tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 28 15:34:06 1994
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Re: ...American slang?
>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 17:40:49 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: [email protected] (Sami Laitala)
>Nov 25 1994 Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
>> Eep, just noticed this while reading a post of
>> yoDtagh's: another of Okrand's little puns:
>>
>> qop == arrest (v)
>>
>> In case you're still lost, think American slang
>> for the folks who arrest you...?
>American slang?
>Isn't cop an old *British* word (verb) meaning "catch"?
>[originates: Fr. caper = seize]
I think so, though I'm not British. Okrand likely was thinking that as
well.
"cop" in american slang==police officer.
~mark