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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "cop" #72813 06/15/2002 3:18 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Further to this, how did policemen come to be called "pigs" and "the fuzz"? I'm guessing "the fuzz" might refer to the hair - do policemen have to have very short hair or even buzz cuts? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "cop" paulw 06/14/2002 10:22 AM Re: "cop" TheFallibleFiend 06/14/2002 10:45 AM Re: "cop" dxb 06/14/2002 10:55 AM Re: "cop" wwh 06/14/2002 12:36 PM Re: "cop" modestgoddess 06/15/2002 3:18 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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