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Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language; also called language cops, tongue troopers.
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Language police — may refer to: * The Language Police , a book by Diane Ravitch * Office québécois de la langue française, a Quebec government office * Minister of Culture (France), a French office known as the language police ee also*List of language regulators… … Wikipedia
language police — Canadian Slang A Quebec provincial government body titled the Office québécois de la langue française who under Bill 101, the controversial language law passed in the 1970s, were charged with ensuring that Quebec businesses predominantly feature… … English dialects glossary
language police — /ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ pəˌlis/ (say langgwij puh.lees) plural noun (derogatory) those people who effectively censor, or attempt to censor, what others say, write or read, by insisting on conformity to their somewhat conservative or ideologically driven… …
The Language Police — The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn is a 2003 book by Diane Ravitch that details the role bias and sensitivity guidelines play in determining the content of standardized tests. According to Ravitch, groups on… … Wikipedia
police — [pə lēs′] n. [Fr < LL politia, administration of the commonwealth (in L, the state) < Gr politeia, the state, citizenship < politēs, citizen < polis, city < IE * pel , fortress (> Sans pūr, town), orig., filled wall, special use … English World dictionary
police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… … Universalium
language — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) System of communication Nouns 1. language, tongue, lingo, vernacular, mother tongue, protolanguage; living or dead language; idiom, parlance, phraseology; wording; dialect, patois, cant, jargon, lingo,… … English dictionary for students
police — po•lice [[t]pəˈlis[/t]] n. v. liced, lic•ing 1) an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws 2) (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force 3) the regulation and control of a community,… … From formal English to slang
Police linguistique — Office québécois de la langue française Siège social de l Office québécois de la langue française, à Montréal, dans l ancien édifice de l Éco … Wikipédia en Français
Police — Original name in latin Police Name in other language Police, Policija, Politz, Plitz, Полиция State code PL Continent/City Europe/Warsaw longitude 53.55214 latitude 14.57182 altitude 7 Population 34350 Date 2010 09 21 … Cities with a population over 1000 database
