fuck 12
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fuck 12
Where it comes from
From fuck + 12, of uncertain origin.
* Possibly from 1312, an alternative form of ACAB (“all cops are bastards”) in which the letters are substituted with their position in the alphabet.
* Alternatively, from the American police procedural television series Adam-12 (1968–1975), in which 1-Adam-12 refers to a patrol unit and its radio call sign.
Likely popularized by "F*ck 12", a song by American hip-hop group Migos from their mixtape Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas) (2013), which uses 12 in reference to the police while describing a narcotics raid.
Widespread use of the phrase as an anti-police slogan grew following the killing of Michael Brown in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.
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- Fuck the police: a political slogan protesting against police behavior. Vehicles with the words "Fuck 12" painted on the sides and windows drove down West Florissant Avenue, honking in support of protesters on the street as others would chant the straight-to-the-point slogan.
Talk about this word "fuck 12." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fuck%2012. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fuck 12. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fuck%2012 "fuck 12." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fuck%2012.Cite this
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