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Then what is the correct answer rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i read that it's from the archaic verb "cop" which means "to seize", so the old brits used to call them coppers, then that got shortened to cop, and it's still in use today.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Archaic? I think we use this word in modern English, as in, "to cop a feel."

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

cop as in a feel i think has a different meaning as to cop a criminal.