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Anda. An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari. A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız.
Supergrass is a British slang term for an informant who turns King's evidence, often in return for protection and immunity from prosecution.In the British criminal world, police informants have been called "grasses" since the late 1930s, and the "super" prefix was coined by journalists in the early 1970s to describe those who witnessed against fellow criminals in a series of high-profile mass ...
2. (n.) (slang) police informer (US: narc, derived from narcotics agent, but often used in a general sense) nappy absorbent undergarment for babies (US: diaper) National Insurance compulsory payments made to the Government from earnings to pay for welfare benefits, the National Health Service (see below) and the state pension fund. never-never
British slang. British slang is English-language slang originating from and used in the United Kingdom and also used to a limited extent in Anglophone countries such as India, Malaysia, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, especially by British expatriates. It is also used in the United States to a limited extent.
M. Word. British English meanings. Meanings common to British and American English. American English meanings. mac. raincoat (short form of Mackintosh ) ( Mac) brand of Apple Inc. computers (short form of Macintosh) ( MAC, followed or not by "address") unique 6-character hexadecimal serial number assigned to a data transmission device such as a ...
Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and American English. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-00275-7. Hargraves, Orin (2003). Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515704-8.
The custodian helmet is a type of helmet worn predominantly by male police officers in the United Kingdom and within certain other places around the world. [ 1] First used by the Metropolitan Police in London in 1863, the BBC labelled the custodian helmet a "symbol of British law enforcement". [ 2] They are worn by male constables and sergeants ...
The word police is the most universal and similar terms can be seen in many non-English speaking countries. [8] Numerous slang terms exist for the police. Many slang terms for police officers are decades or centuries old with lost etymologies.