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Definition 2024

language_police

language police

English

Noun

language police

Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language; also called language cops, tongue troopers.

Translations

language police

Catalan: policia lingüística f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 語言警察, 语言警察 ‎(yǔyán jǐngchá)
Estonian: keelepolitsei
Finnish: kielipoliisi

French: police de la langue
German: Sprachpolizei (de) f
Japanese: 言語警察 ‎(げんごけいさつ, gengo keisatsu)
Russian: языкова́я поли́ция f ‎(jazykovája polícija)
Swedish: språkpolis (sv) n