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Pessi

Pessi proper noun: lionel Messi.

Proper noun

Pessi

  1. (derogatory, humorous) Lionel Messi.
    • All they need is one crumb of ammunition and they'll go for miles. Such is how the nickname "Pessi" was born. As fans on Twitter look for any possible way to reduce Messi's incredible career to a punchline, they've come up with a reductive way to pretend that he's not one of the best players to...[2022 December 19, Kyle Bonn, “Why Lionel Messi is called Pessi”, in The Sporting News

Origin of Pessi

Blend of penalty + Messi.

Words that rhyme with Pessi

Questions about Pessi

What does Pessi mean?
Pessi means lionel Messi.
What part of speech is Pessi?
Pessi is a proper noun.

Words near Pessi in the dictionary

  1. Pesqueiras
  2. Pesquet's parrot
  3. Pesquet's parrots
  4. pessaries
  5. pessary
  6. Pessi
  7. pessima
  8. pessimal
  9. pessimality
  10. pessimally
  11. pessimise

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