Vocabulary Lesson...

Numbers, letters, and words used for gang purposes

13, XIII, X3, S, Sur, Sureno - Words, numbers and letters that Southern gang members use

14, X4, XIV, N, Norteno - Words, numbers and letters that Northern gang members use

123 - 100 percent white

187 - Penal Code for murder

Barrio, Varrio - Neighborhood

Beer Run - To take beer from a store without paying for it

BG - "Baby Gangster", 12 years of age and under

Blunt - Getting high on a large marijuana cigarette

Bomb - To cross out or write over a rival gang's graffiti

Buster - Derogatory term referring to a Norteno, 14

Chante - House

Crank, Go Fast - Methamphetamine

Crib - House

Cuete - A Firearm

Dove - Rock Cocaine

Drive-by - When a gang cruises by a target and sprays the area or people with gunfire

Full Bird - One pound or one kilo of cocaine

Get Down For Your Set - To fight for your gang

Gig - A party

Half Bird - one-half pound or one-half kilo of cocaine

Hood - Term for neighborhood

NFL - Norteno For Life

NLR - Nazi Low Rider

Placa - Spanish slang term for Peace officer

Qu-Vo - What's up?

Rat Pack - When a group or gang beat up on a person; more than one person jumping another

Scrapa - Punk, tramp. Derogatory term referring to a Sureno gang member

Sewer Rat - Derogatory term referring to a Sureno

Tish - Smoking a drug

Transformer - A Norteno gang member turning Sureno or vice-versa

Trucha - Be cautious; look out; be on the lookout

Wannabes - An inaccurate term mistakenly used by lay people to describe people they believe are not official gang members but behave like them. There is no such thing as a Wannabe since these individuals are actually considered associates of the gang.


That is it for today's gang vocabulary lesson. See and you thought teachers just covered boring things at staff meetings.