Dictionary definition of turkey bacon from Double-Tongued Dictionary

turkey bacon n. a private security guard or officer; a rent-a-cop. Also plural.

Etymological Note: A play off of “pig” and “bacon,” slang terms for police.. Related: juke — contempt-of-cop arrest — English — Police — Slang

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Citations: 2001 [Dwarf Invasion (braindamage)] Dance Party (Winterpark, Florida) (Oct. 20) “The Mall With Alicia and Julia”: The turkey bacon security guard yelled at us. 2002 Max Dobberstein Irate Weirdos (Sept. 19) “Turkey Bacon”: My fellow weirdos, you must join me in my quest to expand our language just slightly. From now on, I ask that you now refer to all rent-a-cops as turkey bacon. For those who don’t know, turkey bacon is processed, smoked turkey meat cut into strips that resemble, but only barely function as, bacon. 2002 [Eleanor] Black Skulls, Pink Ruffles—Goth vs Martha Stewart (Oct. 30) “Introducing…Gothmommy”: A nice security guard stops them, and I stopped calling security guards “Turkey bacon rent-a-cops.” 2003 [Wesoby] Michael Buffington (Portland, Ore.) (Mar. 5) “Stupidity is not Patriotism”: i agree, this man was treated screwed. turkey bacon (rent-a-cops) suck ass. they’re all a bunch of wannabe’s who couldn’t cut it as real cops. as for the police, come on, i’m sure they could’ve handled that a lot better. damn piggies. [2003 Early Show (CBS-TV) (Dec. 4) “Slang Dictionary To The Rescue” (in Calif.): Another word a girl offered was: “turkey bacon,” she explained, “undercover police. ‘Put that away! I think those guys are turkey bacon.’”] 2004 [firegeek] Nu Fud Friday (Feb. 10) “I Laugh in the face of security!!!! *still laughing*”: That young security guard!! Trying to be all bad…especially when he knows he’s just turkey bacon!!

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Hey, no need to disrespect turkey bacon. There are brands of turkey bacon made in Pennsylvania that will make you forget about the pork variety.
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