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PU
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Appendix:Variations of "pu"
Translingual
Symbol
1 2 1 the United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands 1974 1986
mul PUS ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 alpha-3
Usage notes
The code was deprecated in favour of mul UM, the code for the United States Minor Outlying Islands.
English
Alternative forms
en P.U. P. U.
Pronunciation
en En-au-PU.ogg AU
Noun
en @abbrev of:Punjab state c/India.
Noun
~
en computing en processing unit.
en linguistics en prosodic unit IU for intonation unit is preferred.
en organic compound en polyurethane.
en power unit.
en penalty unit.
en Internet slang en pickup as in pickup artist.
en broadcasting en pickup.
Hyponyms
en computing CPU GPU NPU PPU SPU TPU VPU
en computing DSP FPGA SPE
Interjection
en slang en P U; expression used when encountering a displeasing smell; exaggerated pronunciation of en pew.
en zombie Future Images rec.arts.comics.misc https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.comics.misc/c/HNWgIP601WQ/m/fBg9UvXU1eAJ 2022-06-20 Feb 28, 1994 IMO, this stinks. PU.
en K.A.J. PU, whats that smell...... rec.equestrian https://groups.google.com/g/rec.equestrian/c/nBtm_qiI1cY/m/k2r7xziNs5sJ 2022-06-20 Feb 19, 1997
en Thomas Mac Donald 99 Interior Smell - PU rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata https://groups.google.com/g/rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata/c/VsNCf41eBdw/m/wONDovGvnhgJ 2022-06-20 Apr 7, 1999
en thunde...@webtv.net PU WHO CUT THE FRIKIN CHEESE? alt.cheese https://groups.google.com/g/alt.cheese/c/5SVNL4rRCVM/m/3ijCLWOnaVwJ 2022-06-20 Mar 19, 2000 THIS NEWSGROUP STINKSPU
en Karl Reinhardt How to spell??? alt.usage.english https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usage.english/c/UWroMmebpl8/m/lpf1U_bYwPgJ 2022-06-20 Feb 22, 2000 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.
en Samuel Sands Truck atl.arno https://groups.google.com/g/atl.arno/c/dU0Co-pta3U/m/MnYh5C1PmJEJ 2022-06-20 Oct 7, 2000 PU? As in Stinks? :^)Sam (Pee Euw) Sands
See also
polyurethane en ePTFE
References
Anagrams
en pu U.P. UP up up-
en Smell
German
Proper noun
fp
de w:de:Philosophische Untersuchungen
Indonesian
Noun
id noun
id pekerjaan umum public works
Japanese
Etymology
Abbreviation derived from the original ja en - spelling of en pick up.
Pronunciation
ピックアップ
Noun
ピックアップ
ja chiefly video games ja ピックアップ pikku-appu
Verb
ピックアップ
ja chiefly video games ja ピックアップする pikku-appu suru
Conjugation
ピックアップ
Spanish
Proper noun
m
es @abbrev of:Puebla state c/Mexico