Japanese Heist-Slang

Authors

Peter Constantine

Abstract

Iceman, crasher, penny-weigher, sniper, jackroller, screwman, hugger-mugger, thief; take a group of average Americans on a linguistic underworld tour of the South Bronx, and they would throw up their hands in despair at the unintelligible, fast-flying words that snipe from street and even the most tongue-tied will begin to pick up the street jargon as they meet the local in-crowd.

Recommended Citation

Constantine, Peter (1995) "Japanese Heist-Slang," Word Ways: Vol. 28 : Iss. 3 , Article 14.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol28/iss3/14