Slang words: P
1,020 slang and Internet words starting with P, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- pommie washA quick wash using a facecloth, often while still partly clothed.
- Pommie-basherSomeone who habitually criticizes England or English people.
- PommylandEngland; the United Kingdom.
- PompeyThe city of Portsmouth, England.
- pongTo invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.
- pongoA soldier.
- poniesHorsepower.
- ponifyTo turn an existing character into a My Little Pony-style cartoon equine.
- ponyA ponytail hairstyle.
- pony and trapOf little worth; crap.
- pony upTo pay (usually a bill, debt or due).
- PonygateThe Southern Methodist University football scandal, involving illicit cash payments to potential recruits.
- poo ticketsToilet paper.
- poochedMade unusable; broken; buggered.
- poodleTo wear a partial fursuit, typically the head and hands, while showing one's skin.
- poodle-fakerA man who seeks out female society, especially for social or professional advancement.
- poodlingThe act or an instance of wearing a partial fursuit while showing one's skin.
- pooerSomeone who poos.
- pookieA glass pipe designed for freebasing cocaine, methamphetamine, or other drugs.
- PoolieA supporter of Hartlepool United football club.
- pooltoyA furry character based on an inflatable float used in a pool.
- poomplexA weak or worthless man.
- poon upTo dress up in order to impress others.
- poonceA male homosexual.
- poontsBreasts.
- poop outTo defecate.
- poopedTired, exhausted.
- poopetratorA person who defecates in public or otherwise commits an act of vandalism using feces.
- PoopismAny of the editing techniques used in YouTube Poop videos.
- pooploadA large amount.
- poopsockTo be engrossed in a video game so much as to not leave to go to the toilet.
- poopyDepressed, weak, or worthless.
- poopy suitA waterproof overgarment worn by aircrew when flying over cold waters, which prevents hypothermia following...
- poor little meow meowA fictional character who is both endearingly pathetic and extremely flawed or villainous.
- poorismSlum tourism; recreational visits to impoverished areas.
- pooronA poor and stupid person.
- pootieA baby's pacifier.
- pootisA character or meme related to the heavy (Heavy Weapons Guy) class in Team Fortress 2 that is frequently...
- poovyHomosexual; poofy.
- popTo give birth.
- pop a deuceTo defecate.
- pop a squatTo urinate in a squatting position, especially in a public place.
- pop flyA pop-up; a fly ball to the infield or the shallow outfield.
- pop offTo perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- pop one's clogsTo die.
- pop outTo leave a room or building with the expectation of returning soon.
- pop pillsTo take pills regularly or too often, especially ones containing an illegal drug.
- pop shopA pawnshop.
- pop shotSynonym of money shot.
- pop smokeTo call for air extract with a smoke grenade.
- pop tagsTo go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree.
- pop-popOne's grandfather.
- popadelicHaving the coolness or style of pop music or pop stars.
- pope's headA long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, washing windows, etc.
- pope's living roomThe inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).
- popoffA period of time where a player performs extremely well in a video game.
- popoverA pop-up element that is rendered over the current web page rather than opening a new tab or window.
- popper upTo intoxicate with amyl nitrite, a recreational drug.
- popskullCheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled.
- popslashSlash fan fiction which pairs pop musicians, especially ones belonging to the same boy band.
- popsyA girl.
- popufurAn influential or famous furry; a microcelebrity or influencer in the furry fandom subculture.
- por qué no los dosWhy not both; both.
- porcelain busA toilet bowl.
- porcelain throneSynonym of toilet (fixture).
- porch piracyThe crime of stealing a delivered package from a porch.
- porch pirateA criminal who steals a delivered package from a porch.
- pork outSynonym of pig out (“to eat greedily”).
- pork pieA lie.
- pork upTo grow fat.
- porkedExtensively broken or beyond repair.
- porkerA lie.
- porkyAn eye.
- porky pieA lie (false statement).
- porridgeA prison sentence.
- port forwardingThe forwarding of a network port from one device to another; especially, such forwarding when done to provide...
