Slang words: P
1,020 slang and Internet words starting with P, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- pMethamphetamine.
- P-HeadThe PBS symbol shaped like a human head, which has been in use since 1971.
- p1llFilter-avoidance spelling of pill.
- p3doFilter-avoidance spelling of pedo.
- Pac-ManAnything that consumes indiscriminately.
- packA loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- pack it inTo cease; to give up; to stop trying.
- pack outTo beat up; to jump.
- packetTo subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
- packieA package store, otherwise known as a liquor store.
- padA bed.
- pad outTo sleep or go to bed.
- pad upTo put on a diaper.
- paddleA person's hand.
- paddlefootA member of the groundcrew.
- paddockA field on which a game is played; a playing field.
- paddy wagonA police van for transporting prisoners.
- paedoA paedophile.
- pageA web page.
- page flowA directory of web application files that work together to implement a user interface feature.
- pagejackingThe use of deception to redirect a user's web browser from one web page to another.
- pageletA reusable modular fragment of a web page.
- pageviewAn individual viewing of a web page by a user, often counted when measuring a web site's popularity.
- pagewideThroughout a web page.
- paggroPassive-aggressive.
- paidHaving money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.).
- PailyThe ship of characters Paige McCullers and Emily Fields from the television series Pretty Little Liars.
- pain in the bumSomeone or something very annoying.
- pain in the neckSomeone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.
- paintTo detect (something) with radar.
- painted catA female prostitute.
- pairA pair of testicles.
- paisaA person hailing from the same country; in particular, a fellow Latino.
- PaisleyiteA political supporter of Ian Paisley ((1926 - 2014) ), loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader...
- pajamasThe coloured uniform worn by players in professional limited overs matches.
- pakodanomicsThe economic policies of Narendra Modi.
- palm oilMoney given as a bribe.
- palookaA stupid, oafish or clumsy person.
- paloozaAn exaggerated event.
- PalpyEmperor Palpatine, a fictional antagonist in Star Wars.
- palsyMate, chum.
- palsy-walsyVery friendly, especially in an excessive or artificial way.
- pamaA non-binary parent.
- pampieSynonym of pampers (“a diaper”); a diapie.
- pampiesSynonym of pampers (“a diaper”); a diapie.
- panA human face, a mug.
- pan outTo fall asleep.
- pan-CovidCovering all strains of the COVID-19 virus.
- pancakeA box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- pancessionThe economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- pancrackSocial security, especially as paid to the unemployed; the dole.
- panda dolphinKiller whale or orca (Orcinus orca).
- pandasonaA fursona that is a panda.
- pandemmyA pandemic, especially the COVID-19 pandemic.
- pandoA pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
- pandyHand.
- pangopupA young pangolin; a scaly anteater pup.
- PanheadA fan of the American Christian rock band Skillet.
- panphobiaFear, dislike, or hatred of pansexual people and/or pansexuality.
- panromanticRomantically attracted to people regardless of gender identity or sex.
- panromanticismThe state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.
- PansmioneThe ship of characters Pansy Parkinson and Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.
- pansyTo mess about; to fail to get things done.
- pansy upTo dress up or spruce up (someone), especially to make more attractive in a feminine or effeminate way.
- pantherA girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.
- pantloadA large amount.
- pantsOf inferior quality, rubbish.
- pants manA promiscuous male.
- pants-on-headVery or intensely (in describing mental states, usually intense or negative ones).
- pantserAn author who writes their story without a plan or an outline.
- pantsuPanties (short underpants for women or girls); underpants.
- panty dropperSomething that tends to get the attention of women.
- pantyshotA photograph of one's panties; an upskirt.
- panvasiveMassively invasive on a large scale.
- papa bearA man, especially a father, who is extremely protective of a child or children.
- paperMoney.
- paper handsThe fragility or insecurity of an investor—also called weak-handed—who is eager to sell a financial asset...
- paper houseAn audience composed of people who have come in on free passes.
- paper the houseTo give away free tickets to a theater performance etc. so as to ensure a sizeable audience.
- paper-handTo treat with paper hands, i.e. sell too early.
