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Jake[edit]

Does somebody know the origin of this term and all the places it is used so it can be added?

Pan for pun?[edit]

The term itself is Japanese pan ...

The Peter Pan Manga

But I suspect that's user generated content, and not formally citeable. — MaxEnt 20:29, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What are you talking about --Owen1984 (talk) 15:38, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blue Canary[edit]

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. catseyes (talk) 19:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 usually works. catseyes (talk) 19:53, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Party Van[edit]

The term is a direct borrowing from “The 4chan party van” meme and is rarely used outside image board or internet community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.80.60.185 (talk) 08:19, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]