Gay-Pay-Oon.

Brit.

/ˌɡeɪpeɪˈuː/, U.S.

/ˌɡeɪpeɪˈu/

Forms: 1900s– Gay-Pay-Oo, 1900s– Gay Pay Oo, 1900s– Gay-pay-oo, 1900s– Gay-Pay-U, 1900s– Gay Pay U.

Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian G.P.U..

Etymology: Representing the Russian pronunciation of G.P.U. (see GPU n. at G n. Initialisms).

Russian History

= Ogpu n. Cf. GPU n. at G n. Initialisms.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > other spec.

Okhrana1884

Cheka1921

GPU1922

Gay-Pay-Oo1923

Ogpu1923

Rabkrin1928

Gestapo1934

Seguridad1937

Abwehr1945

Kempeitai1947

Sicherheitsdienst1947

Okhranka1948

Securitate1951

SMERSH1953

K.G.B.1960

SAVAK1962

Shin Bet1964

Stasi1964

BOSS1969

Mukhabarat1969

Mossad1972

Shabak1972

1923 F. A. Mackenzie Russia before Dawn x. 105 The Political Department is still to some extent the old Che-ka under a new name, the Gay-Pay-Oo.

1923 F. A. Mackenzie Russia before Dawn xxvi. 243 Gay-Pay-Oo agents in civilian clothes scattered about the auditorium watching for any attempt..to use an automatic or to hurl a bomb.

1927 Observer 11 Dec. 21/2 The Gay-Pay-OO, or Political Police.

1934 G. B. Shaw Prefaces 359 The Russians were forced to set up an Inquisition or Star Chamber, called at first the Cheka and now the Gay Pay Oo (Ogpu).

1936 D. Powell Turn, Magic Wheel iii. 225 He yanked words out of the corner of his mouth..as..cautiously as if Gay-Pay-U men were all about.

1962 Russian Rev. 21 341 He was the brother of a high Soviet official, a fact which gave him some protection from the attentions of the dreaded Gay-Pay-Oo, as the political police was then called.

1989 M. J. Lasky On Barricades xxiv. 453 Even the Cheka was given a new and fresh name: the Gay-Pay-Oo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gay-pay-oo
释义	Gay-Pay-Oon. Brit. /ˌɡeɪpeɪˈuː/, U.S. /ˌɡeɪpeɪˈu/ Forms: 1900s– Gay-Pay-Oo, 1900s– Gay Pay Oo, 1900s– Gay-pay-oo, 1900s– Gay-Pay-U, 1900s– Gay Pay U. Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian G.P.U.. Etymology: Representing the Russian pronunciation of G.P.U. (see GPU n. at G n. Initialisms). Russian History = Ogpu n. Cf. GPU n. at G n. Initialisms. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > other spec. Okhrana1884 Cheka1921 GPU1922 Gay-Pay-Oo1923 Ogpu1923 Rabkrin1928 Gestapo1934 Seguridad1937 Abwehr1945 Kempeitai1947 Sicherheitsdienst1947 Okhranka1948 Securitate1951 SMERSH1953 K.G.B.1960 SAVAK1962 Shin Bet1964 Stasi1964 BOSS1969 Mukhabarat1969 Mossad1972 Shabak1972 1923 F. A. Mackenzie Russia before Dawn x. 105 The Political Department is still to some extent the old Che-ka under a new name, the Gay-Pay-Oo. 1923 F. A. Mackenzie Russia before Dawn xxvi. 243 Gay-Pay-Oo agents in civilian clothes scattered about the auditorium watching for any attempt..to use an automatic or to hurl a bomb. 1927 Observer 11 Dec. 21/2 The Gay-Pay-OO, or Political Police. 1934 G. B. Shaw Prefaces 359 The Russians were forced to set up an Inquisition or Star Chamber, called at first the Cheka and now the Gay Pay Oo (Ogpu). 1936 D. Powell Turn, Magic Wheel iii. 225 He yanked words out of the corner of his mouth..as..cautiously as if Gay-Pay-U men were all about. 1962 Russian Rev. 21 341 He was the brother of a high Soviet official, a fact which gave him some protection from the attentions of the dreaded Gay-Pay-Oo, as the political police was then called. 1989 M. J. Lasky On Barricades xxiv. 453 Even the Cheka was given a new and fresh name: the Gay-Pay-Oo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923
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