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pig

pig

203 9.9
An insulting name for a police officer used in anger
  • noun
  • /pɪg/
  • Offensive
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  • No one else is going to have you, not Tweed, not Tammany, not those pigs in the street.

Examples

  • Big town cops to small town pigs, they're all fucking corrupt and prone to inane violence.

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  • He angrily confronted the pig who was issuing tickets to the protesters.

  • All of you Democratic pigs, all of you.

  • Like how are we gonna stop those pigs?

  • You think that calling someone a pig disqualifies him from running for president?

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  • If those pigs try to grab you, go limp.

  • I was told to tell you you're a fascist pig.

  • All of you, pigs!

  • The protestors shouted insults at the pigs surrounding the barricade.

  • During the rally, they referred to the pigs as a symbol of oppression.

Synonyms

cop
vspig
  • Informal
6.3

A person who works for the police

is explicitly offensive and chosen to insult or protest against officers
fuzz
vspig
  • Offensive
12 9.9

An informal name for a police officer

is more offensive and openly used to insult or protest against officers
bull
vspig
  • Offensive
5 9.7

A rude slang name for a police officer

is harsher and used specifically by people expressing hostility or protest

Idioms

to eat like a pig
  • Offensive
5 7.8

To eat in a very messy and greedy way

to be a pig
  • Offensive
4 8.8

To take more than your fair share of food or things

to act like a pig
  • Offensive
1 8.0

To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others

1 7.6

To eat or drink too much

1 8.4

To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem

1 9.9

To buy something without checking it first and risk being cheated

1 8.2

Feeling very happy and content

in pig
  • UK
9.9

A female pig that is pregnant and carrying piglets

9.3

To argue with someone who will not listen and waste your time

Compounds

guinea pig
  • Informal
44 3.5

A person who takes part in an experiment so others can see the results

15 2.3

A small, furry animal with short legs and almost no tail often kept as a pet

6 1.4

A place where people keep and raise pigs for meat

6 2.1

A small sausage wrapped in dough and baked as a snack

3 6.6

A very young pig that still drinks its mother's milk, often cooked whole for roasting

pig iron
  • Specialized
1 4.9

People pour hot iron from a furnace into bars to be made into steel later

1 8.2

A young pig that still drinks its mother's milk

long pig
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Human flesh that some people eat as food

bush pig
  • South African
8.0

A wild pig from Africa with rough hair that lives in many habitats

cinder pig
  • Jargon
9.9

Iron that has a lot of waste material and is poor for making steel

9.9

To eat the body of another person as food

mine pig
  • Archaic
9.7

Pure iron made directly from iron ore without recycled metal

pig bed
  • Specialized
9.9

A sand bed that shapes hot liquid iron into bars

pig face
  • Informal
9.3

A silly face that looks like a pig to make people laugh

pig laurel
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bush with narrow leaves and red flowers that is poisonous to young farm animals

pig lead
  • Specialized
9.3

Blocks of lead made for storage or moving

pig pile
  • Informal
6.7

A playful heap of people on top of each other

pig-sticking
  • Archaic
9.9

An activity of hunting wild pigs using long spears

pig-sick
  • Informal
9.8

Very ill or very fed up with something

3.9

About the size of a pig

sea pig
  • Specialized
9.9

A deep-sea animal that looks like a fat sea cucumber and crawls on the ocean floor

How Insulting

pig
  • Offensive
203 9.9
cop
  • Informal
6.3
police officer
560 1.1

Surface Forms

pig singular
pigs plural

Etymology

Pig used for police is an offensive insult that compares officers to the animal to show strong dislike or anger, which is why the word is rude when used this way.