turkey bacon

n. a private security guard or officer; a rent-a-cop. Also plural. Subjects: English, Police, Slang

Etymological Note: A play off of “pig” and “bacon,” slang terms for police.

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Citations: 2001 [Dwarf Invasion (braindamage)] Dance Party (Winterpark, Florida) (Oct. 20) “The Mall With Alicia and Julia”: The turkey bacon security guard yelled at us. 2002 Max Dobberstein Irate Weirdos (Sept. 19) “Turkey Bacon”: My fellow weirdos, you must join me in my quest to expand our language just slightly. From now on, I ask that you now refer to all rent-a-cops as turkey bacon. For those who don’t know, turkey bacon is processed, smoked turkey meat cut into strips that resemble, but only barely function as, bacon. 2002 [Eleanor] Black Skulls, Pink Ruffles—Goth vs Martha Stewart (Oct. 30) “Introducing…Gothmommy”: A nice security guard stops them, and I stopped calling security guards “Turkey bacon rent-a-cops.” 2003 [Wesoby] Michael Buffington (Portland, Ore.) (Mar. 5) “Stupidity is not Patriotism”: i agree, this man was treated screwed. turkey bacon (rent-a-cops) suck ass. they’re all a bunch of wannabe’s who couldn’t cut it as real cops. as for the police, come on, i’m sure they could’ve handled that a lot better. damn piggies. [2003 Early Show (CBS-TV) (Dec. 4) “Slang Dictionary To The Rescue” (in Calif.): Another word a girl offered was: “turkey bacon,” she explained, “undercover police. ‘Put that away! I think those guys are turkey bacon.’”] 2004 [firegeek] Nu Fud Friday (Feb. 10) “I Laugh in the face of security!!!! *still laughing*”: That young security guard!! Trying to be all bad…especially when he knows he’s just turkey bacon!!

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Reader comments:

Hey, no need to disrespect turkey bacon. There are brands of turkey bacon made in Pennsylvania that will make you forget about the pork variety.

by Burkey Tacon 06 Apr 07, 0651 GMT