pig

pig
1. n. someone who eats too much; a glutton.
□ Stop being a pig! Save some for other people.
□ I try to cut down on calories, but whenever I see red meat I make a pig of myself.
2. n. an ugly and fat woman.
□ Clare is a pig. Why doesn’t she lose a ton or two?
□ Every girl in that sorority is a pig.
3. n. a dirty or slovenly person.
□ Bart is a pig. I don’t think he bathes enough.
□ Jimmy, change your clothes. Look at that mud, you little pig!
4. n. an officer; a police officer or a military officer. (Used mostly for a police officer. Widely known since the 1960s.)
□ The pigs are coming to bust up the fight.
□ The pigs who aren’t in pig heaven are driving around in pigmobiles busting innocent people like me.
5. n. a Caucasian. (Black.)
□ Why do those pigs think they can walk in here like that?
□ Who do those pigs think they are, tourists?

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • Pig — Pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. Two pigges in a poke. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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