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Translingual
Symbol
PU
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands from 1974 to 1986.
- Synonym: PUS (alpha-3)
Usage notes
The code was deprecated in favour of UM, the code for the United States Minor Outlying Islands.
English
Pronunciation
Noun
PU
- (India) Initialism of Punjab.
Noun
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
Interjection
PU
- (slang) Alternative form of P U; expression used when encountering a displeasing smell; exaggerated pronunciation of pew.
1994 February 28, zombie, “Future Images”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:IMO, this stinks. PU.
1997 February 19, K.A.J., “PU, whats that smell......”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:
1999 April 7, Thomas Mac Donald, “99 Interior Smell - PU”, in rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:
2000 March 19, [email protected], “PU WHO CUT THE FRIKIN CHEESE?”, in alt.cheese (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:THIS NEWSGROUP STINKS
PU
2000 February 22, Karl Reinhardt, “How to spell???”, in alt.usage.english (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.
2000 October 7, Samuel Sands, “Truck”, in atl.arno (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-20:PU? As in Stinks? :^)
Sam (Pee Euw) Sands
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Indonesian
Noun
PU
- Initialism of pekerjaan umum (“public works”).
Spanish
Proper noun
PU m
- Abbreviation of Puebla. (Mexican state)