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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Citizen Oppression Patrol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Neat! Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm afraid I can't help you, but thr reason the answer is wrong is because Pig isn't a job, it's a calling.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I honestly feel bad calling cops pigs. Pigs can be sweet and useful animals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

People aren't born swine

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

RIP Andre Braughter the only person who could humanize a cop twice over

And only him because otherwise I don't care

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

they prefer to be called "porcine americans" thank you very much

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Are the vegans alright?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why do I feel embarrassed simply watching these people be cringe for, presumably (hopefully), humor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I really can't tell if they are serious or not

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're so delicious though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone know what the circles mean when they’re like this in a crossword?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

means it's part of a clue. in this case it's 6 above's clue which is "Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares... and a synonym of the circled letters"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh ok thanks. When I did this puzzle I finished it before the vertical clues so I never saw that I guess.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No problem. If you want another tip: when a clue ends in a question mark, perhaps, or maybe it means that the answer or clue is a pun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I play the Sunday as a group and my God. Crosswords have some of the most bullshit rules.

You can put multiple letters on a single square? Reebus. You can also have an answer that's a whole phrase instead of a word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sundays are fucked up tbh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

YEAH i hate rebuses. I did almost a puzzle daily last year and have only gotten 1 rebus without help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's helpful, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Which crossword game is this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The New York Times mini crossword. There's a new one everyday and it's free to play!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

NYT Mini

We do mini crosswords daily in [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

an inferior one to the godly Guardian Cryptic Crossword

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure what I'm looking at

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

NYT mini crossword :)