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It doesn't even originate in the US, mate.
by milesrout 2y ago
It doesn't even originate in the US, mate.
- tdb7893 2y agoAs far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line
- milesrout 2y ago[flagged]
- adastra22 2y agoThe British sitcom is far after the coinage and adoption of the phrase in the US. You’ve got the causality backwards.
- tdb7893 2y agoYou have access to Google, if you think Wikipedia is wrong you can find another source. Don't just pretend you know the etymology of the word better while presenting literally no evidence though please.
- adastra22 2y agoIt did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.