boot party

boot party
 n.— «Inmates throughout the BOP suffer boot-parties on an alarming scale because of this “trick bag.”…A few lumps on my head and a paint job on my eyes is far better than what could happen if I didn’t immediately fight—a boot party from my own people.» —“Cell Survivor” by John Bowers Salt Lake City Weekly (Utah) Apr. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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