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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.

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

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5 points

People aren’t born swine

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1 point

Not sure what I’m looking at

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2 points

NYT mini crossword :)

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

never use the name of an animal as an insult

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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2 points

They’re so delicious though

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

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1 point

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

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8 points

Are the vegans alright?

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3 points

Which crossword game is this?

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NYT Mini

We do mini crosswords daily in !crossword@lemmy.world

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2 points

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

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1 point

an inferior one to the godly Guardian Cryptic Crossword

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58 points

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

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15 points

Citizen Oppression Patrol

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3 points

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

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6 points

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

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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.

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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.

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