Word Spy - Jane Wayne syndrome

Jane Wayne syndrome noun. The tendency of some female rookie police officers to use excessive force to try to live up to preconceived "tough-guy" images.

Related Words:

Dorito syndrome
information fatigue syndrome
jump-out squad
locked-in syndrome
one-uppersonship
one-upwomanship
perfect programmer syndrome
Pierre Salinger syndrome
racial profiling
sedentary death syndrome
suicide by cop
testilying

Subject Categories:

Sociology - Men and Women
The World - Law and Order

Posted on March 18, 1996 at 6:23 AM

Recent posts:

jingle mail
tuxeda
boreout
scuppie
allergy bullying
IMBY
agflation
mullet strategy
walkshed
daughter track

Alphabetical archives:

A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z #

Other links:

Top 100 Words

Recent Words

Recent Quotes

Word Spy, The Book

Word Spy Citations

Feedback

My Favorite Words

My Neologisms

Paul McFedries