What are police called in Australia slang?

traps, trappers or jacks – police. These Australianisms have been largely replaced by the international cops, coppers, pigs or bacon. However the older, more affectionate wallopers is also still used.

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What is the slang name for police?

Popo/Po-Po

The term popo, sometimes written as po-po, is slang for law enforcement personnel that's believed to have originated in the United States in the mid-1990s.

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Why are police called jacks?

Jacks Military Police. General. From 1889 (OED). 'Jack' was in general usage as slang for 'a policeman', but in World War I was adapted to 'a military policeman'.

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What is Jack's slang for?

Noun. (slang, now chiefly Ireland) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.

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What does Jacks mean in Australia?

jacks1. collective slang for police: The jacks are here!

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What's another word for cop?

synonyms for cop

On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cop, such as: deputy, flatfoot, fuzz, lawman, patrolman, and policeman.

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What is the Q word for cops?

The "Q" Word (Q=Quiet) is a word known in the Emergency Services as a punishable offensive word. Whenever the word is muttered, the night (or day) becomes flooded with emergency calls. "Why'd you just say the "Q" Word, dude?!"

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What is the old timey word for cop?

Fuzz. Fuzz, referring to the police force, originated in America in 1929. A fuzzy, meanwhile, was a term from 1931 and referred to a policeman who was "very diligent in enforcing the law."

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What is Victorian slang for police?

escop - The term escop was a Victorian cockney slang word for a police officer.

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What is the Victorian word for policeman?

by Ben Johnson. In Britain today all policemen are commonly referred to as 'Bobbies'! Originally though, they were known as 'Peelers' in reference to one Sir Robert Peel (1788 – 1850).

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What was the slang for cops in the 20s?

The fuzz, slang for the police, is from 1929, while cop a plea is from 1925.

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What does the M word mean?

The "M" word is a demeaning slur for a person who has dwarfism. Dwarfism is the result of a medical condition. The "M" word originates from the oppression and exploitation of people with dwarfism in "freak shows" of the mid 1800s.

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What is the e word?

e-word (plural e-words) Any word beginning with e, especially one referring to something electronic, or one that is (often humorously) treated as controversial in a given context (for example, evolution, evangelical or enlightenment).

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What's the W word?

Noun. w-word (plural w-words) (euphemistic) The word whore.

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What is good cop slang?

phrase​informal. DEFINITIONS1. if two people play good cop/bad cop with someone, one is friendly while the other behaves in a threatening way in order to make the person trust the 'good cop' and tell them the information they want to know. Synonyms and related words.

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What is the acronym cop?

informal. : police officer. They called the cops to report a robbery.

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What is a synonym for Pulis?

police officer synonym ▲ Synonym: pulisya.

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Does B mean BAE?

B is a letter, yes, but it's also a shortening of several words: brother, babe, bae, boo … you get the point. People love creating abbreviations … and what's the easiest abbreviation to create?

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What can I say instead of the F word?

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  • Balderdash!
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  • Corn Nuts!
  • Dagnabbit!
  • Son of a monkey!
  • Barnacles!
  • Holy cow!
  • Poo on a stick!

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What does O stand for in love?

February 12, 2022. From Valentine's Day cards to messages from your mom, a typical sign-off to show love and affection is XOXO. The X stands for kiss and the O stands for a hug—but why?

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What does J word mean?

The J word is a racial slur that was used extensively in the past for people of Japanese heritage. It is the first three letters of the word Japan. The C-word is used for Chinese people and often for anyone of Asian descent.

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What words start with K?

Nice, Kind, and Positive Words That Start with the Letter K —
  • Kabab.
  • Kaleidoscope.
  • Kangaroo.
  • Karaoke.
  • Karat.
  • Karate.
  • Karma.
  • Kayak.

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What does S & M mean in texting?

(sexual) sadism and masochism; sadomasochism. : also s&m, S and M.

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What does 5 o mean?

Five-O, an American slang term for law enforcement.

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How did cop become slang?

History lesson: In the 1940s, according to Green's Dictionary of Slang, to cap is evidenced as slang meaning “to surpass,” connected to the ritualized insults of capping (1960s). These terms appear to be rooted in the sense of cap as “top” or “upper limit.”

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