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a real clown on his birthday once and they
actually hit it off. I guess a clown is a clown
no matter how you cut it.
I asked them about some of the religious
innuendo that seems to be floating about
the merchandise. There was an ICP
board game that was called, “The Path
to Shangri-La.” Shangri-La seemed to be
a recurring thing in the store. They told
me that although being a Juggalo is nonreligious,
and that you can be a Mormon
Juggalo, that there is a guy in St. George
who legally started up a church he calls
the Church of the Dark Carnival and holds
Juggalo services every Sunday.
Let’s backtrack back to the Hatchet Man.
It is by far the most popular Juggalo tattoo
and all the Juggalos I interviewed had a
necklace with the hatchet man on them.
It is a quick way for Juggalos to identify
each other outside of clown paint. Chaos
told me about being stranded on the side
of a freeway and getting picked up by a
fellow Juggalo he didn’t know because of
his hatchet man logo. Kind of like when I
was a kid and skateboarders were few and
far between, you’d look at a dude’s shoes
and know if he skated. The downside to the
Hatchet Man is that CJ told me that he’s
had his car pulled over and searched by
pigs just for having it on his car.
I also wanted to know about the
backyard-wrestling thing. Hellyn had
quite the resume in this department. He
told me he had been pile-driven through
fire, body-slammed on thumbtacks, you
name it.
There was so much other shit that I talked
about with the Juggalos, there’s no way
I could fit all of it in this article. But the
interview started with me pounding a
liter of Faygo courtesy of Den2e and
that’s how I’m gonna end it, by pounding
another liter that Den2e let me have for
the road.
MMFCL Ninjas! Woop woop!
Juggalo Glossary
Like all subcultures in our society,
Juggalos have their own brand of slang.
With the help of GFC, Chaos and CJ, I
have put together this loose Glossary. I’ll
give the definition then use the word in a
sentence.
Fresh = Cool: “Woop! Woop!
Fresh kicks, son!”
Stale = Lame: “That neden was totally
stale, just like this Radiohead CD.”
Scrubbin’ = Dirty, ghetto: “That fixed gear
bike be scrubbin’, man.”
Ninja = Homie; popular greeting amongst
Juggalos: “Stay up, Ninja.”
Killa = Another homie greeting, kind of like
Ninja: “You’re tight, Killa.”
Shangri-La = ICP interpretation of heaven;
has some spiritual meaning to some
Juggalos but is open to interpretation: “All
clowns go to Shangri-La, bro.”
Hell’s Pit = Opposite of Shangri-La: “All
clowner-downers go to Hell’s Pit, bro.”
Clowner-downer = I made this one up but
you guys should use it for anyone who
harshes on the ICP. “Why do you gotta be
such a clowner-downer?”
JIT = Acronym for “Juggalo in Training”:
“As soon as that kid turns eight I’ll quit
calling him a JIT.”
Clown Love = Pretty much what it says:
“Show some clown love, G.”
MMFCL = Much Mutha Fuckin’ Clown
Love, an acronym for texting purposes,
popular saying of affection between
Juggalos. “MMFCL, BRB, LOL call me
later.”
Wicked Shit = Musical classification of
Juggalo-related bands: “I like Morrissey
and all, but he’s no wicked shit.”
Chicken = Redneck: “Who’s goin’ chicken
huntin’?”
Juggalette = Female Juggalo: “You’d
make one fine Juggalette, sweet-tits.”
Hatchet Man = The Psychopathic
Record label logo, worn on chain
necklaces and such, helps Juggalos
distinguish each other and makes a
popular tattoo amongst Juggalos: “Sweet
Hatchet Man! Can I borrow five dollars?”
Hatchet Gear = any clothing items related
to ICP or the Hatchet Man logo: “You look
fresh in your Hatchet Gear, kid!”
Neden = Pussy: “I sure hope that neden
doesn’t make me itch, this makeup is
itchy enough.”
Woop! Woop! = “What’s up” greeting:
“Woop! Woop! You want fries with that?”
Horror-Core=Self-described music genre
of the Psychopathic Record label that the
ICP and other bands belong to:
“Goin’ to the horror-core show?
Gonna be good, bro!”
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