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[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

feddit.uk

lmao is this literally a lemmy instance for British feds? this has to be some reverse psychology from the Ml5

[-] Blake@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Britain doesn't have "feds", fed is a really American thing. It's short for "federated reddit" basically.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Britain doesn’t have “feds”, fed is a really American thing.

wiktionary says otherwise and even has a newspaper citation for British use of it to refer to local cops.

(I guess thanks to Hollywood's influence...)

this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
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