pulis-wika

Tagalog

Etymology

From pulis +‎ wika, literally “grammar cop”. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. who started this term?

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˌlis ˈwikaʔ/ [pʊˌlis ˈwiː.xɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ikaʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧lis-wi‧ka

Noun

pulis-wikà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜃ) (neologism)

1. grammar cop; grammar police; prescriptivist
   • 2019 July 18, @missingcodec, Twitter‎^[1]:

     Frens, #TanggolWika ha, hindi #PulisWika. Tigil tigilan niyo yang ng vs nang na yan, di niyo kinagaganda yan.

     Friends, be a #LanguagePreservator, not a #LanguagePrescriptivist. Stop with those ng vs nang stuff, you don't get beautiful doing stuff like that.

   • 2021 April 14, Ricardo Ma Nolasco, Facebook‎^[2]:

     6. Dapat maging matalas ang mga seryosong iskolar ng wika. Kapag nagbago ng paraan ng pagsulat o pagbigkas ang maygamit ng wika, dapat nating usisain ang mga dahilan ng gayong pagbabago. Huwag natin itong maka-isang panig na itakwil gaya ng nakasanayan ng mga pulis-wika.

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