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porridge
noun- a sentence of imprisonment; the time served in prison UK, 1955
Possibly puns on STIR (prison) and the staple prison diet of porridge. The term settled in the wider public conciousness during the 1970s with BBC television prison situation comedy Porridge. - Week excuses that’s all you get, when you go away to do a bit of porridge. — Frank Norman, Bang to Rights, p. 171, 1958
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 89, 1996
- Much as I can hack a few nights in the cells, I really don’t fancy straight porridge. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 235, 2001
- [N]ightmares with dodgy builders, wedding plans, imminent births and ex-employees doing porridge are all mentioned. — Kelly Jones, Q, p. 44, May 2002
- Her brother’s done porridge, just out. — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 34, 2003
- the brain UK
A visual link between varying consistencies of grey matter. - Course I’ve no idea what it actually means, but it’s still lodged up in the porridge. — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 136, 1997
- sludge removed from drains UK
- — Harvey Sheppard, Dictionary of Railway Slang, 1970
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