(UK, slang, derogatory) A police community support officer, a PCSO.
(UK, slang, derogatory) A police community support officer, a PCSO.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British, informal, derogatory) A policeman (implying that he is dull and slow).
(UK, Australia, slang) A law enforcement officer.
Mr Plod is a British and Australian informal term — sometimes affectionate, sometimes dismissive — for a police officer, drawn from the character PC Plod in Enid Blyton's Noddy books. The name evokes slow, methodical, not-very-bright law enforcement: someone who plods rather than sprints. It can be used to gently mock the perceived slowness or bureaucratic approach of the police. The register is familiar and slightly irreverent; not as aggressive as 'pig' but not entirely respectful either.
(UK, Ireland, slang) plastic.