The Most Popular Entries in a New 'Cop Slang' App Are Predictably Filthy

The most popular term in "Cop Slang" dictionary, which was released as an iPhone app late last month, is not unique to the law enforcement profession. "Turd cutter”—the most voted-on, and therefore, popular phrase in the Cop Slang app—is preceded by an entry on Urban Dictionary (which claims that the phrase is "Real popular in Maine"). It's also the name of a band and apparently a drink. It is slang for "a woman's behind."

Not all the definitions on Cop Slang are vulgar, although a lot of them are. “Law enforcement, like any other profession, has a language all its own,” Police Magazine editor David Griffith writes in his introduction of the Cop Slang app, which is itself based on a web-only dictionary the magazine launched in 2012. “There are the 10 Codes, which tend to be consistent from agency to agency,” Griffith adds. “And then there is the real language of law enforcement, the inside jokes, funny sayings, vulgar comments, and gallows humor that is common among men and women who wear a badge.” (The presence of said vulgar comments and gallows humor is why the the Apple App Store asks you to verify your age before purchasing.)