What is Potting?
1.
South African local vernacular for " Whats happening " or " What's up" . This term has no gardening connotation whatsoever!
what's potting up in London?
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2.
Prison terminology for dumping a steaming bucket of urine and excrement over the head of a much-loved prison service employee.
It understandably entails further punishment under the penal system but in terms of satisfaction and comedy value, is doubtless well-worth missing a few games on the prison playstation for...
Stabber: 'How come Gordon the Guard smells like 3 day old prison food?'
Shooter: 'He got potted on B-Wing!'
Stabber: 'Ah, nothing like a good potting to brighten up a 10-12 stretch. How'd he like it?'
Shooter: 'Not so much, heard he might lose an eye!'
Both: 'Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha'
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