Piru
English edit
Etymology edit
From Shoshone [Term?]. The gang was named after Piru Street, a residential street in Compton and neighboring Willowbrook, but is now often explained by various backronyms such as "Powerful Indestructible Ruthless Untouchables".
Proper noun edit
Piru
Noun edit
Piru (plural Pirus)
- A member of an alliance of African-American street gangs based in southern California.
- 2017, Joseph E. Morgan, Gregory N. Reish, Tyranny and Music, page 223:
- YG, aka Keenon Jackson, using using the Piru vernacular, released a song titled “Bicken Back Bein Bool,” as a single from his album Still Brazy.