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cowboy

(kow boy) n. Offensive slang. Used as a disparaging term for suburban, small-town police officers and/or state troopers. Used to describe the brazen, outlandish, overzealous, and obnoxious behavior of these police officers that were usually appointed to these positions politically -further linking the term to the corrupt political practices and corrupt lawmen to the term. First used by the New York City Police Department when describing their New Jersey counterparts.

Careful you with your speed. We don't want to have to deal with the yahoo cowboys out here.

by dhbk March 1, 2011