3 pointsby seanieb2 days ago1 comment

treetalker2 days ago
> The fence is down. Most threat actors just haven’t copped on yet.
cop on : https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cop_on#English
- seanieba day ago
  Never realized that this wasn’t a common expression in the US till now.
  > “(Ireland, informal, UK, dialect) To come to understand; twig, cotton on.”
  - treetalkera day ago
    At first I thought that it must have been dictated as "caught on" and simply mistranscribed. TIL!
    I like the first sense:
    > (Ireland, informal, idiomatic) To stop behaving immaturely; behave, grow up. > You'll get in trouble with the boss if you don't cop on.
    Irish is on my list of languages to learn, and I wonder if by chance this expression has roots in the Irish language.
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    Later edit: OED does not give the phrase "cop on" under cop (although perhaps it's in one of the supplements, which I don't have yet). But one of the general senses is "to catch", so I guess it's just a variation of the phrase.