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penitentiary 

penitentiary - to qualify as a penitentiary, it must be a large, maximum security prison. the word, penitentiary is from the latin, penitent, which means to repent, be sorry for, or pay for one's mistakes. Its Latin root is: paenitent - repentent. prison jail hoosegow the big house deadlock lockdown the block the slammer stoney lonesome con college club fed calaboose the hole the joint the clink jailhouse
Yuhto was wrongly convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to fifteen years in Schelgar Penitentiary of the State of California, an enormous, poorly maintained maximum security prison. (paraphrased - from the novel, Deadlock, by Aida Saki and Takashina Yuu)
penitentiary by raindragon June 2, 2017

penitentiary 

"Ever since a nigga was a seed only thing promised to me was the penitentiary..."
penitentiary by pwnz0r September 19, 2003

penitentiary 

A common shelter that provides living accomodations for many African-Americans of our community.
"I'm finna be hittin' up some brothers in the penitentiary later. Dey got da best fried chicken there!" (spoken in Ebonics - the common vernacular of the black)
penitentiary by Angry Rhino November 3, 2010

Penitentiary Chances 

Engaging in a highly risky act (usually illegal) that has the high possibility of landing one in jail or prison.
Bitch please. I'm not smoking weed in public. I don't believe in taking Penitentiary Chances.

penitentiary style 

when you have violent anal sex with a someone as though you were in jail. this is usually done without consent and without a condom. it often involves the transmission of STDS especially HIV
once Ndu walked into cell block D, he knew he was going to get it penitentiary style -- now he has AIDS;

at the rape party, everyone was getting it penitentiary style

penitentiary penis 

A man who has been incarserated in the penitenary who upon release will have sex with anything that moves. 2. A 99 percent chance a fat woman will get sex.
"Of course that fat girl is going to get laid, he just got out of jail, he's got peniteniary penis.". "I don't care what she looks like, I got penitentiary penis"..
penitentiary penis by taradacto September 26, 2010
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