Recently, on the expanses of the World Wide Web, you can increasingly find the word "godfather." It happens that it is actively used by young people who do not fully understand its true meaning. Many netizens do not even realize that this word is a popular prison slang, which greatly surprises them when they find out about it. The purpose of this article is to talk about the lexical meaning of "godfather", as well as introduce readers to other slang words that are actively used by prisoners. If this topic interests you, then we wish you a pleasant reading!
Prison hierarchy
As mentioned earlier, godfather is purely prison jargon, which has gained great popularity among those who generally have no problems with the law. The fact is that the prison has its own unofficial hierarchy, which consists of the upper classes. To understand the meaning of the word "godfather", it is necessary to understand the hierarchy of the zone, which we will do now.
Kingpin
Located at the top of the criminal hierarchy. Unlike most other prisoners, a thief in law goes to jail of his own free will. For him, the bunks are a natural stage of life, and therefore he is much more fit than any newcomer who lived an ordinary life yesterday in his own free will. The thief in law enjoys great authority among other criminals. It is he who appoints the godfathers, solves conflict situations, etc. As a rule, he is kept separately from other prisoners.
Godfather
Many mistakenly believe that godfather is the main authority in the zone, before which the bipod creeps lower. In fact, godfather is a person who observes order in a cell or in a specific part of a prison. If there are any number of thieves in the law in a zone, then a godfather is usually always alone.
The importance of Pahan in the zone is very high. He is appointed either by a thief in law, or by a group of such authorities. In the event that there are none in the territory, local thieves take on the role of appointees (about them a little lower). Quite often it happens that godfather himself becomes a thief in law.
Thieves
Like thieves in law, thieves are professional violators of the law who have vast experience of being behind bars. As a rule, almost all of them sat more than once, which gives them their specific privileges. Despite their status and the ability to "endure the pain", thieves do not always use their opportunities to their full potential, since there is a great chance that they will be punished by a godfather and representatives of law enforcement agencies.
Sixes
Thieves in law, thieves and godfathers are people who can safely be called the elite of the criminal world. But every elite should have its own slaves, and this section is dedicated to this.
Sixes are usually lawbreakers who go to jail consciously. Most of them in the wild are ordinary punks and petty thugs who do not enjoy special respect among criminal authorities. Submit to thieves, and those, in turn, cover them. Since "six" is a rather offensive name for a prisoner, representatives of the caste in question usually call themselves "moving" or "those who create the movement."
Men
Ordinary average prisoners, the vast majority of prisoners, the "middle class", which holds the entire zone.
Goats
Prisoners who agreed to cooperate with the prison authorities for an additional “fee” (this can be either ordinary products or the opportunity to go free ahead of time). This caste includes the so-called informers - people who report on other criminals.
Other jargon
Thief in law, Thieves, Man, Goat and Pahan - who are they? We think that we were able to give a complete and detailed answer to this question. But there are other words in the prison vocabulary that are also worth a separate mention:
- Garbage, cop, cop - a law enforcement officer, he is also a policeman.
- The rat is a prisoner who steals from other prisoners.
- A politician is a criminal convicted for political reasons.
- Bag - major, to which relatives all the time pass on high-quality food / cigarettes, etc.
- Bullshit is a prisoner who has lost a game of chance and does not want to repay a debt.
- Prapor is the ensign.
- Poets is a stupid person.
- Corruption - a prisoner expelled from a thieves' partnership; a person who is not credible.
- Ogolets is a juvenile delinquent.
- Baryshnik is a seller of stolen goods.
- Beaver is a wealthy, well-dressed man.
- Bukhoy - drunk.
- Vertuhai - overseer, security guard.
- Zhigan is a lawbreaker.
- The goner is a weakened person.
- Dukharik is a joker.
- Zhulman is a pocket thief.
- Kent, Koresh is a friend.
- Kiryukha is a drinking companion.
- The bear cub is a burglar.
- The little girl is a girl.
- Rusty - red.
- Rodaki are parents, close relatives.
- Salaga is a young inexperienced criminal.
- The snitch is a scammer.
Now you know who the "godfather" is and what place he occupies in the prison hierarchy.