y do ppl have nicknames for the police e.g gavvers,coppers and the old bill x?

Question

just wonderin coz ma bro always says gavvers and it really is annoyin wat otha names do u no and y do ppl call them that x

Answer 1

PIGS smell the bacon or flying pigs in a helicopter or C.I.D Cunxs In Diguise. Pandas Black and White I can spend all day on this saying names like you have nickname bro ppl wat otha

Answer 2

The first police were introduced on to the streets of London by Sir Robert (Bobby) Peel, the Prime Minister at the time and they called them peelers, all names since have tended to derive from that. Cockney slang and other forms of slang was a sort of working class code so the police and upper classes wouldn't know what the people were doing. Peelers quickly got corrupted to coppers for some reason and that spread around the world - and of course has been shortened to cops. The Sweeney Todd was the Flying Squad and so on. It would be interesting to do all the names across the world.

Answer 3

Its usually just a bit of fun, most rozzers don't mind being called bluebottles, old bill, or coppers, but it's unnecessary to use offensive names.

Answer 4

Sir, Madam or officer usually. I like being on the right side of the police.

Answer 5

It's an area thing I think. Theres loads of nicknames floating around, The Feds, 5 0, Old Bill, Pigs, the list goes on.................................!

Answer 6

usually the best word for the coppers is pigs and usually if there about on your street then people say i see the pigs are flying low tonight then

Answer 7

It's just a bit of fun, people have nicknames for everything.

Answer 8

Yeah - I have loads of nicknames for my brother, who's a PC.

Answer 9

I called them police - it's not nice to make the nice cops mad!@

Answer 10

pigs
pc basta**
little hitlers
boys in the poo
bacon
truncheon juglers
lyin cheatin basta***