- paper-handedHaving paper hands.
- paperhangerA con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.
- paperhangingThe illegal activities of a paperhanger; counterfeiting fraud.
- paperhoodAdministrative documents and forms.
- paperweightA useless piece of equipment.
- paperworkCourt documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in...
- par offTo put or give away.
- paraVery drunk.
- para-astronautA physically disabled astronaut.
- parabombingBombing by parachute.
- parachuteTo wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when...
- paradiseThe upper gallery in a theatre.
- paragadeA play style in the Mass Effect series in which options from both the paragon and renegade orientations are...
- paralyticVery drunk.
- pareTo sharpen a pencil.
- parkTo engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for...
- park a tigerTo vomit.
- park and barkDenoting a performer who speaks or sings while stationary, without moving or dancing.
- parkieA person with Parkinson's disease.
- parlor pinkAn affluent person who professes leftist or socialist beliefs, but does not actively support them.
- parmesanMoney.
- parroVery drunk, intoxicated.
- parrotA transponder.
- ParrotheadA fan of the American musician Jimmy Buffett.
- partTo leave (an IRC channel).
- partayA party (organised gathering of people for dancing and having fun).
- partialA fragment of a template containing markup.
- partied outExhausted from partying.
- partyTo take recreational drugs.
- party boyA male prostitute.
- party hardyTo party very hard, possibly not remembering later what happened at the party.
- party heartyTo engage in unrestrained merriment.
- party onTo continue having fun, celebrating, or enjoying oneself.
- party upTo party.
- party vanAn FBI or other law enforcement van, especially if carrying agents coming to arrest someone for cybercrime.
- pashTo snog, to make out, to kiss.
- pash rashA facial rash resulting from kissing a person with a beard or stubble.
- pasherOne who pashes (snogs, kisses).
- passA password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- pass around like a bluntTo pass around widely or indiscriminately.
- pass gasTo flatulate.
- pass outTo fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or...
- pass the phoneSaid during a game in which a group of people expose something embarrassing about a person and passes the...
- passifanA fan, particularly of science fiction, who watches and reads the genre but does not actively engage in...
- passion pitA drive-in theatre or other unlit or dimly-lit secluded public or private location, with particular reference...
- passport privilegeThe ability of a person to travel internationally without visas, additional scrutiny and other hindrances...
- password childA child whose name is used by their parents in computer passwords, and therefore supposedly their favourite...
- PastagateThe 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its...
- pasteTo strike or beat someone or something.
- paste away atTo beat (someone) over a long time; to continue struggling with a task.
- paste bombAny snippet of irrelevant text or data which is pasted into an online conversation to disrupt it.
- pastebinA website allowing users to paste and store plain text, so that they can refer to it with a simple hyperlink...
- pastiesDry mouth; xerostomia.
- pastingA defeat; a beating.
- Pat and MickPrick.
- patch overTo take over and absorb (a smaller motorcycle club).
- pathowogenAn ostensible disease that turns people into furries.
- patootieThe buttocks.
- PatrochillesThe ship of characters Patroclus and Achilles from the novel The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
- patsocA supporter of socialist patriotism.
- patter flashTo speak thieves' slang.
- pauseUsed immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended...
- PauseChampWait for it.
- pavement pizzaThe badly damaged bodily remains of a person who has jumped or fallen from a great height.
- pawA hand.
- pawjobA foot job performed by a furry or humanoid (such as a catgirl/catboy or other animal-human hybrid) using...
- pawliceAn imaginary police force relating to, or staffed by, animals.
- pawnieA pawnbroker.
- pawshakeA handshake, especially with a handpaw.
- pawshakingA greeting by clasping hands, especially with a handpaw; a round of pawshakes.
- pawsomeCan be used as a replacement for the word awesome in all contexts.
- pawtismSynonym of autism, especially in furry or therian contexts.
- PaxoJeremy Paxman (born 1950), English broadcaster, journalist and author.
- pay by bankA technology allowing customers to make online payments directly from a bank account, without using a credit...
- pay-per-clickAn online advertising model in which the advertiser pays the publisher (typically a search engine or website...
