language police

English

Noun

language police (uncountable)

1. (informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language; also called language cops, tongue troopers.

Translations

language police

• Catalan: policia lingüística f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語言警察／语言警察, 语言警察 (yǔyán jǐngchá)

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