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Stote

A spook, joe, agent, or spy. Initially referenced in Mick Herron’s Spook Street (a Slow Horses book).
Sorry I’m late, I think I saw a stote following me and I had to ditch him”
“Dude, I think you’re just seeing bogeymen”
by Jmeecakes October 10, 2025
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Joe

A term invented by Mick Herron in Slow Horses for an MI5 agent; spook, spy.
“Why is your uncle so paranoid all the time?”
“He was a Joe in Cold War, on the other side of the wall”

“Oh wow, so did he run other agents?”
“No, he serviced dead drops for Soviet defectors in East Berlin
by Jmeecakes October 10, 2025
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