pig as college slang(was "di?nt" (with glottal stop)

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Wed Nov 17 14:07:29 UTC 2004


On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 01:56:21AM -0500, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
> >Of course, pig=police goes back to the 1800's.  It just reached mainstream
> >in the 1960's, as opposed to being invented at that point.]
>
> Is it certain that the 19th-century slang was continuous with the 1960's US
> college slang? Partridge thinks so, but ....

I thought (<tm> useless suggestions) that it has been an intentional
coinage by the Black Panthers, not based on the earlier use.

Jesse "too lazy to look things up right now" Sheidlower
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