po-po
n.— «Mr. Po-po decided that they were not going to be stationary targets for these idiots and decided to mobilize. Right towards the bottle-throwing dickheads. At a run. You’ve probably seen film clips of cops beating the shit out of people» —“Poly Royal” by cambler@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU Usenet: soc.college Apr. 29, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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