Zonovskie phrases and expressions with translation

Today zonov phrases can often be heard everywhere: among young people, to the criminal world, nothing to do with, from the lips of young mothers and elderly people, as well as from adolescents and even young children.

Why is thieves' slang so popular nowadays?

The reason that zonov phrases are so in demand today is the romanticization of prison life. To thank for this is necessary thieves' chanson, movies and books, in which beautiful and strong personalities belonging to the criminal environment are shown. It is in fiction and cinematographic creations that the realism of mapping life in places of imprisonment or after liberation flourishes. Therefore zonovsky phrases fit into the works quite organically.

Why do young people use jargon in the speech?

The reasons for the fact that young people are actively using zonov phrases in their speech are few.

1. Youthful nihilism, which opposes "right speech", makes teenagers talk so that it irritates adults.
2. The desire to seem stronger than it really is, "steeper" of their peers, is pushing to "instead of the generally accepted and all understandable speech" to bother with a fiancee. "
3. Accustomed rudeness in behavior and, of course, in conversations is a way to hide from youthful eyes your youthful shyness and self-doubt. For example, a thief with the phrase "You will answer for the bazaar!" Warns the young man not to be lied to, but otherwise the lied will be severely punished. It is likely that nothing to make a kid for a lie can not. But the phrase itself, as it were, raises it above those to whom it is addressed.
4. A peculiar mechanism for protecting against unpleasant life situations is the replacement of conventional words with jargon. For example, if instead of the phrase "place for detainees in the police station" to use the funny jargon "monkey", then this partially removes the tragedy of what is happening, distracting from the brutal reality. The insult of the "radish" (bad man) sounds somehow not at all offensive, and even to some extent ironic. It is much more pleasant than comparison with some animals or even waste of life.

About where the prison vocabulary came from

The thieves needed a "coded" language. After all, it was not always possible to transfer messages confidentially. Using a special language that is understandable only to the initiate, you can, for example, agree on the place and time of the crime being prepared, the number of participants, and convey some important details.

But creating an entirely new language from scratch is a painstaking and complicated matter. Therefore, the declassed elements found the most accessible option. They used as a base for their language argo vagabond traders, who then were called offens. Hence the name of thieves' jargon. The phrase "Speak in the language of thieves" sounds: "By the hair dryer to bother."

The dictionary of criminal argo included a lot of words from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, English and other languages.

Do I need to learn thieves' slang for creative people?

Of course, it is not necessary to do this. Many people happily lived their lives, not knowing a single word from the criminal dictionary. But writers, journalists, writers even need to know at least superficially something from the frequently used vocabulary of antisocial elements is simply necessary. Otherwise how to recreate realistic pictures of life?

You can imagine for a moment such a shot in the film episode: two guys decided to pull out of the car tape recorder. One of them says to his partner: "You will remain standing under a tree and you will see to it that no one interferes with my accomplishment. In case of anything - signal a danger! "

After that, he began to implement the plan. And suddenly the owner comes out of the entrance! Then the one that was left to watch, shouted to the second: "Comrade thief, danger! We need to run away urgently! "

The situation is understandable, but the irony lies in the absurdity of presenting the event, since criminals will never speak so long and correctly. Most of all, the picture should look like this.

One of the thieves says to the second: "I went to work, and you stay on the line!" Briefly and clearly. And when the owner of the car appeared, the one standing on the shuikere shouted only one word: "Atas!" This will be enough to inform about the approaching danger.

Organs of law and order and criminal jargon

Well, these people are simply nowhere without knowing the criminal lexicon. The investigators, taking the testimony of witnesses, record what the latter heard. To understand what was going on between podelnikami, it is necessary to navigate well in the argo of criminal elements.

"Vaska also tells the bald man with whom they sat down in the kitchen to drink:" Tomorrow we'll go to our ears. I have one sweet pepper in mind. Feathers do not take - mokruha us to anything! Fat nothing to vyakat - he surrenders, knocks at all ... If we collapse, you will answer for the bazaar! "

This speech translates as follows: "Tomorrow we will go to the robbery. I have a rich man in mind. Knives do not take - killing us to anything! He does not say anything fat, he's completely spoiled, I think, he informs everyone about all the organs ... If we get caught red-handed at the scene of a crime, you'll be punished, as though talking about plans! "

By the way, for employees of law enforcement agencies studying the dictionary of jargon is a must. And in the films about "cops" (police) and "operas" (operatives), often there are such episodes.

Some words from the criminal dictionary

• Authority - a thief in law, a respected person in the criminal world.
• Alberka is a syringe for injections.
• Altushki, bashli, beans, cabbage - money.
• The poster is a thick face.
• Beech is a weak-willed person, who has become addicted to stronger ones.
• Babai is an elderly man.
• Baryga is a speculator.
• Babets is an old aunt.
• Babich is a shirt.
• Balagas is sugar.
• Brothers are eyes.
• Brod Street.
• Vaidonit - yelling.
• Weier is a newspaper.
• Wax - vodka.
• Zhban - the head.
• Finch is a cowardly man.
• A rat, a ratswoman, steals from his cellmates in small things.
• To be detached is to spy.
• The puddle is a sheet.
• The moon to twist - to deceive.
• Oily - cartridges.
• Moychik - stealing from drunk people.
• Radishka is not a good person.
• Bows, crabs, wings - hands.
• Pheasant is a deception.
• Shement - quickly.
• Skins are stolen.