PG-13 en · ADJ
Etymology
Originates from the content rating for media entertainment in which "PG" stands for "parental guidance". There are several countries with a rating called "PG-13". The rating generally requires restrictions on profanity and depictions of adult topics like sexuality and violence.
Meanings
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Suitable for adolescents, typically due to the absence of explicit sexuality and intense graphic violence.
"It's also not exactly PG-13 down here." I glanced at JB. "What are you doing here?" JB rolled her eyes. "Oh, please. If you didn't want us to crash, you shouldn't have been blabbing about the whole thing to Betty right in front of my face."
2020, Micol Ostow, Death of a Cheerleader (Riverdale, Novel 4), Scholastic Corporation, →ISBN, page 119:I know there's a lot of business to take care of, but I'd like to spend some of my time off actually enjoying myself, even if I have to do it in a completely PG-13 way.
2017, Sara Rider, Going for the Goal, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 137:When I said my husband had rented the tape and I repeated Geoffrey's name, everyone got silent and shot guilty glances at this one girl—the usual blond subliterate trollop, very PG-13.
2013, Francine Prose, Primitive People: A Novel, Open Road Media, →ISBN, page 158:Each episode was three different story lines happening in high school, college, and postcollege with young adults in various sexual situations. It's MTV, so it was all very PG-13. Created by Roland Joffé, who did The Killing Fields, strangely.
2017, Mark A. Altman, Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy & Angel, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 195:He delivers one of his better set pieces, with Milo and Atticus fending off an entire Roman battalion as the city cheers on at the local arena, the two muscle-bound warriors cutting their way through many a throat in the most PG-13 way imaginable.
2014 February 19, Jordan Mintzer, “Pompeii: Film Review”, in The Hollywood Reporter, Lynne Segall:With the ED relatively quiet, she'd made the trek to the fifth floor to say good morning to Kevin. Unfortunately for her, she'd walked in on a love scene that wasn't exactly PG-13.
2004, Andrea Boeshaar, The Long Ride Home, Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 56:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more PG-13 | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most PG-13 | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |