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[–] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's probably C.O.P., short for capitalist oligarchic pig

[–] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

Citizen Oppression Patrol

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i really want this to be the correct etymological origin of the word cop

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have heard it's because their badges were copper and got shortened to cop. I have no proof.

[–] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is short for copper, but not the metal.
"To cop" means "to arrest or detain" someone. So a "copper" is someone who cops people.

You may be familiar with the phrase "that's a fair cop". Which would be an admission that the arrest is fair.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago
[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i read that it's from the archaic verb "cop" which means "to seize", so the old brits used to call them coppers, then that got shortened to cop, and it's still in use today.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Archaic? I think we use this word in modern English, as in, "to cop a feel."

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

cop as in a feel i think has a different meaning as to cop a criminal.