Slangs - P

[Keane]

packed out   Adj. Very crowded. E.g."The bar was so packed out, it took us 30 minutes to get served." {Informal}
packet    Noun. 1. The male genitals.
2. A sizeable amount of money. E.g."I earnt a packet working overtime last weekend."
pack up   Verb. To break down. Usually said of a machine, however may on occasion be applied to ones bodyparts, such as, "my back's packed up." {Informal}
Noun. A snack, a packed lunch. [Hull/E.Yorkshire use]
pad   Noun. One's apartment, room, home.
paddy    Noun. A rage, a tantrum or an upset. E.g "O.K., calm down, don't get in a paddy." {Informal}
Paddy    Noun. An Irish person. Derived from the popular and pet-form of the Irish name Padraig (Patrick). Often used offensively. {Informal}
paedo   Noun. Abb. of paedophile.
pagga   Noun. A fight. Also pagger. [Scottish/N.E. use]
Verb. To beat up, fight. [Scottish/N.E. use?]
paggered   Adj. Tired, exhausted. [Yorks/NE/Cumbria use]
pain in the arse    Noun. Something or someone who is troublesome or tedious.
pair    Noun. A euphemism for a woman's breasts.
paki    Noun. 1. A Pakistani, but also used as a general and particularly offensive term for any person/immigrant from the Indian sub-continent, such as Pakistan, India, Bengal, Sri Lanka etc. Offens.
2. A shop or delicatessen run by asians. Offens.
paki-bashing   Noun. Racially motivated violence against the Asian community. See 'paki'.
pal    Noun. 1. A friend. {Informal}.
2. A term of address, not always friendly despite its original meaning as noun 1.
palatic   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated with alcohol. Also spelt pallatic and parlatic. Possibly a corruption of 'paralytic'. [N. England/Ireland use]
palaver   Noun. A tedious fuss or discussion. E.g."What's all this palaver about you and my mum having an argument?" {Informal}
pally    Adj. Friendly. {Informal}.
pam and her five sisters   Noun. The hand when employed for masturbation. Cf. 'madam palm and her five sisters' and 'rosie palm and her five sisters'.
pan    Noun. The toilet (the room and the bowl itself). E.g."I'll get her to ring you back, she's just in the pan."
panda (car)    Noun. A policecar. Taken from when policecars were black and white. {Informal}.
pan handle   Noun. An erect penis. From the resemblance between the two.
pan someone's head in    Vrb phrs. To thoroughly beat someone up. E.g. "I warned him he'd get his head panned in if he didn't stop messing with that nutter."
pansy    Noun. 1. An effeminate, feeble, weak-willed male.
2. A homosexual male. Derog.
pants (!)    Noun/Adj. Nonsense, rubbish, bad. From the standard British English of pants, meaning underwear; also a variation on 'knickers'. E.g."The first half was pants but I stayed until the end and it was actually a great film." [1990s]
Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance or frustration. From the noun, (above).
pap    Noun. 1. Nonsense, rubbish.
2. Faeces.
Verb. To defecate. E.g."He was so scared he papped his pants."
paps   Noun. Women's breasts.
papers    Noun. Cigarette papers.
para   Adj. Paranoid.
paraffin   Noun. A tramp, vagrant. Rhyming slang on paraffin lamp.
paralytic    Adj. Extremely drunk.
park one's arse    Vrb phrs. To sit down. E.g."Park your arse there a moment whilst I find my keys."
parky    Adj. Cold, with regard to the weather. {Informal}
parp   Noun. 1. To break wind, to fart.
2. Nonsense, rubbish.
party-pooper    Noun. Someone who is miserable and a spoilsport, consequently putting a damper on the pleasures of others. [Orig. U.S. 1950s]
pash   Noun. An infatuation.
Verb. Be sexually passionate, to kiss passionately. Abb. of passion. E.g."I found her having a pash in the back garden with the nextdoor neighbour."
passion killers    Noun. Very unattractive underwear and unlikely to encourage sexual advances; infact so unappealing they would halt any such advances.
paste    Verb. To beat up.
pasting    Noun. A beating. E.g. "He gave me a right pasting when he realised it was me that spread that rumour."
Pat and Mick   Adj. Affected with nausea, ill. Rhyming slang on sick. Also 'on the Pat and Mick'.
Paul Weller   Noun. Stella Artois, a popular brand of lager. Rhyming slang on Stella. Paul Weller, musician. [1990s]
pavement pizza   Noun. Vomit, when lying on the street.
