[Ads-l] Facebook: "to cop-kill"

[Neal Whitman]

Interesting. From the subject-line, I'd've thought "cop-kill" would mean "kill a cop." I think the analysis here should be (cop (kill ed)) rather than ((cop kill) ed). In other words, I don't think we have a two-part backformed verb here yet, and if we did, it would mean "kill a cop."

Neal

> On Feb 20, 2016, at 12:46 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> "... the chances of some young innocent _being cop killed_ are a lot lower."
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> -Wilson
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