- portalA website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- portal siteA website with various features and content of its own, but also with many links to other sites, its aim...
- portalizationConversion into a portal.
- portletA pluggable user interface component making up part of a portal, such as a fragment displaying weather or...
- Posh 'n' BecksSex (the act of fornicating).
- posh noshHaute cuisine.
- poshoA posh person.
- positiveHIV positive.
- possAn opossum.
- posseA criminal gang.
- possieA firing position.
- postTo publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- post-con depressionA feeling of depression and loneliness that follows after attending a fun convention.
- post-moderationThe practice of moderating comments after they appear online, with the goal of removing the publication of...
- post-truthismPost-truth; the normalization of misinformation, lies, and "alternative facts" in society.
- postage stampThe upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
- postalCrazy, insane.
- postathonA period in which many messages are posted (as to an Internet newsgroup or forum).
- postbackThe transmission of data back to the same web page by means of HTTP POST.
- postcanonSet or revealed after the canonical ending of a work of fiction.
- postcountA post count; the number of messages written by a user on an internet forum or message board.
- posteeOne who posts an electronic message; a poster.
- posterOne who posts a message.
- posterizeTo score a slam dunk in basketball against (one or more opposing players) by leaping over them; also (by...
- postieA post-leftist (an adherent of post-left anarchism).
- postmasterThe administrator of an electronic mail system.
- potTo shoot with a firearm.
- pot-walloperOne who cleans pots; a scullion.
- potaholicA marijuana addict.
- potatoAn underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.
- potato diggerThe M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun.
- potato masherA type of stick hand grenade resembling such a utensil.
- potato-qualityOf exceptionally poor quality; low-resolution, grainy, or blurry.
- potenchPotential (latent).
- potholeA hyperlink with text displayed on a page that is different from the title of the page to which the text...
- potlessLacking in funds; without assets; poor.
- pottedDrunk.
- potted plantA shill taking part in an auction.
- PotterficFan fiction based on the Harry Potter series.
- PotterheadOne who loves the Harry Potter series of books, the Potterverse, and/or the Wizarding World Rowling-created...
- PotterlockA genre of crossover fanworks blending characters, settings, and plot elements from the Harry Potter series...
- PotterverseThe setting of the Harry Potter series.
- pouncyPunchy, aggressive.
- poundTo wager a pound on.
- pound cakeA term of attraction or desire.
- poundedInebriated.
- pour honey onTo praise or encourage wholeheartedly.
- povPoor; impoverished; cheap.
- poverty buttonA button or switch cutout covered with a plastic blanking plate, usually as a cost cutting measure in lower...
- powderTo depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
- powder houndA skier who favours powdery snow.
- powder one's noseTo snort cocaine or other types of drugs through one's nose.
- powderhoundA skiing enthusiast.
- power brickA power supply for an electronic device which is similar in size, shape, and weight of a brick, which plugs...
- power levelExtreme political views, especially those on the far right.
- power pillA tablet of the drug ecstasy.
- power scalingThe practice of assessing the physical power and abilities of a fictional character through a comparison with...
- power topAn especially aggressive or energetic active partner in sex.
- powerballSynonym of speedball (“mixture of drugs”).
- powerlevelTo cause (a game character or another player) to advance levels in a game as quickly as possible.
- powerscaleTo assess (a fictional character) by power scaling.
- powerslashSlash fan fiction focusing on a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters of unequal social...
- poz friendlyWilling to have sex with someone who is HIV positive by someone who is HIV negative.
- pozzyJam (“fruit conserve made from fruit boiled with sugar”).
- PR-friendlyWilling to be approached by brands in order to endorse goods and services.
- praccyPractice.
- pragmaIn early versions of HTTP, a general header that specifies some implementation-specific directive, to any...
- prangTo crash an aeroplane.
- prang outTo worry, panic; to suffer an anxiety attack.
- prangedParanoid.
- pranged outIn a state of panic; suffering an anxiety attack.
