Thieves' jargon is the main way of communication in "places not so remote" for hundreds of years. A special type of message encoding has developed due to the secrecy of the criminal actors of our society. He is a kind of marker to distinguish "ours from not ours." In order to answer the question, what does "bastard" mean, it is necessary to turn to Russian culture at the beginning of the last century.
Where can I find out about thieves' jargon?
Unfortunately, due to the secrecy of the criminal objects of the countries of the post-Soviet camp, researchers do not have much material on this topic. The whole culture was passed from mouth to mouth and for a long time was not recorded. Even the banal (for some) question of what the word "parasha" means, some 20 years ago was shrouded in a veil of secrecy.
To date, books such as the Law of the Thieves Peace, Thieves, can give an approximate understanding of thieves jargon. This is a serious layer of Russian culture, which has recently become increasingly less relevant. For better or not, the question remains open.
What does parasha mean? Slang hidden from ordinary people
Researchers in the past two decades have made serious progress in studying the culture of thieves. There are separate dictionaries in which a huge number of interesting terms are already recorded, for example:
- Fenya is the very slang that prison people speak.
- Murka is a peculiar law of the thieves' world, which includes following the traditions, ethics and culture of the prisoner.
- Parasha is a bucket used by all prisoners for small or large needs, as well as garbage.
- Color - a person’s place in the hierarchy of the penal camp.
- Refuser (Denied) - a person who does not agree with the conditions set by the administration of the correctional colony.
- Shnyr is one of the lowest ranks in the hierarchy of prisoners. The Shnyry are cleaning and cooking. Those who work in canteens are also called "balanders."
- Gingerbread - the person who went to prison for the first time (first mover).
- The hillock is the foreman at the colony.
- The correspondence student is the prisoner's girlfriend, whom he met by correspondence.
- Maramoyka is a person who does laundry.
- Seagulls are those who constantly ask for something.
- Chichigaga - something incomprehensible or unknown, entailing unpleasant consequences.
Conclusion
Throughout the entire modern history of Russia, thieves' jargon has had a considerable impact on different segments of the population. Many of the words that we can hear in everyday speech, one way or another, appeared in prisons. Today, the influence of such elements is already visible to the naked eye, the cult of "AUE" is becoming more widespread already among young people and other social groups.