fuck 12
- idiom
- Offensive
:
que se jodan los policías
- I can't believe he shouted fuck 12 at the police!
Examples
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During the rally, people started chanting fuck 12 in unison.
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He wore a shirt with fuck 12 printed boldly across the front.
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Social media posts with fuck 12 trended during the protest.
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People often say fuck 12 when they're frustrated with law enforcement.
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During the protest, the crowd erupted in chants of fuck 12 to express their anger at the police.
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Many young activists wore shirts that boldly displayed the phrase fuck 12 to signify their dissent against law enforcement.
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Online discussions often include the phrase fuck 12 to convey feelings of distrust and frustration towards police authority.
Synonyms
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A rude word said to show anger or insult someone
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
fuck + 12
Although the verb 'fuck' is transparent as a vulgar intensifier/verb, the numeral '12' does not transparently denote 'police' to a typical B1 learner; its police meaning is a culturally specific slang sense. The overall phrase is an idiomatic, sociolectal insult whose target cannot be derived from the literal constituents without prior exposure, so learners would not be able to infer its meaning.
Etymology
Fuck 12 may come from using 12 as a short name for the 'police'; one popular story says it comes from the old TV show 'Adam-12', where officers were called '12'. So people say fuck 12 to show strong anger or dislike of the 'police'.