po-po

See also: popo, Popo, popó, pópo, popò, popô, pöpö, and Appendix:Variations of "po"

English

Etymology

By shortening and reduplication from police.

Alternative forms

• popo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊˈpoʊ/

Noun

po-po (countable and uncountable, plural po-pos)

1. (US, Australia, New Zealand, slang) The police.
   • 2012, Liz Talley, Under the Autumn Sky (page 151)

     “Shit,” Brian breathed. “Who called the po-po?”

Synonyms

• (police): cops, coppers, feds (all plural); heat, law, five-o, see Thesaurus:police

See also

• Police officer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• oppo, poop