[Vocabulary] I am looking for a slang word for 'teacher'

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I am looking for a slang word for 'teacher'. Any help, please?
 

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With my classmates.
 

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To sound slightly rude.
 

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In my distant schooldays we had a teacher whose vision was poor despite his thick glasses. We called him Squinty. It was cruel and stupid of us. Don't do things like that.
 

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To sound slightly rude.

How likely do you think it is that we're going to help you and your classmates be rude to your teacher(s), given that a lot of us are teachers ourselves?
 

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Beak is an old-fashioned word for head teacher. In my experience, people are just generally rude about an individual teacher and pick on specific characteristics.
 
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What I need is a generic slang name for any teacher not just for this or that. Like we call 'cop' any policemen.
 

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What I need is a generic slang name for any teacher, not just for [STRIKE]this or that[/STRIKE] a specific one, like the way we can call [STRIKE]'cop'[/STRIKE] any [STRIKE]policeman[/STRIKE] police officer a "cop".


I don't think you're going to get one.​
 

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I am looking for a slang word for 'teacher'.

NOT A TEACHER

Here in the United States, some young people might occasionally use the word "teach" as slang for "teacher."

1. "I'm not in trouble again, am I, Teach?"

Google result: Your Dictionary "teach" meaning

2. "Yo man, got that [unpleasant] English teach next period." (American secondary schools traditionally have six classes or periods each day.)

Google result: Teach -- Urban Dictionary
 

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Mind you, it is a surprisingly slang-poor environment. You could fill pages with words for police, doctors get a fair few, and teachers get teach.
 
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