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    1 year ago

    Old term. Think it was short for “narcotics agent”, used to call someone a snitch basically

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s somehow related to the prohibition era. Perhaps alcohol was under the jurisdiction of narcotics?

      It’s odd that above doesn’t know it, I thought its definition was well known and would have had no qualms about using it, I wonder if it’s a regional word now?