"P" Slang

prayer flick

Gaming

Turning a protection prayer on right before a hit lands, then straight back off, so you take zero damage but barely spend prayer points. Core skill for no-food bossing.

prayge

Gaming

When chat collectively wants something to happen, they spam Prayge. It's hope, with hands together.

pre-aim

Gaming

Instead of swinging your crosshair around after you see someone, you park it head-level on the angle they're going to step out from. When they peek, you're already on them and it's a flick of nothing.

pre-game

General

More broadly, to prepare or hype yourself for any event by getting in the right headspace first.

pre-nade

Gaming

You lob a nade on a timing so it lands right as the enemy is pushing through, before they're even there to see it coming. Pure damage off prediction and a clock in your head.

pre-release

Internet

A track put out before the official comeback single, used to build momentum for the upcoming album.

pre-roll

Street

A joint rolled and packaged in advance, sold ready to smoke.

pre-workout

General

A supplement, usually caffeinated, taken before a workout to boost energy, focus and pump.

preaching to the choir

General

Making a case to people who need no convincing.

predebut

Internet

Describing photos, videos, or facts from before an idol officially debuted, such as trainee footage or school photos. Predebut content is prized and sometimes controversial.

pree

Street

To observe, scope out, study or pay close attention to someone or something.

pree dat

Street

An instruction to look at or notice something.

preemie

General

Affectionate clipped slang for an infant born prematurely.

prefire

Gaming

You spray a corner or off-angle the instant you swing it, betting someone's holding there. No crosshair-on-target needed first. Pure map knowledge and timing.

prep

General

Contest prep: the dedicated period of dieting and training leading up to a bodybuilding competition or event.

prepping

General

Undergoing contest preparation — the strict diet and training to get stage-ready.

pres

Street

Short for pre-drinks; a casual gathering at someone's house to drink alcohol before going out to a bar, club, or event. Pronounced preez.

presenteeism

General

The practice of showing up to work while ill, burned out, or otherwise unable to be fully productive, often out of fear of falling behind or being judged.

press

General

A kitchen cupboard. The thing British people call a cupboard, Americans call a cabinet, the Irish call a press. Universal in Ireland — saying 'cupboard' marks you as a blow-in.

press f

Internet

A meme-fueled show of mock-mourning. Someone reports a small disaster — flunked exam, dead phone, dog ate the homework — and the chat floods with F's. Half sincere, half taking the piss. Originally a literal button prompt; now a verbal shrug for any L.

pressure test

General

To rigorously challenge a plan or argument to find its flaws before committing.

pretty as a peach

General

A warm compliment about someone's good looks or sweet nature.

pretty is as pretty does

General

A proverb: true beauty is shown through good behavior, not appearance.

prevent defense

General

A conservative defensive alignment that drops defenders deep to prevent long completions, conceding short gains, usually used to protect a late lead.

prieto

General

A term for a dark-skinned or Black person; feminine 'prieta'. Also used affectionately, though it can be sensitive depending on tone.

prig

General

As a verb, to steal or to filch. To prig something is to make off with it quietly.

primal

Gaming

A deity-based boss you fight in a trial, think Ifrit, Titan, Garuda. Primals are the iconic one-on-eight showdowns, usually with a banger battle theme to match.

primary

Internet

The primary market — the initial sale of an NFT directly from the creator/project to the first buyer, i.e. the mint, as opposed to later resales.

primo

General

A freestyle position and trick in which the board is balanced on its side edge (rail) with the wheels and trucks pointing sideways, often stood on and flipped out of.

prin

General

A term of endearment for a girl or woman.

princess

General

Slang for a patient who constantly rings the call bell for minor wants and is hard to satisfy. Also 'diva.'

printer

Internet

Shorthand for the Federal Reserve's money creation, invoked (with 'brrr') to explain relentlessly rising markets fueled by liquidity.

printer go brrr

Internet

'Printer go brrr' is condensed slang for the idea that central-bank money creation keeps pushing asset prices up regardless of fundamentals. It is used to explain why bearish bets keep failing.

printing

Internet

When a trade is making money fast, it's 'printing' — as if minting cash. Distinct from the Fed 'printer,' this describes a winning position.

prison napalm

General

Boiling water with sugar (or sometimes baby oil, syrup, margarine) stirred in so it turns to a sticky, slow-running goo that clings to skin instead of running off. Thrown in the face it causes deep burns that doctors then have to scrape, not rinse. A signature weapon in US jails and increasingly in UK ones.

private key

Internet

The cryptographic secret that authorises transactions from a wallet; whoever holds it controls the assets, hence 'not your keys, not your coins'.

prn

General

Indicates a medication or intervention is to be given only when required rather than on a fixed schedule, such as pain medicine taken only when in pain.

probably nothing

Internet

A sarcastic phrase used to flag news or a development the poster thinks is very significant, by feigning that it's insignificant.

probably something

Internet

A phrase used to explicitly flag that a piece of news is significant, playing off the ironic "probably nothing."

probie

General

A probationary firefighter — the new kid, fresh out of the academy, serving their probation period (usually 12 to 18 months) before they're considered a full member of the house. Probies get the worst chores, cook for the crew, ride backwards, and are expected to study constantly. Not an insult, just a rank in the food chain everyone passes through.

proc

Gaming

A chance-based or conditional effect that triggers itself — a bonus, an extra hit, a buff — without you pressing anything. You build around making them happen more often.

proc set

Gaming

Gear where the juicy bonus only goes off when the dice roll your way, on hit, on heal, whatever the set says. No button to press, you just stack it and let RNG cook.

product-market fit

General

The point at which a product satisfies a market's need well enough that growth becomes self-sustaining.

production

General

A full theatrical performance walked at a ball, not just a look but a whole staged number: costume, props, set pieces, and often a crew of supporting performers backing the star. The most ambitious thing you can bring to the floor, judged on spectacle and execution.

productivity theater

General

Actions taken mainly to look busy and engaged, such as sending late-night emails or padding meeting attendance, rather than to actually get meaningful work done.

professional foul

General

A cynical, intentional foul committed to break up a promising attack or deny an obvious goalscoring opportunity.

professional patient

General

A person who repeatedly presents seeking a sick role, tests or admission without genuine acute need.

prog

Gaming

Short for progression. The phase where you're still learning a fight, wiping over and over to push a little further each pull.