- prankTo call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call)...
- prashantA croissant.
- pratA fool, contemptible person.
- prat diggerA pickpocket.
- prataTo change one's position repeatedly, vacillate, flip-flop (following the repeated flipping when making prata).
- prattieA potato.
- prawnA fool, an idiot.
- pre-gamingThe act of consuming alcoholic beverages before attending an event or function.
- pre-lashA session of pre-drinking.
- pre-moderationThe practice of moderating comments before they appear online, with the goal of preventing the publication of...
- pre-nutSynonym of precum.
- pre-pooA hair conditioning treatment applied before shampooing.
- pre-slashA subgenre of slash fiction in which a homosexual relationship between two characters has not yet developed...
- preachUsed to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking).
- precanonSet before the main or accepted canonical chronology of a fictional universe.
- precoveryThe act of resting before a long night, weekend or season of binge drinking.
- predatorA sexual predator.
- pregameTo consume alcohol prior to an event.
- preggiePregnant (carrying a baby).
- preggyPregnant (carrying a baby).
- prejacPre-ejaculate.
- preloadTo drink (cheaper) alcohol at home before going out socially.
- preloadingThe practice of drinking alcohol before going out socially.
- premierThe first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.
- premmieAn infant who is born prematurely.
- premoExcellent, attractive.
- premoveOn certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible)...
- prepperA prep school.
- preprint serverA website on which preprints are published.
- presentIn omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at...
- presentityAn entity (usually a human) which provides information about its presence (whether it is available and...
- press F to pay respectsUsed to convey that credit, recognition, or sympathy should be given.
- pressedUpset, bothered.
- pressed hamA form of mooning, an act of pressing one's naked buttocks against a car window or other window in order to...
- prestitialOf a webpage, usually carrying advertising: displayed when the user arrives on a site and before they are...
- prestoA pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- pretotypeA model of product using the smallest possible amount of resources.
- pretotypingThe process of building pretotypes to test the viability of a product before attempting to actually prototype...
- pretzel-benderA strange or unusual person.
- prexyA president, especially of a college or university.
- prick farrierAn army doctor.
- prickeryThe actions or attitudes of a prick; prickish behaviour.
- prickishnessSynonym of prickery (“prickish behaviour”).
- priestxNon-binary or gender-neutral equivalent of priest.
- primoAny high-quality drug.
- princexA genderless or non-binary prince; a prince whose gender is unknown.
- printTo inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
- printoAn error made during printing.
- prison hoochSynonym of pruno.
- prison napalmA mixture of boiling water and sugar, thrown to cause injuries.
- prison purseSynonym of prison pocket.
- prison walletSynonym of prison pocket.
- prisspotA very prissy person.
- privA private account.
- privacy sealAn online branded trust mark or logo used by third-party site verification entities to protect online...
- privateTo make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).
- private messageA message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a...
- proA prostitute.
- pro maxThe ultimate or the most hilarious version.
- pro skirtA prostitute.
- probieA neophyte firefighter.
- proctocracyGovernment or management by “arseholes” (i.e., inconsiderate, obnoxious, or otherwise highly objectionable...
- ProdgeThe Prodigy, an English electronic music group formed in 1990.
- prodnoseSynonym of busybody.
- prodomThe realm of professional writers, as opposed to fandom.
- producerAn arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to...
- productIllegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
- professorA pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
- proffeeCoffee mixed with a protein shake or protein powder, creating a drink that provides both caffeine and protein.
- proficA work of professionally published fiction.
- profileA specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or...
- profile pictureA graphical representation of a user or persona in a digital space.
- progheadA fan of progressive rock music.
- programmer artCrude or ugly visuals created by a developer as placeholders.
- programming socksParticularly feminine thigh-highs, facetiously touted as a way to improve one's programming by transfemmes...
- prohiA prohibitionist; a Prohibition agent.
- prollyProbably.
- promagA professionally published magazine.
- promnesiaDéjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.
- promoAn interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.
- prompt craftingSynonym of prompt engineering.