- pay-per-installAn online advertising model in which the advertiser pays the hacker (typically a criminal or botnet owner)...
- paybobAn accountant.
- paycationA job that allows someone to work remotely while visiting other cities and countries.
- payoff pitchA pitch thrown on a count of three balls and two strikes.
- paypigThe submissive participant in financial domination, who provides another person with money.
- paywalledHaving a paywall; requiring payment for access.
- PC shamingAn act in which a user intimidates or harasses another into changing their personal opinions because they do...
- PDF fileFilter-avoidance spelling of pedophile.
- pdocA psychotherapist or psychiatrist.
- PDU30Rodrigo Duterte (born 1945), Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the...
- pea soupThick fog.
- peaceTo peace out.
- peace outTo depart.
- peace pillThe drug phencyclidine (PCP) in pill form.
- peacherinoSynonym of peach (“a particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing”).
- peakMaximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of...
- peak transThe moment when a person feels motivated to adopt gender-critical or anti-transgender views.
- Peak TVA golden age of television generally held as beginning in the late 1990s and peaking in the 2010s...
- peaknessThe state or quality of being peak, the state of having excellent quality.
- peaknikOne who believes that the peak oil point is approaching.
- peanut whistleA low-powered transmitter or receiver.
- pear-shapedUsually in the phrase go pear-shaped: wrong, awry.
- pearl diverA person who works as a dishwasher.
- Pearl HarborTo take rudely by surprise.
- pearlcoreA fashion trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, characterized by the use of pearl jewelry and similar...
- PearlmethystThe ship of characters Pearl and Amethyst from the Steven Universe series.
- PearlnetThe ship of characters Pearl and Garnet from the Steven Universe series.
- PearlroseThe ship of characters Pearl and Rose Quartz from the Steven Universe series.
- pearlyA tooth.
- peashooterAny small or ineffective gun or weapon.
- peatyRelated to the dietary advice, research and data of Dr. Ray Peat (especially foods with high natural sugar...
- pebbleA small piece of crack cocaine.
- pebble dashDiarrhea.
- PebbleYeetStoneToss, a far-right webcomic frequently featured in online memes.
- pec bounceTo flex or pose well-developed pectoral muscles.
- peckerwoodA woodpecker.
- peckhornAn alto horn or mellophone.
- PecknarmPeckham (a suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England).
- pedA motorcycle.
- pedesPediatrics.
- pedo vanSynonym of serial killer van.
- pedo-stacheA moustache that resembles one from a stereotypical depiction of a male pedophile in the media.
- pedobaitTo lure pedophiles or child molesters on the Internet.
- pedobaitingThe act or practice of luring pedophiles or child molesters on the Internet.
- pedobearA cartoon bear portrayed as pedophilic, typically featured in darkly humorous image macros.
- pedohunterA person who confronts paedophiles and hebephiles.
- pedovoreA cannibal of children.
- pee oneselfSynonym of wet oneself.
- pee shiversPost-micturition convulsion syndrome.
- pee-peeTo urinate.
- peejaysPajamas/pyjamas.
- peelerA police officer.
- peeler barA strip club.
- PeenissThe ship of characters Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games series.
- peepTo take a look at; check out.
- peerTo carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another...
- peeringThe act of carrying communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and...
- peetA paw, especially a more humanoid-looking one.
- peevyPeevish; sulky or irritable.
- pegTo indicate or ascribe an attribute to; to classify or pigeonhole someone.
- peg itTo run; to leg it; to scarper.
- peg outTo die.
- pegasisterA female fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, typically an adult.
- peggyThe petty officers' mess steward.
- pegsThe stumps.
- pekpek shortsExtremely short shorts, worn by women, that exposes the buttocks.
- pelicanA waterbomber.
- penA penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
- pen and inkA stink.
- pencil geekA bureaucrat; a pencil pusher.
- pendidikanMoral studies, a school subject for non-Muslim students in Malaysia that teaches about personal morality.
- penguinA member of the air force who does not fly aircraft.
- penguinsonaA fursona that is a penguin.
- penjaminA dab pen (a battery-powered pen-shaped device that allows the user to inhale THC vapor).
