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Character coming last busy entering a second race (6) -z-e--.

aztecs?

Thanks Aljanon.

Aztecs -Race...Z (last character) TEC (busy/slang)in A S (second)

A Z TEC S

Interesting. I heard of 'tec' as an abbreviation for 'detective' and 'TEC' is probably an acronym for lots of things but I didn't hear of 'tec' as slang for 'busy'. I wonder what subculture it comes from?

JimC

Busy is a slang expression for the police most commonly used in the northwest e.g. Liverpool.

Thanks Chris.

'busy' ≈ 'detective' ≈ 'tec'.

As you may have guessed, I'm not from NW England.

So many slang words for 'police' seem to exist! I wonder if 'police' holds the record for number of slang terms.

JimC

I think that would be 'referee' JimC

Ah yes, with a special sub-category for World Cup referees?

JimC