nick205
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| posted on 5/10/05 at 12:00 PM |
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prison time - bird?
Just been reading a book called "stop the ride" by Dave Courtney. It's an autobiography of a "villain" as he puts
it.
I've heard it before, but in the book he calls prison time "bird" - anyone know where this term comes from?
Cheers
Nick
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 5/10/05 at 12:07 PM |
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At a guess, it's to do with "jail bird", a prisoner, like a bird that's kept in a cage.
DJ
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 5/10/05 at 12:12 PM |
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It's from the cockney rhyming slang:
bird lime = time
So doing "bird" is doing time. It's a very common phrase for prison, surprised you've not heard of it before.
[edit] can't spell 'rhyming'
[Edited on 5/10/05 by MikeRJ]
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marcyboy
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| posted on 5/10/05 at 01:40 PM |
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have you heard these phrases
"doing a stretch" , "in stir"and "doing porridge" but if you live in posh parts
"partaking in muesli",
isn't there a fairly big Klink in winchester ?.
apparantly winchesters full of Klinkers
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ChrisW
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| posted on 5/10/05 at 03:21 PM |
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On a different subject, I saw a billboard yesterday that said...
"Prison brothels have their pros and cons"
Which made me chuckle 
Chris
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nick205
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| posted on 5/10/05 at 04:05 PM |
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Have heard the term before, but never really thought about where it originated.
Yes, there is a good size prison in Winchester. Never had the need to know any more than that though 
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