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WBB-EF Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

What does "swipe" and "ficky" mean in this context? Thank you.

0What does "swipe" and "ficky" mean in this context? Thanks for your help.02br
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00M - All right, look, I need a favor. Word is, you made your trade as a snatch and grab.02br
00T - That's right.02br
00M - I need you to steal something back that was stolen from me.02br
00T - What kind of something we talking about?02br
00M - Just a watch.02br
00T - Uh-uh, there ain't no such thing as "just a watch." Every design has a different clasp, every clasp has a different 01font00swipe02font00.02br
00M - It's Italian, a Remedi. Gold band, pearl face, all-weather.02br
00T - What year?02br
00M -200302br
00T - There's a butterfly clasp on that guy.02br
00M - Which means what?02br
00Tweener - Hidden deployment. There ain't no way to snatch it without the mark feeling it, which just means I'm gonna have to get whimsical on this 01font00ficky02font00. I get you this watch, that mean I get in on some of that P.I.?02br
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0 "every clasp has a different swipe" - there is a different method employed to steal each different type of watch fastener02br 00 "ficky" - had to look this one up but it's apparently a slang substitute for f*cker. I suppose we might even call it a euphemism? term=micky+ficky

— Delmobile

  • 0 "every clasp has a different swipe" - there is a different method employed to steal each different type of watch fastener02br 00 "ficky" - had to look this one up but it's apparently a slang substitute for f*cker.
  • I suppose we might even call it a euphemism?
  • term=micky+ficky
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0 "every clasp has a different swipe" - there is a different method employed to steal each different type of watch fastener02br
00 "ficky" - had to look this one up but it's apparently a slang substitute for f*cker. I suppose we might even call it a euphemism? 02br
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01cite10Delmobile12cite10 "every clasp has a different swipe" - there is a different method employed to steal each different type of watch fastener 12br
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10 "ficky" - had to look this one up but it's apparently a slang substitute for f*cker. I suppose we might even call it a euphemism? 12br
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0 You're welcome - and I learned something, too! Not sure how useful it will be...0-
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01cite10Delmobile12cite10 You're welcome - and I learned something, too! Not sure how useful it will be...12br
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10Anyway, I really appreciate your help, thanks a again.02img02br
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0I'm afraid I've never heard "trunk" used as a verb. However, the American propensity to turn any noun into a verb is almost unlimited---could this just mean that the wife transported something, or someone, smuggled in the trunk of her car? Is the credit card the thing the wife "trunked"? 02br
00"Trunk" can also be a slang term for a woman's derriere, so perhaps if this is a prison s
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01cite10WBB-EF12cite10I was wondering if you could take a look for me at this word, "11span10trunk"12span10?12blockquote
10This is from the TV show 01i00Prison Break02i00. If I remember correctly Scofield had married a woman who needed a Green Card in
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0Ooh, ooh! I found it! A Google of trunk and "prison slang" yielded 05000 about this very same show, which has a whole section on prison slang! (scroll down to get to it). Looks like you won't need the forums any more, WBB. 02br
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00[from episode 105] 00C.O. Mack: “All right, Burrows – but don’t make me check your 01b00TRUNK02b00 for s
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01cite10Delmobile12cite10Ooh, ooh! I found it! A Google of trunk and "prison slang" yielded 15010 about this very same show, which has a whole section on prison slang! (scroll down to get to it). Looks like you won't need the forums any more, WBB. 12br
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11cite20WBB-EF22cite20I was wondering if you could take a look for me at this word, "20trunk"20?22blockquote
20This is from the TV show 11i10Prison Break12i10. If I remember correctly Scofield had married a woman who needed
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11cite20WBB-EF22cite20I was wondering if you could take a look for me at this word, "20trunk"20?22blockquote
20This is from the TV show 11i10Prison Break12i10. If I remember correctly Scofield had married a woman who needed
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