# "Known To Police" and other ways you DON'T want to be described **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293 "2009-02-17T17:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/41 "2009-02-18T04:14:05Z")
“Police investigators were unable to find the penis.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/42 "2009-02-18T04:27:30Z")
“Identified from a DNA sample” “Honorary” = never really made that particular grade. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/43 "2009-02-18T04:43:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “The center of an intense legal battle” is never a good place to be. Speak for yourself, brother. Put me where the fire is! _dons asbestos business suit, places flameproof Constitution in shirt pocket_ ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/44 "2009-02-18T04:49:21Z")
“Disgruntled former employee” “Moody loner” ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/45 "2009-02-18T04:50:58Z")
I remember in elementary school, the award for **most improved** , was code for “borderline mentally retarded, but tries hard.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/46 "2009-02-18T05:08:27Z")
“Turning his life around…” or the ever-popular “aspireing rap singer” ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/47 "2009-02-18T05:14:39Z")
Probably just about any noun preceded by " **troubled … "** counts. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/48 "2009-02-18T05:57:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “The center of an intense legal battle” is never a good place to be. HahaHAHAHA!! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/49 "2009-02-18T06:18:40Z")
> [@PastAllReason](#): > > …and at the press conference the Premier was reported to be tired and emotional. > > “Tired and emotional” is press-speak (in Canada anyway) for falling-down drunk. I’ve wondred how they would actually described someone who genuinely \*\*was \*\* tired and emotional, and alcohol-free as well. Fatigued and upset? ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/50 "2009-02-18T07:10:37Z")
Did I miss “person of interest”? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/51 "2009-02-18T07:27:06Z")
On administrative leave Registered under Megan’s Law ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/52 "2009-02-18T07:47:36Z")
“Plagued by recent financial difficulties” “Perennial third party candidate” “An erratic genius” A personal favourite, from an obituary thread I read many years ago: “One of the foremost courtroom nuisances of his time”. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/53 "2009-02-18T08:43:07Z")
‘One of our frequent flyers.’ ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/54 "2009-02-18T09:00:23Z")
“Detectives wish to speak with” “confirmed batchelor” “… who had ties to gangland activities” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/55 "2009-02-18T10:42:50Z")
“hunted internationally” “suspected” “diagnosed” “contagious” “Patient Zero” “instigator” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/56 "2009-02-18T12:11:16Z")
“His conviction was overturned on appeal…” I used to date a guy who, when I Google him now, produces variations on that phrase, with supporting information, and not much else. (Knowing him, the court got it right the first time.) ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/57 "2009-02-18T13:29:28Z")
Released on a technicality Big in Japan As seen on COPS Nr 1 in the German music charts ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/58 "2009-02-18T13:50:26Z")
heiress to the Hilton fortune ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/59 "2009-02-18T13:57:16Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > heiress to the Hilton fortune Nah, I could live with that one. 🙂 It involves a bit more money than "very quiet, “kept herself to herself” _seemed_ pleasant enough … :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-to-police-and-other-ways-you-dont-want-to-be-described/486293/60 "2009-02-18T14:07:53Z")
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