"language police" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "language police (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 February 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Educators Who Decided That Context Doesn’t Matter”, in The Atlantic",
          "text": "Students lose out when the language police ignore the distinction between using offensive words and discussing them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language."
      ],
      "id": "en-language_police-en-noun-wh-zIFpa",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "crusading",
          "crusade"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "usage",
          "usage"
        ],
        [
          "omission",
          "omission"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "language cops"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongue troopers"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "language police",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "policia lingüística"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "language police",
          "word": "語言警察"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǔyán jǐngchá",
          "sense": "language police",
          "word": "语言警察"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "language police",
          "word": "keelepolitsei"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "language police",
          "word": "kielipoliisi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "language police",
          "word": "police de la langue"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "language police",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sprachpolizei"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "language police",
          "word": "משטרת לשון"
        },
        {
          "alt": "げんごけいさつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gengo keisatsu",
          "sense": "language police",
          "word": "言語警察"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jazykovája polícija",
          "sense": "language police",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "языкова́я поли́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "language police",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "språkpolis"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "language police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "heddlu iaith"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "language police"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "language police (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 February 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Educators Who Decided That Context Doesn’t Matter”, in The Atlantic",
          "text": "Students lose out when the language police ignore the distinction between using offensive words and discussing them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "crusading",
          "crusade"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "usage",
          "usage"
        ],
        [
          "omission",
          "omission"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "language cops"
        },
        {
          "word": "tongue troopers"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "language police",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "policia lingüística"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "language police",
      "word": "語言警察"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔyán jǐngchá",
      "sense": "language police",
      "word": "语言警察"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "language police",
      "word": "keelepolitsei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "language police",
      "word": "kielipoliisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "language police",
      "word": "police de la langue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language police",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprachpolizei"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "language police",
      "word": "משטרת לשון"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんごけいさつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gengo keisatsu",
      "sense": "language police",
      "word": "言語警察"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jazykovája polícija",
      "sense": "language police",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "языкова́я поли́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "language police",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "språkpolis"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "language police",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heddlu iaith"
    }
  ],
  "word": "language police"
}