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PEBCACProblem Exists Between Chair And Computer. Used by technical support helpdesk staff to indicate that the problem with a user’s computer or experience is due to user error.Rate it:
PEBKAMSynonym of PEBCAKRate it:
peck atTo attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.Rate it:
peck atTo eat daintily; to eat unenthusiastically and in small bites.Rate it:
peck outTo remove by peckingRate it:
pedal pusherscalf-length trousersRate it:
PEDMASA common mnemonic that is used to help people remember the order of operations, in the PEMDAS order.Rate it:
pee in someone's cornflakesAlternative form of piss in someone's cornflakesRate it:
pee like a racehorseempty one's bladder immediately!Rate it:
pee offEuphemistic variant of piss off.Rate it:
pee one's pantsto wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes when they're being worn.Rate it:
peeble in own shoeTrouble but within group, self. Problem of one's own known to self more than others could be explained to.Rate it:
peed offSimple past tense and past participle of pee off.Rate it:
peel a grapeScore One!, Do Something Special, Contrive A Winner, Stand An Egg On End.Rate it:
peel awayTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:
peel awayTo become separate from peelingRate it:
peel awayTo take away from somewhere elseRate it:
peel grapesTo perform a menial task, eliminating trivial inconveniences.Rate it:
peel me a grapeA request to be pampered and to have one's whims indulged.Rate it:
peel offTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:
peel offTo remove.Rate it:
peel outTo start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.Rate it:
peel the onionTo investigate a matter more deeply, usually step by step, each step leading to a new discovery.Rate it:
peep outto show, to be visible.Rate it:
peep pixelsTo scrutinize a magnified digital photograph carefully in order to make a technical assessment of resolution and image quality.Rate it:
peg awayTo keep working at somethingRate it:
peg backTo equalize against; to prevent the opposition from winning.Rate it:
peg downTo fasten something to the ground using pegs.Rate it:
peg downTo identify clearly.Rate it:
peg itTo run away; to leg it; to scarper.Rate it:
peg outTo mark with pegs. [from 19th c.]Rate it:
peg outTo die. [from 19th c.]Rate it:
peg outTo finish a game of croquet. [from 19th c.]Rate it:
peg outTo move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]Rate it:
peg outTo hang up using pegs. [from 20th c.]Rate it:
pelt downTo rain heavily.Rate it:
pelt of the dogAn immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering withdrawal symptoms or a hangover, which goes beyond alleviating the complaint to causing drunkenness; cf. hair of the dog.Rate it:
PEMDASA mnemonic used by mathematics students to remember the order of operations: parentheses, then exponents, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction.Rate it:
pen inTo enclose in a pen To be stuck in a situation; to be forced into a situation by circumstances.Rate it:
pen inTo schedule, fix a dateRate it:
Pen is Mightier than the SwordWords have more power than war, to influence with ones words not with fightRate it:
pen namenom de plumeRate it:
pen nameauthor's pseudonymRate it:
pen pictureA written description, often biographical.Rate it:
pen upTo enclose as if in a penRate it:
pen upTo enclose in a penRate it:
penalty boxThe penalty area.Rate it:
penalty boxThat is assessed after an infraction.Rate it:
pencil dickA thin penisRate it:
pencil into fill in using pencilRate it:

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