LP
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
LP (countable and uncountable, plural LPs)
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- Liquid petroleum, or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Liquid propane.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- Initialism of little person.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- Synonyms: MM, market maker
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
Proper noun
LP
- (US, politics, uncountable) The Libertarian Party of the United States.
- (Australia) Initialism of Liberal Party.
- (Philippine politics) Initialism of Liberal Party.
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Chinese
Etymology
Initialism of Hokkien 𡳞脬 (lān-pha, “scrotum”).
Pronunciation
Noun
LP
- (Taiwanese Mandarin) cojones; courage; machismo; chutzpah
- 到底是這些熱愛「中華民國」的政客沒有LP，還是多年來原來只是嘴巴喊喊、騙騙選票？ [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2005, Tseng Tsung-kai (曾琮愷), Liberty Times: 中華民國 真的消失了 (Editorial: The Republic of China has disappeared)
- Dàodǐ shì zhè xiē rè'ài “Zhōnghuámínguó” de zhèngkè méiyǒu LP, háishì duōnián lái yuánlái zhǐshì zuǐbā hǎn hǎn, piàn piàn xuǎnpiào?
- Is it really that these crooked politicians, who profess their love for the ROC, just don't have the cojones, or is it all just empty talk, and they've been lying to us all these years just to get votes?
到底是这些热爱「中华民国」的政客没有LP，还是多年来原来只是嘴巴喊喊、骗骗选票？ [MSC, simp.]
Verb
LP
- to brownnose; to kiss up to
- 立委陳宗義退席時還大罵國親是「不愛台灣」、「只會捧中國的LP」，在場國民黨立委朱鳳芝、洪秀柱也反譏民進黨「只會捧美國的LP」。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2004, Chen Yu-ting (陳鈺婷), Liberty Times: 軍購條例未付委 綠軍退席抗議 (Editorial: Conditions for arms purchases does not meet approval of committee. Pan-Green Coalition walks out in protest.)
- Lìwěi Chén Zōngyì tuìxí shí hái dà mà guó qīn shì “bù ài táiwān”, “zhǐ huì pěng Zhōngguó de LP”, zài chǎng Guómíndǎng lìwěi Zhū Fèngzhī, Hóng Xiùzhù yě fǎnjī Mínjìndǎng “zhǐ huì pěng Měiguó de LP”.
- As legislator Chen Tsung-i walked out, he cursed the KMT and PFP for "not loving Taiwan," and "only knowing how to kiss China's rear end." KMT legislators Chu Feng-chih and Hung Hsiu-chu shot back that the DPP "only knows how to kiss America's rear end."
立委陈宗义退席时还大骂国亲是「不爱台湾」、「只会捧中国的LP」，在场国民党立委朱凤芝、洪秀柱也反讥民进党「只会捧美国的LP」。 [MSC, simp.]
Usage notes
- The Hokkien word 𡳞脬 (lān-pha) is considered too crude for polite company. Therefore, LP is often used in its place (similar to the usage of "f-word" in English).
Related terms
References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #13524”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from English LP.
Noun
LP m (plural LPs)
Etymology 2
Initialism.
Noun
LP f (uncountable)
- Initialism of língua portuguesa.
Spanish
Noun
LP m (plural LP)
Further reading
- “LP”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014