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OP In his AWAD email today, Anu mentioned acronyms that are coined after the fact. At some point in the past, I heard that ‘cop’ was originally an acronym for ‘Constable On Patrol’. I didn’t find anything in Onelook’s offerings to suggest that this was in fact the case. M-W indicated that it was a backformation of ‘copper.’ Does anyone have any information on this? Was it originally an acronym, or was the acronym formed after the fact?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted You'll never take me alive, copper! Dgeigh 12/06/04 09:06 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! sjmaxq 12/06/04 09:16 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! dxb 12/07/04 05:34 PM The north side TEd Remington 12/07/04 06:32 PM Re: The north side dxb 12/08/04 10:14 AM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! plutarch 12/08/04 01:37 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! Dgeigh 12/08/04 02:49 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! plutarch 12/08/04 02:54 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! wow 12/08/04 07:23 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! sjmaxq 12/08/04 07:30 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! sjmaxq 12/08/04 07:42 PM Re: You'll never take me alive, copper! TheFallibleFiend 12/08/04 08:17 PM
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