PU
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pu"
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
PU
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands from 1974 to 1986.
Usage notes[edit]
The code was deprecated in favour of UM, the code for the United States Minor Outlying Islands.
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
PU
Noun[edit]
PU (plural PUs)
- (computing) Initialism of processing unit.
- (linguistics) Initialism of prosodic unit. (IU for intonation unit is preferred)
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyurethane.
- Initialism of power unit.
- Initialism of penalty unit.
- (Internet slang) Initialism of pickup. (as in pickup artist)
Hyponyms[edit]
computing
computing
Interjection[edit]
PU
- (slang) Alternative form of P U; expression used when encountering a displeasing smell; exaggerated pronunciation of pew.
- 2000 February 22, Karl Reinhardt, “How to spell???”, in alt.usage.english[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:
- 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.
See also[edit]
- (polyurethane): ePTFE
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Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
PU
- Initialism of pekerjaan umum (“public works”).
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
PU m
- Abbreviation of Puebla. (Mexican state)
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