Popo (police)

[Grant Barrett]

On Oct 14, 2006, at 19:05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> I don't know what HDAS or OED has for "popo." A cite below says
> this comes
> from Texas slang, but I think California is more likely.

A couple of years ago I was able to trace it back to 1990, but I
don't doubt it's older:

http://www.dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/po_po/

Grant Barrett
Double-Tongued Dictionary
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The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English (May 2006, McGraw-Hill)
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