1312

English

1312 – ACAB graffiti in Chile

Etymology

The initialism ACAB with the letters substituted with their position in the alphabet.

Phrase

1312

1. Alternative form of ACAB (“all cops are bastards”).
   • 2007 December 16, MI5-V...@mi5.gov.uk, “MI5-Persecution: How Could It Be True? (1312)”, in alt.fan.george-michael‎^[1] (Usenet):

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   • 2015 September 18, _ G O D _, “Police Brutality California Style : It Takes 9 Stockton Officers To Arrest 1 Teen For Jaywalking [VIDEO]”, in alt.revisionism‎^[2] (Usenet):

     ....anonymous member of anti-police-brutality activist group the 1312 Project - shorthand for "All Cops Are....

   • 2015, Thomas Bustamante, Christian Dahlman, Argument Types and Fallacies in Legal Argumentation, →ISBN, page 70:

     Having a tattoo or a bomberjack with the text '1312' or 'ACAB' (All Cops Are Bastards).

   • 2015, Mark Doidge, Football Italia: Italian Football in an Age of Globalization, →ISBN, page 174:

     One group is simply called 'ACAB'; the other is called 'Visitors 1312'. The latter was formed from the amalgamation of two groups, '1312' and 'Visitors'. '1312' is significant because it refers to the numerical positions in the alphabet of the letters comprising 'ACAB'.