ASW: what are these four letters like?

From time to time on T-shirts, and even directly on the bodies in the form of tattoos, no-no, and the strange abbreviation ASAV flashes. What kind of reduction is this, reminiscent of either the name of the football club, or the designation of a Middle Eastern terrorist organization? What does it have to do with our realities and why is it gaining popularity in Russia and other countries of the near abroad?

The original English transcript

First, this abbreviation does not consist of Cyrillic letters. "All Cops Are Bastards!" - categorically state the residents of English-speaking countries who are always dissatisfied with the actions of law enforcement agencies . Not all, of course, but only those who had a sad experience with the police. Nakolov on his chest, back or arms (alternatively on his fingers, on the letter on each but a large one), "terrible" abbreviation, football fans, cars burning, students and hooligans beating glasses, express their disagreement with the policy of the authorities that do not give them " Unfold in full. " So, one can say about ASAB, that it is a cry of the soul of insurgents oppressed by the police. "All the cops (they are policemen, they are" pharaohs ", they are also" cops ") are bad people" - these four English letters of "ABC" are roughly deciphered. But there are other options ...

From the point of view of the policemen themselves

Knowing how ASAB stands, one might assume that the American cops and the British "bobby", when they see this inscription, are terribly upset or, in extreme cases, terribly angry. It is possible that some representatives of law enforcement agencies react in this way, but in their majority Western "cops" are not as stupid as their eternal opponents think - violators of the law (not without reason this word has a common root with "mentality", that is, mind or thinking). A clever person thinks humor is the best answer to any rudeness. The British police have their opinion on what ASAV means. "All Cops Are Beautiful", for example, which literally means: "All police officers are beautiful." Or "Always Carry A Bible" - "Always with me the Bible".

ACAB in art

In 2012, a very good Italian-French film "ASAV" was released. Filmed by Solim's director, the tape tells about the problem of the relationship between the state power bodies and the rest of society, revealing it as if from the inside. The protagonist is a policeman, and not simple, but from a special unit, an analog of our riot police. This picture has added popularity to the four-letter abbreviation. The main advantage of the film in its honesty, though sometimes scenes of violence and beat over the edge.

Still it is possible to tell about ASAB? That this is the song of the seventies of The 4-Skins, however, most of the listeners managed to forget this rather noisy song.

There is an abbreviation in modern rapper, punk and other protest compositions that promote personal freedom on the verge and beyond permissiveness.

ASAW in our country

The creators of wall compositions in the style of graffiti and in our country often use these letters to enhance the dramatic effect of their works. In the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the countries formed on its ruins, the relations of hooligans with the police police were also complex, which found a wide variety of expressions, from inscriptions on the corners of houses to tattoos. There were esoteric abbreviations, understandable only to the "initiated," the former prisoner and those who were explained their meaning. And given the ever deeper penetration of English into our everyday speech, do not be surprised that instead of the phrase "All cops to Kazli!" Some ardent young man - a football fan - after serving fifteen days of administrative punishment for hooliganism, he pains four Latin letters of ASAB on the wall. What this means, he literally in Shakespeare's language, perhaps, will not reproduce, but the meaning will convey in his own words.