Pricone

mostly sexy or anything of the appealing type, usually italian with skin as smooth as velvet and people who know how to cook well and make bubbly cheese on people.

Tony: Get the canolies!!
Ronny: Mama mia you over cooked the raviolies!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe: Look at those two sexy italian pricones!!

by ilikegiraffes March 7, 2009

Social Prisoner

A sincere, friendly prisoner who utilizes the time while incarcerated to develop and maintain positive and meaningful friendships.

A social prisoner establishes and maintains healthy friendships inside prison as well as outside. Often, social prisoners also make use of the time to learn skills and seek an education.

by Lexicon reader November 4, 2011

prisoner of the moment

1) Someone who thinks recent results will lead to the same results in the long term.
2) Someone who is focusing on something that just happened rather than the big picture.

3) Someone who's focus is narrow, focusing on the short term rather than the long term.
4) Often used as another term for "Recency bias".

Billy complained that his favorite sports team's season was over after they lost a game several weeks ago, but he was just a prisoner of the moment because they actually ended up winning the Championship.

by Revel8 October 8, 2018

the prisoner’s dilemma

When a person has been arrested and during their interrogation is wondering what to say based on their awareness of what the other witnesses may be saying.

So as Ambassador Gordon Sondland got some distance from his statements made weeks ago under oath, he began to experience the true depth and extent of the prisoner’s dilemma which of course led him to finally correct his testimony.

by Dr Bunnygirl November 5, 2019

prisoner of fun

That wild and crazy person who is trapped in an inescapable cycle of compulsive hilarity.

Gary had coined the phrase and would always be the progenitor of the prisoner of fun lifestyle.

by Dr Bunnygirl March 13, 2019

Prisoner of the Present

1. A person whose entire worldview is shaped by current events, stumbling along from one crisis to another.
2. Someone without a historical perspective or hope for the future.
3. The mindset that causes "knee-jerk" reactions to almost any kind of social or economic change.
4. A state of perpetual panic about "the world today."

Larry says the U.S. economy will never recover no matter what happens in Washington -- he's a typical Prisoner of the Present.

by Peter Kobs June 4, 2009

prisoner's dilemma

two criminals were just caught robbing a bank. both are in prison, being questioned by police.
during the interrogations, each prisoner is offered the choice to rat on the other. if neither rats the other out, they will both be set free. if one rats the other out, the rat goes free and the one he ratted out will get a long sentence. if both rat each other out, they'll both receive a light sentence.
the prisoner's dilemma is: rat the other out? or stay silent, and hope he doesn't turn witness against you?
the logical act is to rat, even though, if nobody ratted anyone out, everyone would benefit. the individual rational act leads to a group irrational behavior.

the prisoner's dilemma can be seen in daily life.
every winter, the city of chicago gets lots of snow. the city doesn't bother plowing side streets. so residents dig out their own cars. people put lawn chairs and egg crates in "their" spots after they pull out, trying to mark the public street as their private spot, since they dug it out.
the greater common good of public parking is harmed by individuals who don't work to get their streets plowed, instead turning against each other and settling for crappy dug out spots. surrounded by mud. yuck.

the prisoner's dilemma: mark the spot i dug out with egg crates? or leave it unmarked, and risk coming back to someone else's car in "my" spot? (or even worse, someone else's god damn egg crates! and this does happen.)

to work for the common good? or try to accomplish individual goals?

by danagram February 21, 2009