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PU en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, slang) Alternative form of P U; expression used when encountering a displeasing smell; exaggerated pronunciation of pew.
    alt of P U
    • Phew can mean you are exhausted, hot, and other things which leave you overwhelmed. Pew is a bench you sit on in church. PU means that something stinks. I feel no connection between these words. While Phew *may* mean "what a stink", PU can mean *only* "what a stink". By the way, PU has been around at least since was a young kid 60 years ago. 2000 February 22, Karl Reinhardt, “How to spell???”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jun 2022:
    • PU? As in Stinks? :^) Sam (Pee Euw) Sands 2000 October 7, Samuel Sands, “Truck”, in atl.arno (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jun 2022:
    • THIS NEWSGROUP STINKS PU 2000 March 19, thunde...@webtv.net, “PU WHO CUT THE FRIKIN CHEESE?”, in alt.cheese (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jun 2022:
    • IMO, this stinks. PU. 1994 February 28, zombie, “Future Images”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jun 2022:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
P. U. alternative lexicographic
P.U. alternative lexicographic

Relateds

ePTFE (polyurethane)

Source: en.wiktionary, “PU” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

PU en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of processing unit.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Punjab: a state of India.
    alt of Punjab
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of prosodic unit (IU for intonation unit is preferred).
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of polyurethane.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of power unit.
    alt of power unit
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of penalty unit.
  7. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of pickup (as in pickup artist).
    alt of pickup
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of pickup.
    alt of pickup

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
PUs Number=Plur lexicographic
P. U. alternative lexicographic
P.U. alternative lexicographic

Hyponyms

DSP · GPU · NPU · TPU · CPU · SPU · FPGA · VPU · PPU · SPE