po
n.— «Guess I got knocked for what slipped past the cop’s vision/ whenever I felt like po would throw on the bracelet/ I thought, damn, they already let me go on probation.» —“ MidWest/Philly…Confessions 2001 rane of terror & redemption” by ssjba@aol.comunistpig (Brad Allen) Usenet: alt.rap July 5, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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