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English
Etymology
Likely based on the way newsgroups's names are formed, especially those from the net.* hierarchy (e.g. net.games, net.general), the first Usenet hierarchy.
Noun
net.cop (plural net.cops)
- Alternative form of netcop.
1986 November 23, Sea'n Byrne, “Abuses of the net”, in news.admin (Usenet):You're free to complain to the SA for brahms, but you should probably deal with the individual posting the offending material, instead of whining to the rest of the net about how YOU don't like x...@y.z.q because he uses dirty words. You're just what the world needs, another net.cop. Grow up, remember, we're all professionals here...