NOPD

NOPD
 n.— «“N.O.P.D.” says another, not an acronym for the New Orleans Police Department, but for its attitude of “Not Our Problem, Dude.”» —“‘Xenophobia’ won’t easily fit on line of latest T-shirt” by Joe Atkins in New Orleans, Lousiana Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) APR. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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