A word used by locals of Woodhaven, NY. The term is used to express two euphemistic meanings not normal to is regular
definition.
1. The act of surfing the Internet for new pornography.
2. The act of conducting a form of self gratification while watching pornography.
The creation of the term comes from the need to use normal friendly
words while discussing taboo subjects while in public.
The derivation of the term "shrimping" comes from the use of the word
Prawn to mean Porn.
Prawn, though it may have been used this way by many other
people, its popularity had increased after the creation of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, in which the protagonist of the game had to visit a location known as
Prawn Island. Incidentally, the number one business on Prawn Island was a Porn Studio. The use of the word Prawn to mean porn, comes from the Internet lingo colloquialism to misspell the word Porn by reversing the center letters and replacing the o with a zero. "Pr0n".
<While waiting for the J train at the Canal St train station.>
M: Dude, my girl has been on me about doing IT, but you know... sometimes I feel like I'd rather
go shrimping. It's like she doesn'
t realize how much more effort I have to put into it while she just lays there.
D: Seriously dude? At least you have the option. All I do is
shrimp. I shrimp in the morning I
shrimp at night. I've even shrimped at school. Be thankful you have real shrimp.
M: You've shrimped at school dude? That's phucking hilarious!