language police

English

Noun

language police (uncountable)

(informal, derogatory) 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

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