StatusSubmissionType:YearOriginTags,AboutOfficer Clegane refers to an online nickname given to particularly muscular-looking and armed police officers. 'Clegane' is a reference to the character Gregor Clegane, aka 'The Mountain,' known for his massive size and extremely violent tendencies. OriginOn June 9th, 2017, user @DonutOperator tweeted a picture of a particularly large and muscular police officer working at protests in Tulsa, Oklahoma, dubbing him 'Officer Gregor Clegane,' gaining over 300 retweets (shown below). SpreadOn October 5th, 2017, the picture was posted to Game of Thrones meme subreddit /r/aSongofMemeandRage with a different caption, gaining over 970 points (shown below, left). The same picture appeared under the name 'Officer Clegane' on May 7th, 2018 in /r/bossfight (shown below, right).On June 5th, the Twitter account @funnylibertarian gave the name to another police officer seen bending a riot baton (shown below, left). The picture appeared in /r/absoluteunits with a reference to the Officer Clegane meme and gained over 17,000 points (shown below, right).
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