pulis-wika

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Etymology

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From pulis +‎ wika, literally grammar cop. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. who started this term?

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Noun

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pulis-wikà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜃ) (neologism)

  1. grammar cop; grammar police; prescriptivist
    • 2019 July 18, @missingcodec, Twitter[1]:
      Frens, #TanggolWika ha, hindi #PulisWika. Tigil tigilan niyo yang ng vs nang na yan, di niyo kinagaganda yan.
      Friends, be a #LanguagePreservator, not a #LanguagePrescriptivist. Stop with those ng vs nang stuff, you don't get beautiful doing stuff like that.
    • 2021 April 14, Ricardo Ma Nolasco, Facebook[2]:
      6. Dapat maging matalas ang mga seryosong iskolar ng wika. Kapag nagbago ng paraan ng pagsulat o pagbigkas ang maygamit ng wika, dapat nating usisain ang mga dahilan ng gayong pagbabago. Huwag natin itong maka-isang panig na itakwil gaya ng nakasanayan ng mga pulis-wika.
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