language police

English

Noun

language police (uncountable)

1. (informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language.

   Synonyms: language cops, tongue troopers

   • 2022 February 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Educators Who Decided That Context Doesn’t Matter”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Students lose out when the language police ignore the distinction between using offensive words and discussing them.

Translations

language police

• Catalan: policia lingüística f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語言警察／语言警察 (yǔyán jǐngchá)

• Estonian: keelepolitsei
• Finnish: kielipoliisi (fi)
• French: police de la langue
• German: Sprachpolizei (de) f
• Hebrew: משטרת לשון
• Japanese: 言語警察 (げんごけいさつ, gengo keisatsu)
• Russian: языкова́я поли́ция f (jazykovája polícija)
• Swedish: språkpolis (sv) n
• Welsh: heddlu iaith m