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tongue troopers

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Language police.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal, plural, plural-only

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noun

Meaning 2

The Office québécois de la langue française (Quebec Board of the French Language)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, derogatory, informal, plural, plural-only, specifically

Examples

  • 2001, Robert Bothwell, A Traveller's History of Canada, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated To enforce the law, the government established an Office de la langue française, whose inspectors were promptly dubbed "the language police" or "the tongue troopers".

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