Sep 14, 2009 20:31
14 yrs ago
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English term

a.k.

May offend English Art/Literary Slang abbreviation / might be a legal term as well
I suspect this is the abbreviated form of a slang expression, but might as well be that of a legal term (as you see, there's also the 'd.a.' in the same text=district attorney). If slang, please bear in mind that the book was written in 1971.

The rambling thoughts of a frustrated prisoner about his public defender and other figures in a court process:

"Public defender. What the hell does he care. Probably trying to get a job in the d.a./s office anyway. All they want you to do is plead guilty. Yeah, they tell you if youre not guilty say so. But they do everything they can to get you to plead guilty. Public defender. ha. Defender. My ass defender. Couldnt even defend that, the rotten **** a.k./s. **** Afraid to bug the judge because they might get in front of him when they have a private practice. Just trying to make friends with every son of a bitch in court except their client."

Note that the abbreviation I ask is in the plural above (the author uses slashes [/] instead of apostrophes ['] throughout the text.)

Thanks in advance for any help!
Change log

Sep 14, 2009 20:33: Özden Arıkan changed "Language pair" from "English to Turkish" to "English"

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Responses

+9
6 mins
Selected

ass kisser

Would make sense here, Özden. The rotten ass kissers.
Peer comment(s):

agree amefi
3 mins
agree Tony M : Yes, especially in view of the immediately preceding comment.
7 mins
And: Just trying to make friends with every son of a bitch in court
agree Mark Nathan
14 mins
agree Gary D : Defender is singular, My ass (hole) defender.
48 mins
agree Jack Doughty : Your ass, my arse (US/UK English difference)
58 mins
agree airmailrpl : -
1 hr
agree jccantrell : My thought exactly.
2 hrs
agree Alp Berker
8 hrs
agree Liam Hamilton
22 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Kim. It looks embarrassingly obvious now :-) (How come I couldn't think of this!!!)"
+4
6 mins

ass kissers

Merhaba,

%100 emin olmadığım halde bağlama bakılacak olursa bunu kastettiğini düşünüyorum.

İyi çalışmalar,

rob
Note from asker:
Thank you, Robert. (And sorry for confusing you about the language. I'd posted EN-mono, but apparently it changed when I went back to edit the question with the offensive flag.)
Peer comment(s):

agree Michael Beijer
14 mins
agree Polangmar
1 hr
agree airmailrpl : -
1 hr
agree Alp Berker
8 hrs
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+1
9 mins

ass-kisser(s) [?]

(Pardon my language ;o)

An educated (!) guess.



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Note added at 12 mins (2009-09-14 20:43:30 GMT)
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Sorry, Kim and TurkishEnglish.com: didn't see your responses before I ventured mine.
Note from asker:
Thank you, Sherin.
Peer comment(s):

agree airmailrpl : -
1 hr
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