Syssareth t1_ivtj9j0 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:37 PM

Reply to comment by P7BinSD in Woman Cops To Meat Beating At Ohio Walmart by Byzantium

"Cops to" means "admits". It's coherent if you know what it means, but it's still awkward in a headline because it's slang.

P7BinSD t1_ivtjeqj wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:38 PM

No one talks like that.

Syssareth t1_ivtk296 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:43 PM

That too, or at least I haven't heard it in a long time. Still, it was common enough at one point to make it into the dictionary.

Thisisnowmyname t1_ivtjqwv wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:41 PM

Just because you've never heard it doesn't mean people don't use it lol

SanctimoniousApe t1_ivtnbi4 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 3:06 PM

Because you're the authority on English-speakers the world over. 🙄

P7BinSD t1_ivtnfro wrote on November 10, 2022 at 3:07 PM

Name checks out.

SanctimoniousApe t1_ivtnvnf wrote on November 10, 2022 at 3:10 PM

Yep, never heard that one before. Now go read my profile to see what it's about. Maybe you'll learn something about yourself (admittedly unlikely).

AdoggeWokePupper t1_ivzvpsf wrote on November 11, 2022 at 9:16 PM

It’s similar to using “seldom” instead of “rarely”.

“I seldom use the word “seldom” to refer to doing things rarely.”

If you ask me, I think it sounds terribly lousy.

atticdoor t1_iwhwfir wrote on November 15, 2022 at 7:32 PM

Plus, in that particular sentence it ends up leading you down the garden path. You see "Woman cops to..." and you think it's about to be something that female police officers are about to do. "Woman cops to strike in Philadelphia after unequal pay dispute." The admits to meaning is used much less than the police officer meaning.