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In fact, after looking around some more, I think a bunch of these are much more widely used than their descriptions indicate and the origins are dubious. I'm sure that Merseyside has had a number of slang terms related to cops, but the number and variety seems overly extensive, given how slang
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I'm pretty sure that Blue Canary is common throughout North America, which makes sense given that firefighters in NA are pretty cohesive, with lots of joint training, etc.
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The term is a direct borrowing from “The 4chan party van” meme and is rarely used outside image board or internet community.
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Does somebody know the origin of this term and all the places it is used so it can be added?
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