why do they call cops pigs?

Question

isnt there a meaning for it ...like an anagram?

i have nothing against cops that protect ...i hate the ones that abuse it and treat good people like crap bc they have a badge. theyr too cocky for their own good...

Answer 1

bcuz ppl dont have noithin to do expect makin some sputid shi/t

Answer 2

Probably from the book "Animal Farm" which was a must read at the time the terminology came into being.

And just to set the record straight, pigs are not fat, lazy, dirty or stupid.

Pigs in the wild are never overweight and commercially bred pigs aren't either because the demand is for more lean meat.

Pigs aren't lazy either. Pigs will root all day. They are used for truffle hunting as well.

Pigs are not dirty. A pig will lay in freshly turned soil to cool itself because a pig does not have sweat glands. It will also use the soil as a means of controlling pests on it's skin.

Pigs are one of the smarter animals.

Aside from meat, pigs are the closest to humans genetically of all animals which is why pig organs have been transplanted to humans and pig skin is used for burn victims.

Answer 3

It was an insult started in the 60's by protesters.

Supporters of the police turned it around, saying it stood for Pride, Integrity and Guts.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Some of the cops that are the bigger guys eat way to much at times.

Answer 6

WHY ARE POLICE CALLED COPS, PIGS, AND FUZZ


Etymology is rarely an exact science. Words or phrases spring up, become popular, and eventually may find their way into print. The process takes time, and it's usually difficult or impossible to track backwards to discover where a particular word or phrase arose.

Let's start with cop. Cop the noun is almost certainly a shortening of copper, which in turn derives from cop the verb. The London police were called bobbies, after Sir Robert Peel who advocated the creation of the Metropolitan Police Force in 1828. Copper as slang for policeman is first found in print in 1846, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The most likely explanation is that it comes from the verb "to cop" meaning to seize, capture, or snatch, dating from just over a century earlier (1704).

The derivation of the verb is unclear. Most authorities trace it to the French caper and before that to the Latin capere, to seize, take. Other English words derived from capere include capture. Thus, a copper is one who seizes. An alternative theory is that to cop comes from the Dutch kapen, meaning to take or to steal.

The word "cop" has other meanings as well, all connected to "catch" or "snatch":

To "cop out" meaning to withdraw or escape, or to evade responsibility
To "cop it" meaning to be punished or get caught
To "cop a plea" is to try to catch a lesser punishment by admitting to a lesser crime
"A fair cop" means to be caught in the act.
As with many words, there are several stories floating around positing various origins, almost certainly false. The notion that cop is an acronym for "Constable On Patrol" is nonsense. Similarly, the word did not arise because police uniforms in New York (or London or wherever) had copper buttons, copper badges, or anything of the sort.

The term cop has had derogatory implications. J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime head of the FBI, disliked being called "top cop."

The origin of "fuzz" is uncertain. The expression arose in America in the late 1920s and early 1930s, probably in the criminal underworld. It never quite replaced cop.

Evan Morris, The Word Detective, says:

Where in the world are you hearing people refer to the police as "fuzz"? . . . I have never heard a real person use it, unless you want to count Jack Webb on the old "Dragnet." When I was growing up in the 1960s, we called police officers many things, but mostly we just called them "cops" and we never, ever, called them "the fuzz." As a matter of fact, anybody calling the cops "the fuzz" would have been instantly suspected of being a cop. It would have been a faux pas right up there with ironing your blue jeans.

There are several theories about the origin of "fuzz":

American Tramp and Underworld Slang, published in 1931, suggests that "fuzz" was derived from "fuss," meaning that the cops were "fussy" over trifles.
A mispronunciation or mishearing of the warning "Feds!" (Federal agents). This seems unlikely.
Etymologist Eric Partridge wonders if "fuzz" might have come from the beards of early police officers. This also seems improbable.
The term is not related to Fuzzy Wuzzy who wuz a bear. (You didn't ask, but the term "bear" for police refers to the Smokey the Bear hat commonly worn by state troopers.)

Evan Morris suggests the word "arose as a term of contempt for police based on the use of 'fuzz' or 'fuzzy' in other items of derogatory criminal slang of the period. To be 'fuzzy' was to be unmanly, incompetent and soft. How better to insult the police, after all, than to mock them as ineffectual?" That explanation seems as good as any, and better than most.

If you thought the term pig arose in the 1960s, you're in for a surprise. The OED cites an 1811 reference to a "pig" as a Bow Street Runner--the early police force, named after the location of their headquarters, before Sir Robert Peel and the Metropolitan Police Force (see above.) Before that, the term "pig" had been used as early as the mid-1500s to refer to a person who is heartily disliked.

The usage was probably confined to the criminal classes until the 1960s, when it was taken up by protestors. False explanations for the term involve the gas masks worn by the riot police in that era, or the pigs in charge of George Orwell's Animal Farm.

While police officers usually don't mind being called "cops," they aren't usually fond of the term "pig."


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Answer 7

I heard that too...This is not confirm but observe the newly employed police first they tend to slimmer.. as time goesby as they stay longer in their post for years they getting bigger and bigger, bacame fat and big in size... a lot of policd are corrupt except to those who really performing well their duty.

Answer 8

Pride, Integrity and Guts! and no, I'm not related or Friends with any!
Learned it from my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Stiefel, many, many, MANY years ago!

Answer 9

Maybe it came from the stereotype that they like to eat a lot (mostly doughnuts).

Answer 10

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