- penmanA forger.
- pennyTo jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
- people sit on chairsWhen a common occurrence in media is misbelieved to be a trope.
- people's princessA celebrity (usually female) who maintains a public image as down-to-earth, genuine, or attainable.
- peopleyCrowded or bustling with many people.
- pep pillSynonym of party pill.
- PepeAn image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character.
- PepeLaughAn emoticon of Pepe the Frog laughing.
- pepperA shotgun.
- pepper upTo increase in energy; to excite (someone).
- pepperboxAny of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on...
- Pepperidge Farm remembersUsed to nostalgically reminisce or recall a happier time in the past.
- PepperonyThe ship between Pepper Potts and Tony Stark from Marvel.
- peppyA tree of species Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as Western Australian peppermint or peppermint tree.
- peptOf low quality; worthless.
- PercabethThe ship of characters Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase from the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles franchise.
- percent-encodeTo convert special or reserved characters in a string (such as spaces, slashes or query symbols) into a safe...
- percent-encodingA method used to encode special or reserved characters in URIs and URLs by replacing them with a percent sign...
- percenterAn agent.
- perfectamundoPerfect.
- perfume ballA bouncer on or just outside off stump that passes very close to the batter's face.
- PerinelThe ship of characters Peridot and Spinel from the Steven Universe series.
- period pantiesSynonym of period pants.
- periodtUsed to underscore a statement or indicate that it is not open to dispute.
- PerivenThe ship of characters Peridot and Steven Universe from the Steven Universe series.
- perked outHigh on Percs (Percocet pills).
- permaTo permaban.
- permabanA permanent ban on a user.
- permabannedPermanently banned from using a web site.
- permablockThe act of indefinitely blocking the access of a user.
- permabulkTo bulk for an indefinite period of time, often with no regard for calories or nutrients.
- permabulkerA person that bulks for an indefinite period of time, often disregarding calories and nutrients.
- permabulkingThe act of bulking indefinitely.
- permacessionA sustained period of pessimism about the state of the economy.
- permadeadPermanently dead.
- permadeathLikewise, any situation where a player character or characters who die are lost permanently but do not...
- permadieTo permanently die.
- permagrinA permanent grin; a smile that is permanently transformed into a grin, appearing like it is printed onto...
- permalinkA permanent (unchanging) link to an individual blog entry or news item on the World Wide Web.
- permasuitA suit that, through some magical intervention, can never be removed once worn.
- permathreadA permanent or perennial thread of discussion.
- permatrollA persistent or long-time troll in an online community.
- permishPermission.
- perpA perpetrator.
- persistent cookieA small data file that a website saves on a user's device and which remains there even after the browser is...
- personal messageSynonym of private message.
- personalityA set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast.
- personalzineA fanzine produced by a single person, often covering that person's own interests and activities.
- personnelistPersonnel manager, human resources manager.
- persuaderA spur (for riding a horse).
- Peruvian marching powderSynonym of Bolivian marching powder.
- pet regressorOne who engages in pet regression.
- Pete TongWrong.
- petermanA safecracker.
- petpillA strong interest in petplay, particularly as a long-term submissive partner.
- petro-Oil export, sometimes as a source of funding.
- petroyuanMoney (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.
- petspaceThe state of mind (headspace) one enters when engaging in pet regression or in petplay.
- petticoatA woman.
- petuniaA homosexual.
- pew pewA firearm.
- PewdsPewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg; born 1989), online video streamer.
- pewterPrize money.
- PfizeredHaving received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
- PfizermectinSynonym of nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid).
- ph33rFear.
- phabletA mobile device intermediate in size between smartphone and tablet.
- phagrapheneA two-dimensional form of graphene, the allotrope of carbon found in graphite, with 5/6/7-sided rings instead...
- pharmacoterrorismThe commission of terrorist acts while under the influence of psychoactive substances.
- pharmerOne who engages in pharming (fraudulent redirection of Internet traffic).
- phatExcellent; cool; very good.
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Slang meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word (English slang). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the words, left out vulgar and offensive ones, and linked each to its full entry. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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