians
With Pride
sXe - Symbol representing "Straight Edgers
Saggin - Wearing pants real low; gangstering
Salami's - Derogatory term for Muslims
Satin Disciples - White (Caucasian)
Disciples gang members
Scarface - New York Bloods
Scary Dudes - Latin Kings
Scrap - Derogatory term used by Norteņo
(Northern California) gang members to
describe Sureņo (Southern California) gang
members
Seeing eye nigga - I've got your back
covered
Sell out - To sell out your race; your set;
your gang
Set - Neighborhood gangs; term used for a
gang by members of street gangs. Many sets
are loyal to the Bloods, Crips, or People or
Folks Nations.
Set tripping - To jump from one gang to
another
Shank - Home-made prison knife
Shaolin - Reference to Staten Island (NY)
Shive - Home-made prison knife
Shot caller - Gang member in charge
Shovel time - Time to kill or bury someone
Six pack - Police line up of six individuals
Slanging - Selling cocaine on the streets
Slipping - Not being alert; not paying
attention
Sleeved - Members arms covered with tattoos
Slob - Crips derogatory name for Bloods
Snow cone - An ice pick (used as a weapon)
Soflon - Spanish for informant; snitch;
stool pigeon
Soldier - Lower echelon gang member;
performs tasks and commits crimes as ordered
Stall it out - To stop doing something;
discontinue
Stinger - Prison term: a home-made
electrical device to heat water
Store - Prison commissary
Straight (Str8) - For real; serious
Straight Edgers (sXe) - White vegetarians
who denounce alcohol, tobacco, and drugs;
some prone to violence
Strapped - To be packing (carrying) a gun
Strawberry - A white prostitute on crack
cocaine
Sudan - Five Percenters name describing
Dallas, TX
Sup - What's up
Sur 13 - Sur - Spanish meaning "south" - 13
indicates allegiance to Southern California
Surat - Derogatory term for Sureņo
Sureņo /Sureņo 13 - Spanish meaning
"southern" or "from the south"; 13
synonymous with south
~T~
T4L - Thug 4 Life; Thug For Life
TG - Tiny Gangster (young gang member)
TS - Texas Syndicate prison gang
TTTT - Tattoo used by Asian gangs;
represents: Tihn (love) Tien (money), Tu
(prison), Toi (crime)
Take him out of the box - To kill someone
Tat - Tattoo
Terror Dome - Attica Prison (NY)
Texas Syndicate - Hispanic prison gang
The torch is lit - Gang hit
Thug Life - Popular graffiti and tattoo;
also: (1) Blood term: I love my Blood set;
(2) Folks Nation Term - "Traditional Hoover
UnderGround referring to nations leader
Larry Hoover
Thumper - Gun
Tipped up - Member of STG (prison gang)
Tools - corrections terms for weapons
To the curb - Broke; no money or drugs
Toss up - A girl used for sex
Trece - Spanish meaning "13" - term used by
Hispanics to show allegiance to Southern
California
Trey eight - 38 caliber pistol
Turbo - Marijuana cigarette laced with
cocaine
Turf - Gang territory; usually in a
neighborhood
Turning out - Disrupting with violence
~U~
UBL - Undying Blood Love
UBN - United Blood Nation - an alliance of
Blood sets
Up on it - To know about the drug scene;
doing well
~V~
VL - Vice Lords street gang
Varrio - Spanish meaning "neighborhood"
Vato - Spanish meaning "man", "guy", "dude"
Vato Loco - Spanish meaning "crazy dude",
"gangster"
Veterano - Oldest of the gang members;
veteran; former member
Vice Lords - Chicago's oldest street gang
Vicky Lou's - Derogatory name for Vice Lords
Vida Loca - Crazy life
~W~
WAR - White Aryan Resistance
Wave - Short hair cut
Waz up - What's up; what's happening
West Asia - Five Percenters name describing
San Francisco, CA
Wet 'em up - Rap slang: to make someone
bleed as in stabbed or shot
What it B like - Bloods member greeting
What it C like - Crips member greeting
Word - O.K.; all right
~X~
X3 - 13; relates to Southern California
Hispanics
X4 - 14; relates to Northern California
Hispanics
XIII - 13; relates to Southern California
Hispanics
XIV - 14; relates to Northern California
Hispanics
XV3 (18) - 18th Street Gang
~Y~
YG - Young Gangster - A new member
Y Que - Spanish meaning "So what?" or "What
are you going to do about it?"
Ya basta - That's enough (not slang)
~Z~
Z - Frequently replaces letter "S" as in
Gangstaz, Thugz for life
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