Somewhat like "cops". Supposedly from the english police signing their reports "COP" for Constible On Patrol (but that is apparently a recent fabrication). Then there is the story that the early London police uniforms had copper buttons, hence "copper" and eventually shortened to "cop". Note that they more likely had brass buttons, easy enough to corrupt that to copper.
graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
mike wilson wrote:
frank theriault wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:56:48 -0500, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I guess that is because they no longer where wool uniforms. Since they now wear
polyester, should we call them pills?
Not that I want to hijack Paul's thread or anything, but is that why cops were called Fuzz?
I could never figure that one out, because when I first heard the term as a kid in the 60's, I always thought of it as a Hippy term. I always thought it ironic (except that I didn't know what irony was back then), as it seemed to me that the Hippies were pretty fuzzy, but the police didn't seem especially so...
I always took it to be derived from their very short (fuzzy) hair, compared to us cool types. 8-)
-- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 1/17/2005