- prompt engineerSomeone who designs prompts to be given to an artificial intelligence.
- prompt engineeringThe technique of formulating instructions (prompts) for a generative AI, in order that it produce the...
- prone-boneTo sexually penetrate (someone) while they lie prone.
- prootA protogen.
- propA part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
- propersProper treatment, respect.
- prophoProphylaxis from venereal disease.
- propsRespect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment...
- prossA prostitute.
- prossieA prostitute.
- prossyProstitute.
- prostibotA sexbot hired out as a prostitute.
- prostitute's pupilAn Argyll Robertson pupil, a characteristic sign in syphilitic eye disease.
- prostyA prostitute.
- protection proxyA proxy that controls access to a resource based on access rights.
- protestwareSoftware subverted to serve the ends of a political protest, for example by deleting files or displaying...
- protoA protogen.
- protogenA fictional anthropomorphic (furry) cyborg with a robotic chest and thighs, and a visor screen upon which the...
- protologismA newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common; a recently created term...
- prowl carA police patrol car.
- proxy mineA proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
- prozzieA prostitute.
- pruneAn old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
- prunoAn improvised alcoholic drink typically produced in correctional facilities.
- pseudo-ChineseA Japanese humorous written variant which remarkably resembles Chinese by exclusively using kanji.
- pseudo-TLDA top-level domain that is not part of the official worldwide Domain Name System but is used in a similar...
- pseudoclassA construct in code that behaves like a class but is not a true class.
- pseudodomainA nonexistent top-level domain that is assigned a meaning in certain specialized contexts.
- pseudoelementAn object in code that behaves like an HTML element but is not a true element.
- pseudoheaderA simplified header used in the TCP and UDP protocols in order to calculate a checksum.
- pseudoselectorA kind of selector that identifies something not explicitly labelled in the document markup.
- pseudostreamingThe seeking of a portion of a streamed video that has not yet been downloaded.
- psychUsed to indicate jokingly that a statement which one has made was false and that one has successfully fooled...
- Psych-OA fan of the American detective comedy-drama television series Psych.
- psychedThrilled; excited.
- psychomologicalPsychological.
- psyopSomething viewed as inauthentic and pushing an agenda.
- PterryNickname for Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author.
- pubA public server.
- pub crawlThe visiting of a number of public houses in a single session.
- pub grubPub food; meals typically found in a pub.
- pubeA single pubic hair.
- pubedHaving some specific type of pubic hair.
- pubedresserA person who cuts or styles pubic hair.
- pubicideThe use of such a chemical.
- publicAn internet publication.
- publishTo disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- pubstompTo win games against (new or inexperienced players), targeting them deliberately.
- pubstomperOne who pubstomps.
- puchitoBuddy.
- puck bunnyA female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the...
- pucker factorThe level of stress and/or adrenaline in a dangerous situation.
- puckyFeces, excrement.
- puddingEntrails.
- pudknockerA pretentious but unskilled pilot.
- PuertopiaPuerto Rico as a cryptocurrency tax haven.
- puffA scam of that kind.
- puff the magic dragonTo smoke marijuana.
- puff, puff, passTo take two puffs from a blunt or joint and then pass it to the next person in a group; an informal rule of...
- pufferOne who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
- puggledDrunk.
- pukeTo sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or...
- puke one's brains outTo vomit violently.
- puke one's guts outTo vomit intensely, prolongedly, or both.
- pukefestAn event involving a great deal of vomiting, nausea, or disgust.
- pukerA person who caricatures the manner of speech of a disc jockey or announcer, using affected...
- puketasticCharacterised by, or inducing, vomiting.
- pukeworthySickening.
- pukkaSuperior or of high quality; first-class; excellent.
- pulchronomicsThe study of the economics related to beauty.
- pullTo interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex).
- pull a fast oneTo carry out a trick or act of deception; to behave contrary to expectations.
Source and license
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.
Cite this page: “Slang Words Starting with P - Page 3.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/slang/p-3. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.