Comments on: Why Are the Police Cars Called ‘Shops’ on The Rookie? https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-police-cars-called-shops-on-the-rookie/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 05:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Chris https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-police-cars-called-shops-on-the-rookie/#comment-13643 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 05:45:54 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2219#comment-13643 actually that is where they do their business is the meaning what you are describing is not the meaning of the word but the origin of the word You’re describing the etymology and that changes over time

in the beginning it was as you describe but now it is no longer as you describe now they call it shop because that’s where they work That’s how languages evolve

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-police-cars-called-shops-on-the-rookie/#comment-10907 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 06:28:15 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2219#comment-10907 Sure, Jack, but like I note, that’s a secondary meaning. You know, once the nickname was well-established, then people started giving it alternate definitions, with “this is where we work” being the most popular by far.

]]> By: Jack https://popculturereferences.com/why-are-the-police-cars-called-shops-on-the-rookie/#comment-10895 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:42:53 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2219#comment-10895 It is not only that, but it is also that it is “where they work”, it is their “shop”

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