fuzz:
(a group word for all the police)
Apart from other meanings/definitions…
(mostly in American usage) a policeman or the police,
two brave fuzz
e.g.
It is amazing to learn that a policeman or police officer is known by many names, and ‘the fuzz’ is one of the less known names.
As with any nickname or uncomplimentary names, the origin of the name ‘fuzz’ for a policeman is not known and even the name is not as popular as the other ones.
Though the policemen like to be called ‘cops’, they hate to be called ‘the pig’ or ‘ the fuzz’.
For an article that explains why the police are called ‘fuzz’ besides other names, please click here, for forum discussion on how this word in referring to the police came up, please click here and for another Q & A site page that explains the probable origin of this word, please click here. For an article that shows us how this word is used in computer software, please click here.
Note: ‘Fuzz’ is more commonly used to refer to the soft hair-like or fibre growth on fruit or other things, e.g. peaches, raspberries, kiwi fruits, apples and some other fruits and some vegetables have fuzz which is sometimes called ‘fur’ as in ‘apple fur’. For an article that explains why some fruit, like a peach, have fuzz on them, please click here.
