<entry id="2133630" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<k_ele>
<keb>自粛警察</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>じしゅくけいさつ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&col;</misc>
<misc>&joc;</misc>
<gloss>self-appointed enforcer of business closure and stay-at-home requests during the COVID-19 pandemic</gloss>
<gloss>pandemic police</gloss>
<gloss>virus vigilante</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2020-05-10 04:50:15" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>possibly temporal and all but I think these are useful to have, esp. considering this isn't a paper dictionary. the word is being 
used now, and if we add it, people can look it up at the same time.
"corona cops" "covid wardens"</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200509/k10012423651000.html
「自粛警察」相次ぐ 社会の分断防ぐ冷静な対応を 新型コロナ
1930 tweets past hour</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-05-11 08:13:14" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Putting a searchable "ephemeral" in the comments.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-11-24 06:04:04" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20201105/k10012696391000.html
(just noting that this appeared on the 2020 ことしの新語 list)</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-16 06:11:48" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>It was probably a mistake to define this as "self-appointed enforcer of _social distancing_", even with the "etc." tacked on, as 自粛 has 
little to do with social distancing. The things I remember from the news at the time were mainly about people posting anonymous notes 
(sometimes with threats) on businesses remaining open.

I'd say "enforcer of lockdown recommendations" except there never was an actual lockdown in place here. "enforcer of government 
recommendations to combat the spread of COVID-19" is probably too wordy. What's a good compromise?</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>wiki: "...行政による外出や営業などの自粛要請に応じない個人や商店に対して、偏った正義感や嫉妬心、不安感から、私的に取り締まりや攻撃を行う一般市民やその行
為・風潮を指す俗語・インターネットスラング[2][3]である。" (that page has a bunch of "problem" tags but I think this bit is accurate)</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-17 15:27:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>How about this?
I think joc is appropriate here.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,2 +13,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;self-appointed enforcer of social distancing, etc. during the COVID-19 pandemic&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;self-appointed pandemic police&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;joc;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;self-appointed enforcer of business closure and stay-at-home requests during the COVID-19 pandemic&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;pandemic police&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-18 01:55:46" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Looks good.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-08-07 03:02:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I see The Japan Times and NIkkei have translated it as "virus vigilante"
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/13/national/coronavirus-vigilantes-japan/
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/Japan-s-virus-vigilantes-underscore-suffocating-society</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-08-07 22:03:24" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Why not.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;virus vigilante&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>