P.C.    Adj. Abb. of politically correct. [1990s]
p.d.q./ PDQ    Adj. Very quickly, immediately. Abb of Pretty Damned Quick. E.g."You best tidy up that mess p.d.q. before your mother gets home." {Informal}
peahead   Noun. A person with a comparatively small head. Also pea head. Derog.
peanut smuggler   Noun. A woman with erect nipples, evident through her clothing. See 'peanut smuggling'.
peanut smuggling   Noun. Of a woman, having prominently erect nipples, visible through her clothing. Cf. 'smuggling peanuts'.
pearl harbour   Adj. Cold weather. A pun on 'there being a nasty nip in the air'... from nip(py) (cold) and nip (Japanese). E.g."Put on your scarf and hat, it's pearl harbour out there." [1990s]
pearl necklace    Noun. Ejaculated semen that has landed around the vicinity of the neck and upper chest, imitative of a pearl necklace.
pear-shaped    Adj. Out of shape, unorganised, wrong. Heard in the expression go pear-shaped. E.g."All our plans went pear-shaped after our funds were cut by the finance department."
peasouper    Noun. A very thick fog. {Informal}
pecker    Noun. The penis. [Orig. U.S.]
peckish   Adj. Hungry. E.g."What time is dinner? I'm feeling a little peckish." {Informal}
pee    Verb. To urinate. {Informal}.
Noun. 1. Urine.
2. An act of urination.
pee it down   Vrb phrs. To rain heavily.
peelie-wally   Adj. Pale looking, sickly. [Scottish use]
peeps    Noun. 1. Sleep.
2. People.
peeve   Noun. Drink, usually alcoholic. [North-east/Scottish use]
peg-it    Verb. 1. To run, usually implying a sense or urgency, such as hurriedly.
2. To die. [Northern/Scottish use]
pen and ink    Noun. A stink, a bad smell. Cockney rhyming slang.
pencil pusher    Noun. A person who works at a desk and whose job involves a large amount of paper-work or administration, such as a clerk. Derog.
peng   Adj. 1. The best, great, excellent, often heard with reference to drugs. E.g."This weed is peng!"
2. Of a person, very attractive, desirable.
(the) penny dropped   Noun. Used to signify that a person finally understands something. E.g."Thank God for that! The penny's finally dropped and we can all go home now." {Informal}
percy    Noun. A pet name for the penis.
perishing    Adj. 1. Used as an intensifier. E.g."That perishing dog was barking all night".
2. Very cold. {Informal}. E.g."You should put your hat and scarf on, it's perishing outside."
perve    Noun. Abb. of pervert.
Verb. To look lustfully or lecherously at someone or something. E.g."He shouldn't be allowed to work at the swimming pool, he's always perving over the ladies."
pervy    Adj. Perverted.
pet    Noun. A term of endearment. {Informal}
petal   Noun. An affectionate term of address.
Pete Tong   Adj. Wrong. Rhyming slang. Pete Tong is a well known and respected U.K. radio and club D.J.
petrolhead   Noun. An enthusiast of cars and motoring, especially motor racing.
phat    Adj. 1. Excellent, pleasing, desirable.
2. Fashionable.
3. Musically, describing a full, deep and bassy sound originating from hip hop. Similarly, describing the fashion quality of hip hop.
phiz    Noun. Face. From from physiognomy. Also spelt 'viz'. Cf. 'phizog'. {Informal}
phizog    Noun. Face. Derived from physiognomy. Includes a number of variations in spelling phizzog, vissog, fizzog, physog, and phyzog.
phwoah   Exclam. Used to express sexual desire at the sight of an attractive person. Imitative of the sound expressed in such a circumstance. Also spelt phwoar and phwoargh. [1990s]
pickled    Adj. Drunk.
piddle    Verb. To urinate. Cf. 'riddle' and 'widdle'. {Informal}
Noun. 1. Urine.
2. An act of urination.
piddle about    Verb. To mess around, waste time.
piddle it down    Verb. To rain.
piddling    Adj. Trivial, insignificant, small. E.g."I'm starving. You should have seen the piddling amount we had for dinner." {Informal}
piddly    Adj. Small, trivial, insignificant.
piece    Noun. 1. A euphemism for a gun. [Orig. U.S. 1950s]
2. A female seen as a sexual object. A shortening of 'piece of skirt'. Offens.
3. A sandwich. [Scottish use]
piece of cake   Noun. Something very easy. E.g."I got full marks in that quiz. It was a piece of cake."
piece of piss    Noun. A thing that is very easy. E.g."If you think giving up smoking is a piece of piss, then you've never been a proper smoker." Cf. 'piss easy'.
piece of shit   Noun. A contemptible person.
piece of skirt    Noun. A female seen as a sexual object. Offens.
pie-eater    Noun. 1. A simpleton. Derog. [Orig. Aust.]
2. A person from Wigan and surrounding area.
pie-eyed    Adj. Drunk.
pie-hole   Noun. Mouth. Cf. 'cake-hole'.
piffle (!)    Noun. Nonsense, drivel. {Informal}
Exclam. Nonsense! {Informal}
piffling    Adj. Meaning the same as 'piddling'. {Informal}
piffy on a rock bun   Phrs. Heard in phrases expressing upset that one has been ignored or left out of an activity. Often heard shortened to "like piffy on a rock", and also just "like piffy". Etymology unknown. E.g."She forgot to tell me the meal had been cancelled, and left me standing in the rain like piffy."[North-west use]
pig    Noun. 1. A policeman/woman. Derog. [Early 1800s]
2. A glutton, a greedy person.
3. A slob, an unpleasantly dirty person.
4. A difficult or unpleasant situation or task. E.g."Cleaning all the windows is a pig of a job."
pigging    Adj./Adv. Used as an intensifier, similar to 'fucking' and 'pissing', but without being as offensive. E.g."I hate piggin' ignorant customers who treat you like scum."
pig-headed    Adj. Obstinate.
pig-it    Verb. To act in an uncouth manner, to live below one's normal standards, to 'slob'.
pig-ignorant    Adj. Very stupid, due to ignorance.
pig-out    Verb. To eat fully and enthusiastically.
Noun. A big meal.
pig's breakfast   Noun. A complete mess. Cf. 'dog's dinner'.
pig's ear    Noun. 1. Beer. Cockney rhyming slang.
2. A mess, a disaster. E.g."I made a pig's ear of that job interview when I farted at the outset and couldn't stop giggling." {Informal}
pigshit    Noun. Rubbish, nonsense. E.g."You're talking a load of pigshit!"
pikey *    Noun. 1. A gypsy or traveller.
2. A vagrant. Derog.
Adj. Of or relating to a gypsy or vagrant. Derog.
* [Orig. South-east England/Kent use. Dialect]
pilchard   Noun. An idiot.
pill it   Verb. To take ecstasy (MDMA). E.g."What else is there to at the weekend, apart from pilling it and get off your face."
pill-head    Noun. A frequent abuser/user of illicit drugs in pill form, such as 'ecstasy' tablets.
pillock    Noun. Idiot, fool. Originally a slang term for the penis but fairly inoffensive now its this meaning has been forgotten. Derog.
pillow-biter    Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
pin    Noun. A leg. Usually plural. E.g."That Brazilian model has got a fine pair of pins."
pinch    Verb. 1. To steal. E.g."Guess who's just lost his job for pinching from work again?"
2. To arrest. E.g."He got pinched when he was climbing out of the kitchen window with the stolen TV."
pinch a loaf    Verb. To defecate, to void one's bowels.
pinhead    Noun. A person or creature with an unusually small head.
pink cigar   Noun. The penis. Also in 'smoke a pink cigar'.
pink oboe   Noun. The penis. Also in 'play the pink oboe'.
pink pound    Noun. Disposable income that 'gays' ostensibly have through not having the financial expense of children.
pint-sized    Adj. Small and compact.
pip   Verb. To defeat by a small margin. Often heard in the expression 'pip at the post'. E.g."We pipped them to the finish and won by just 2 seconds." {Informal}
pip (someone) at the post   Vrb Phrs. To beat someone to the finish and by a small margin. {Informal}
pipedown!    Exclam. Be quiet! Shut up! An exclamation. {Informal}.
pip-pip!   Exclam. Goodbye! A dated expression that is often only heard used jocularly when mocking the upper classes.
pipsqueek    Noun. A feeble, ineffectual person. Derog. {Informal}.
pish   Noun/Verb. 'Piss'. [Scottish use]
pished   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. See 'pissed'. [Scottish use]
piss (!)    Verb. To urinate.
Noun. 1. Urine.
2. A weak drink.
Exclam. An exclamation of anger, frustration.
piss around / about   Verb. 1. To mess about, to waste time.
2. To waste someone's time, to annoy someone.
piss all over (someone)   Vrb phrs. To thoroughly defeat someone. E.g."You should have seen Chelsea play on Saturday, they pissed all over West Ham Utd."
piss-arse   Adj. Insignificant, worthless.
piss-arse around / about   Verb. To mess about, to waste time, often to the annoyance of someone else.
piss-artist    Noun. 1. A habitual drunk. Derog.
2. A contemptible time waster.
piss away   Verb. To waste through carelessness or neglect, to squander. E.g."Take my advice son, dont piss away your marriage just for the sake of a bit of fun."
piss-ball around   Verb. To idle away time, to mess around. E.g."Isn't it about time you did some work, as you've been piss-balling around all morning."
piss-down    Verb. To rain. E.g."It's pissing down outside, so take your brolly."
piss easy    Adj. Very easy.
pissed    Adj. Drunk.
pissed as a coot /fart /newt    Phrs. Very drunk.
pissed off    Adj. Angry, upset or depressed.
pissed up    Adj. Very drunk.
pisser    Noun. 1. An upset. E.g."I can't believe what a pisser it was, losing my job just before Christmas."
2. Something very funny. Taken from 'piss oneself laughing'.
piss-flaps (!)    Noun. The female genitals, particularly the labia.
Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance.
piss-head    Noun. A drunkard, a habitual drinker.
pisshole   Noun. 1. A lavatory, a toilet.
2. An unpleasant, dirty place.
pissing    Adj./Adv. An intensifier, such as 'fucking'.
piss in the wind    Vrb phrs. To do something futile. E.g."You're pissing in the wind if you think Kristina's going to sleep with you."
piss it    Verb. To complete a task easily, to win effortlessly. E.g."They pissed it and won the trophy for the fourth year running."
piss it down    Vrb phrs. To rain heavily. E.g."It wasn't a great holiday, it pissed it down all day, every day for a week." Cf. 'piss down'.
piss it up (against) the wall   Vrb phrs. To waste money.
piss off   Verb. 1. To upset, to annoy. E.g."He had a reputation for pissing off the bar staff and getting thrown out of clubs."
2. Go away. Heard frequently as an exclamation as piss off!
piss oneself    Vrb phrs. 1. To laugh heartily. E.g."She pissed herself when I asked her out for a meal. Just because I'm 15 years younger than her."
2. To be terrified.
piss on (someone)   Vrb phrs. To thoroughly defeat, or trounce. E.g."City pissed on United yesterday in their cup match."
piss on someone's bonfire / chips   Vrb phrs. To spoil someone's enjoyment, to ruin a good situation. E.g."Don't piss on his chips just because he ruined your party last week; that was an accident and he's said sorry."
piss-poor    Adj. Terrible, of low quality.
piss-pot   Noun. The toilet or toilet bowl. Orig referring to a chamber pot.
piss-proud   Adj. Having a penile erection on awaking in the morning; a common symptom due to one's bladder being full.
piss-take    Noun. A joke, a tease. Derived from the phrase 'take the piss'.
piss-up    Noun. 1. A drunken spree.
2. A mess up, a bungled event.
piss water    Noun. Weak or tasteless drink, usually alcoholic.
piss wet    Adj. Very wet, soaked.
pissy    Adj. Weak, feeble, inferior. Often applied to drinks.
pissy-arsed   Adj. Insignificant, inferior.
pissy queen    Noun. A fastidious over fussy gay male. Cf. 'prissy queen'.
pit    Noun. Bed. E.g."Oh, so you've finally got up out of your pit then? "
pitch a tent   Vrb phrs. To have an erection whilst wearing clothing.
pits    Noun. The worst imaginable situation, place or person. [Orig. U.S.]
pit yakker   Noun. A coal miner. [North-east use]
pizzaface    Noun. A person with bad spots, acne, or a generally very bad complexion. Derog.
placky    Noun. Plastic.
plank    Noun. An idiot. Derog.
plant one on (someone)   Vrb phrs. To hit (someone). E.g."I planted one on him, knocked him out cold, and then ran like mad before his mates arrived."
plastered    Adj. Drunk, intoxicated.
plasterer's radio    Adj. When likened to, meaning messy, disorderly, dirty, ugly. E.g."He had a face like a plasterer's radio. It was covered in spots."
plastic    Noun. Credit cards, cashpoint cards etc.
Adj. Synthetic, false.
plastic Scouser   Noun. A person from outside of the City of Liverpool who acquires a strong Liverpudlian accent (scouse) in order to make others believe he/she is a true Liverpudlian. Derog.
plastic Paddy   Noun. A person or thing that claims to be Irish or of Irish descent. Derog.
plate    Verb. To give oral sex, but more commonly to fellate.
plates (of meat)    Noun. Feet. Cockney rhyming slang.
play around    Verb. To be sexually promiscuous.
play gooseberry    Vrb phrs. To be an unwanted, extra person, usually in the company of a courting couple. See 'gooseberry'.
play it cool    Vrb phrs. To act calmly, to control ones emotions.
play merry-hell    Vrb phrs. To be very angry. E.g."Your father will play merry-hell if he finds you've spent all your savings on a new CD player."
play silly beggars/buggers   Vrb phrs. To mess about, be uncooperative. E.g." For fucks sake Connie! Are you going to play silly buggers all day or get on with the job ?"
play the pink oboe   Vrb phrs. To perform fellatio. The 'pink oboe' refers to the penis.
play the skin flute   Vrb phrs. To perform fellatio.
play with oneself    Vrb phrs. To masturbate. E.g."Make sure you knock before entering, there's a good chance he's watching some porn and playing with himself."
pleb    Noun. An inferior, insignificant or common person. Abb. of plebeian. Derog. {Informal}
plebby    Adj. Common, ordinary. Derog. {Informal}
plod    Noun. A policeman/woman. From a character in Noddy, a series of children's books written by Enid Blyton in the 1950s.
plod mag   Noun. A pornographic magazine. [Merseyside use]
plonk   Noun. Cheap or inferior wine. {Informal}
plonker    Noun. 1. A penis.
2. Fool, idiot, a despicable person.
plook    Noun. A spot, boil, 'zit'. Also spelt pluke. [Mainly Scottish use]
plop    Verb. To defecate. Children's onomatopoeic euphemism.
Noun. Faeces. Children's euphemism.
plug-ugly    Adj. Very ugly. Originally a ruffian, and taken from the New York gang of the mid 1800s, called the Plug Uglies. [Orig. U.S.]
plumber's crack    Noun. The upper part of the buttocks, and the area between, when visible above the low waistline of trousers when the wearer is kneeling or bending. Cf. 'builder's bum'.
plums    Noun. Testicles.
plur   Acronym. A greeting or parting salutation, used on the underground rave scene. Peace Love Unity Respect.
pocket billiards    Noun. Of males, auto-eroticism via their trouser pockets. Usually an adolescent's term and preoccupation.
pocket rocket   Noun. Penis.
podge    Noun. An overweight or obese person. Derived from the s.e. podgy. Derog.
podged   Adj. Full of food, sated with food, feeling one has overeaten. E.g."I had a five course meal and was too podged to walk." Cf. 'pogged'. [Derbyshire/Yorks/Notts use]
poet's day   Noun. Essentially refers to Friday, although the expression sums up the general feeling of working on a Friday and the desire to leave work and get on with one's real life. Poet's being an acronym of Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday.
pogo    Noun. A style of dancing born of British punk rock in 1976/77, involves keeping a stiff body and legs whilst jumping vertically up and down.
Verb. To dance in the manner of the 'pogo'.
pogged   Adj. Sated, full from eating food. Cf. 'podged'. [W. Yorks use]
pointies   Noun. A type of shoe with a pointed toe, usually women's.
point Percy (at the porcelain)    Vrb phrs. Of males, to urinate.
poison   Noun. Alcohol. Usually heard in questions such as "What's your poison?", meaning "What would you like to drink?"
poison dwarf   Noun. An unpleasant, diminutive person.
poke    Verb. To have sex with. A male expression.
Noun. Speed or power, usually applied to vehicles. E.g."His new car has plenty of poke."
polack *   Noun. A person from Poland.
Adj. Of or relating to Poland.
* Usually disparaging and offensive.
polish a turd   Vrb phrs. Heard in a negative context in the phrase you can't polish a turd, and when applied to a task means that it is impossible.
poloney   Noun. A girl, young woman. Also polone and polony. [Polari]
polaxed   Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. [Irish use]
Pompey   Noun. The City of Portsmouth.
ponce    Noun. 1. A contemptible person.
2. An effeminate male. Derog.
3. An ostentatious male. Derog.
Verb. To beg or freeload. E.g."He's been poncing off shoppers up the high street, saying he's homeless."
ponce about /around   Verb. To waste time, to idle away hours.
ponced up    Adj. Dressed up, overdressed.
poncey *   Adj. 1. Effeminate, with an implication of homosexuality. Derog.
2. Snobby, ostentatious.
* Also spelt poncy.
the pond   Noun. The Atlantic Ocean. {Informal}
pond life   Noun. Person or persons of low intelligence, and not greatly evolved, as with creatures found in a pond. Derog.
pong    Noun. An unpleasant smell. {Informal}
Verb. To stink. {Informal}
pony *   Noun. 1. £25 sterling.
2. Rubbish, nonsense. E.g."Our team are a load of old pony and don't deserve to be in the final."
3. An act of defecation. E.g."Can you wait for me? I need to have a pony."
* Versions 2 and 3 are from the rhyming slang pony and trap meaning 'crap'. See 'crap'.
poo (!) *   Noun. Excrement.
Verb. To defecate.
Exclam. An expression of distaste, frustration, annoyance.
* Also spelt pooh.
poo chute   Noun. The anus. Cf. 'poop chute'.
pooey   Exclam. Expressing distaste or derision, especially imitative of children.
Adj. 1. Of or resembling excrement.
2. Nasty, distasteful.
poof    Noun. 1. A male homosexual. Also 'puff'. Derog.
2. A feeble, despicable person. Derog.
poof juice   Noun. 1. An alcopop drink, a very sweet ready-mixed fruit drink containing alcohol. Called poof juice supposedly because homosexuals (poofs), not real men, consume such drinks.
2. Aftershave.
poofter *   Noun. 1. A homosexual, usually male. Derog.
2. A soft, feeble person. Derog.
* Also spelt pooftah and generally heard pronounced as poofdah.
poo-head   Noun. An objectionable person. Usually affectionate use, from 'shit-head'. See 'poo'.
poop    Noun. Excrement.
Verb. To emit wind from the anus, to 'fart'.
poop chute   Noun. The anus. Occasionally mispelled as poop shute. Cf. 'poo chute'
poo pirate   Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.
pooter   Noun. Computer. Also poota. [Late 1990s]
pootle    Verb. To meander, or wander slowly. E.g."Let's go into town and pootle about the shops."
pop    Noun. 1. A carbonated drink, like cola. Originally from when such drinks utilized corks, thus they went pop on opening.
2. A physical or verbal attack. See 'have a pop at (someone)'.
Verb. 1. To place, put. E.g."Come in, please. Pop your bag down there and we'll have a nice cuppa before I show you to your room."
2. To go. E.g."I'm just popping down to the shops to get a pint of milk."
popcorn   Noun. An erection of the penis. Rhyming slang on 'horn'. See 'horn'.
pop one's clogs    Vrb phrs. To die. E.g."I'm afraid old Fred has finally popped his clogs."
poppers    Noun. Amyl or butyl nitrate. A medicinal heart stimulant taken recreationally by smelling its vapours for its pleasurable 'rush' and also its orgasm enhancing qualities. Very common on the gay scene and in the drug stimulated club scene.
poppy   Noun. Money.
pop someone's cherry   Vrb phrs. To lose or take someone's sexual virginity. Orig. applied to deflowering (a woman).
porcelain god /altar   Noun. The toilet bowl. See 'pray to the porcelain god'.
pork   Verb. To have sexual intercourse.
pork dagger    Noun. The penis. Cf. 'pork sword'.
porker    Noun. A fat person.
porkies    Noun. Lies, from the rhyming slang pork-pies.
porking   Noun. An act of sexual intercourse.
pork-out    Verb. To eat in excess.
pork sword    Noun. The penis. Cf. 'pork dagger', 'mutton dagger'.
porridge    Noun. A period spent in prison. E.g."So what's happened in the outside world since I've been doing my porridge?"
porridge wog   Noun. A Scottish person. Offens.
posh   Noun. Cocaine. Named so, because this is the drug of choice for the wealthy members of society, see adj below.
Adj. Of or belonging to the upper classes. {informal}
posh and becks    Noun. Sex. Rhyming slang. Posh and Becks, a nickname for the celebrity couple Victoria and David Beckham. [2000's]
posse    Noun. A gang or group of close friends, usually young. From the s.e. expression for an armed band of men recruited to aid a sheriff in enforcing law. [Orig. U.S. Black/W.I.?]
postie    Noun. A postman/postwoman. {Informal} [1870s]
pot   Noun. Marijuana.
pot-head    Noun. An frequent user of marijuana or cannabis.
potless    Adj. Poor, having no ready cash.
potty   Adj. 1. Crazy, mad, eccentric. [Informal]
2. Madly in love with, or mad about, something or someone. E.g."I was potty about Angelina Jolie for several years."
potty mouth   Noun. A person who uses obscene (dirty) language.
potty mouthed   Adj. Obscene, in relation to language and speech.
pound   Verb. To have vigorous sex.
pound one's pud   Vrb phrs. Usually of males, to masturbate. E.g."I suspect, on hearing the bed creaking excessively, that when he said he was going for afternoon nap he was actually pounding his pud." [Orig U.S.]
pour it on    Vrb phrs. To exaggerate. Also pour it on thick for added emphasis.
povvy   Adj. Poor, something of poor class or low quality. From poverty. Derog. [South use]
powder one's nose    Vrb phrs. 1. Euphemism for going to the toilet, usually women's use.
2. Euphemism for snorting cocaine.
powfagged   Adj. Exhausted. [Lancashire dialect and use]
poxy    
Adj. 1. Rubbishy, crass, of poor quality.
2. A general negative intensifier. E.g."I'm not wasting my time and money by going to the poxy shops, just to keep her happy."
* Occasionally spelt poxey.
pramface   
Noun. A teenage mother, usually from a council housing estate. Coined by the online gossip site, Popbitch, and originally a woman with the facial looks of a poor single mother as seen around a housing estate. Derog. [2000]
prang    Noun. A crash or accident, usually involving a vehicle of some kind. E.g."I had a prang last week so my car's at the garage."
Verb. To knock or damage, usually with reference to having crashed a vehicle. Originally an RAF term for a crash landing. E.g."My dad will kill me, I've just pranged his car on a lampost."
Adj. Paranoid. E.g."I dont know why she has pink hair, 'cos she gets so prang that people are staring at her." [London use]
prannet    Noun. An idiot, an imbecile, or objectionable person. Possibly derived from 'pranny'.
prannock    Noun. An idiot. A variation of 'prannet'.
pranny    Noun. An idiot, a fool. Originally a male term of contempt meaning the female genitals. [Late 1900s]
prat    Noun. A fool, idiot or objectionable person. Originally meaning the buttocks.
prat about / around    Verb. 1. To idle away time.
2. To act foolishly and annoyingly.
prawn    Noun. A small, feeble and generally objectionable person.
pray to the porcelain god   Vrb phrs. To vomit, in the toilet (the porcelain god). E.g."I'm not going in there, it stinks! Rob's been praying to the porcelain god." Cf. 'worship at the porcelain altar'
preggars   Adj. Pregnant. A corruption of the word pregnant.
pretty-boy   Noun. An attractive young man, pretty as opposed to handsome or manly. Occasionally derog. [Often Gay use]
previous   Noun. A criminal record. Usually police and criminal vernacular. E.g."Be careful if you decide to employ him, he has some previous."
prezzie   Noun. A present, a gift. Also pressie. {Informal}
prick   Noun. 1. The penis. [S.e. until 1700s]
2. An idiot, contemptible person.
prick-teaser    Noun. Someone who knowingly exploits the fact that they are sexually alluring.
pricks with sticks    Noun. Skiers. Mainly used by snowboarders. Derog. Cf. 'gays on trays'.
Prince Albert    Noun. A pierced penis, for body adornment or sexual enhancement. Named after Queen Victoria's consort who allegedly had such a piercing.
prissy queen    Noun. A prim and snooty gay male. Can mean the same as 'pissy queen'. Cf. 'dizzy queen', 'scat queen', 'curry queen' etc.
private parts    Noun. The genitals. Often shortened to privates.
prize (something)    Noun. An absolute, utter (something). E.g."I haven't got time for him, he's a prize idiot."
pro    Noun. Abb. of prostitute.
prod / proddy   Noun. A protestant. Mainly used by Catholics. [Irish/Scottish use]
prole   Noun. Abb. of proletariat. {Informal}
pronto    Adv. Now or immediately. {Informal} [Orig. Spain]
proper   Adj. Used as an intensifier. E.g." I think the cat has crapped under the bed, as there's a proper stink in the bedroom." {Informal}
(a) proper do    Noun. A first class social event. E.g."It was a proper do with tuxedos and ballgowns."
prozzy    Noun. A corruption of the word prostitute.
pub crawl    Noun. A bout of drinking held by touring numerous pubs (public houses). {Informal}
pubes    Noun. Pubic hair.
pud   Noun. The penis, or genitals. See 'pound one's pud'.
pudding   Noun. 1. An uncomplimentary but jocular and affectionate name for someone who is plump. {Informal}
2. A term of endearment.
puddle   Noun. A mess, a confused state. E.g."Sorry, I've been in a bit of puddle since the party. I drank far too much."
puddled   Adj. 1. Confused. See 'puddle'.
2. Eccentric, insane.
puff   Noun. 1. A male homosexual. Also poof and pouf. Derog.
2. A feeble, despicable person.
3. Cannabis or marijuana. A term more common with adolescents.
puggled   Adj. Crazy, mad.
puke   Verb. To vomit. E.g."He drank so much at his stag party he spent the next 2 days puking up." [1600s]
Noun. Vomit.
pukka   Adj. Excellent, wonderful. Derived from the s.e. use of pukka, meaning genuine, and in itself derived from the Hindi pakka, meaning thorough or substantial.
pull   Verb. 1. To seduce a desirable person, to sexually attract someone. Also commonly heard in the male expression pull a bird meaning to attract a female. E.g."I pulled this gorgeous student at the Union bar."
2. To kiss passionately.
3. To arrest. E.g."Yeah, I was pulled climbing out of the rear window of the bank and carrying £40,000 in cash." {Informal}
pull a fast one   Vrb phrs. To deceive, to gain an unfair advantage. {Informal}
pull a job   Vrb phrs. To commit a robbery. E.g."I pulled a job at the local post office so I'm lying low for a few days."
pull a pig   Vrb phrs. To seduce an ugly person. Also a cruel game of the same name, played by friends on a night out, the object being to seduce the ugliest person.
pull a whitey    Verb. To turn pale and feel like vomiting. Cf. 'throw a whitey'.
pulling tongues   Vrb phrs. Having an urgent need defecate. E.g."Hurry up, I'm pulling tongues here and need the toilet." [Merseyside use]
pull someone's plonker   Vrb phrs. To tease someone, to pull someone's leg. E.g."It's true, he offered to pay me for a brand new car. I thought he was pulling my plonker". Cf. 'plonker'.
pull one's pud   Vrb phrs. Of males, to masturbate. E.g."Pulling your pud all night is hardly what you mother had in mind when she said do something creative."
pull the other one (it's got bells on)!   Exclam. You are joking aren't you? Used to express a suspicion that one is being tricked or teased. E.g."I drove round the corner and there was a pink elephant in the middle of the road." "Yeah sure, pull the other one!" {Informal}
pump    Verb. To break wind, to 'fart'. E.g."I'm not sitting next to Louise, she's always pumping and I can't concentrate on my work."
pumping    Adj. Lively, energetic, thrilling. E.g."What was that last tune the DJ played? It was pumpin'."
punaani   Noun. Female genitals. [Orig. Black/WI]
punch someone's lights out    Vrb phrs. To beat up someone.
punch up   Noun. A fist fight, a brawl. {Informal}
punch up the bracket   Noun. A punch in the face. Dated. [1950/60s?]
punk    Noun. 1. A raw minimal type of rock music born on the streets in 1976 and spawning 'thrash', 'indie', and 'grunge'. The associated fashions evolving into a stereotypical brightly coloured mohican haircut, scruffy black clothes, metal studs, belts and boots.
2. A person of either sex who wears the fashions of 'punk' and enjoys listening to 'punk' rock. Cf. 'punkette'.
punkette    Noun. A female 'punk' (noun 2).
punter    Noun. Generally a customer of any business. {Informal}
puppies   Noun. Female breasts.
puppy's privates   Noun. The best. Less offensive variation on the 'dog's bollocks'. Occasionally also puppies privates. See 'dog's bollocks'.
pure bead *   Adj. 1. Wealthy. E.g."With a car like that, he's got to be pure bead."
2. Expensive.
* A street term used mainly in Salford/Cheetham Hill in Manchester.
purler    Noun. 1. A forceful punch or hit.
2. Something that is excellent. E.g."It was worth paying twice the entry fee just to see that purler of a goal." [Orig. Aust.]
purple-headed warrier   Noun. The penis.
purple headed womb broom   Noun. The penis.
pushing up daisies   Phrs. Dead.
pussy    Noun. 1. The female genitals, alluding to the inclusion of the pubic hairs. [1600s]
2. Women/woman, viewed as sexual objects. Derog/Offens.
3. A cat. {Informal}
4. A feeble or weak willed person.
* The ambiguity of the word isn't lost on comedians.
pussy whipped   Adj. Of a man, henpecked, dominated by a woman. [Orig. U.S.]
put a sock in it    Vrb phrs. Quieten down, stop talking.
put it about    Vrb phrs. Have frequent sexual liasons with numerous partners.
put lead in one's pencil   Vrb phrs. To make virile or strong. E.g."Drink this lad, it'll put lead in your pencil."
put one on (someone)    Noun. See 'plant one on (someone)'.
put one's face on    Vrb phrs. To apply cosmetic make up. E.g."I can't put my face on until I've found my new lipstick."
put out   Verb. To readily agree to sex. [Orig. U.S.]
put that in your pipe and smoke it!   Exclam. A dismissive and angry exclamation.
put the kibosh on (something)   Vrb phrs. To put an end to (something). E.g."We all went home after their parents put the kibosh on the drinking."
put the mockers on (something)   Vrb phrs. 1. To put a stop to (something).
2. To bring bad luck to (something).
put the pedal to the metal   Vrb phrs. To go faster, to accelerate. From the action of pressing the accelerator (gas pedal) to the floor of a vehicle in order to make it go faster.
put the willies up someone    Vrb phrs. To scare someone, to unnerve someone. E.g."I'm fine with most horror films, but the Evil Dead really puts the willies up me."
put the wood into the hole    Vrb phrs. Shut the door. A Northern phrase that dialectically is expressed as "put' wood in'thole". The expression is sometimes completed with either "...or were you born in a field?" and occasionally "...or were you born in a barn?"
putzy   Adj. Easy, simple. Also putsy.