• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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      1 year ago

      A better general word for describing a person who snitches is simply snitch. Definition 1 is typical. Definition 1.1 can be a little confusing.

      stool pigeon
      1 A police informer.
      1.1 A person acting as a decoy.
      Etymology: late 1800s so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy.