Words starting with P

25 entries

• P.O.

  pee-ohnoun, abbreviation

  A parole officer.

  Slang●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• pachuco

  pah-CHOO-kohnoun

  A Mexican-American man of the 1940s zoot suit culture.

  Spanish & ChicanoSoCal●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• paisa

  pahy-sahnoun

  A word for a Mexican person, sometimes warm and sometimes mocking.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Strong●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• palm tree paradise

  pahm tree par-uh-dahysnoun

  A beautiful coastal area.

  PlacesSafe anywhere●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: RegionalUnconfirmed

• panocha

  pah-noh-chahnoun

  A vulgar word for female genitals.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• parquear

  par-keh-arverb

  To park a car.

  Spanish & Chicano●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• PCH

  pee-see-eychnoun, abbreviation

  The highway along California’s coast.

  SlangSoCal●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• pedo

  peh-dohnoun, adjective

  Drunk, a problem, or a fart — context decides.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• pendeja

  pen-deh-hahnoun

  A female idiot, or a woman calling herself dumb in the moment.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●○○Difficulty 1 of 3: Widely known

• pendejada

  pen-deh-hah-dahnoun

  A stupid thing someone did.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• pendejo

  pen-deh-hohnoun, adjective

  An idiot, or an asshole.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●○○Difficulty 1 of 3: Widely known

• phubbing

  fuhb-ingverb

  Ignoring a person because you are looking at your phone.

  Silicon Valley●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• pinche

  peen-chehadjective

  A swear that means damn or fucking, placed before a noun.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●○○Difficulty 1 of 3: Widely known

• placa

  plah-kahnoun

  A cop, a badge, or a license plate.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Strong●●●Difficulty 3 of 3: Deep local

• Placer

  plah-sernoun

  A county near Sacramento; also a type of gold deposit.

  PlacesNorCalSafe anywhere●●●Difficulty 3 of 3: Deep local

• playa hater

  ply-uh hay-ternoun

  A person who is jealous of someone else’s success.

  Slang●●●Difficulty 3 of 3: Deep local

• plug

  pluhgnoun, verb

  The person you buy from, often for hard-to-get things.

  Slang●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• pocho

  poh-chohnoun, adjective

  A Mexican-American who speaks little Spanish, or speaks it with English mixed in.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Strong●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• poppin

  pop-inadjective, verb

  Busy, popular, or exciting.

  Slang●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• post up

  pohst upverb, phrase

  To stand around without doing much.

  Slang●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• protein style

  proh-teen stylphrase

  An In-N-Out burger with lettuce instead of bread.

  Slang●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• pull up

  pul uhpverb, phrase

  Come over; arrive.

  Slang●○○Difficulty 1 of 3: Widely known

• put on blast

  verb, phrase

  To embarrass someone in public or reveal something about them.

  Slang●●○Difficulty 2 of 3: Regional

• puta

  poo-tahnoun

  A strong insult for a woman, or part of son of a bitch.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●○○Difficulty 1 of 3: Widely known

• puto

  poo-tohnoun

  A very strong insult, often a homophobic slur, or a word for a coward.

  Spanish & Chicano⚠Vulgar●○○Difficulty 1 of 3: Widely known