pltt.

n.  the splashing of a boat’s oars within a roaring whirlpool; see also plsh, splsh.

<And caught within this elemental fury like insignificant wooden chips came three Dragonboats, spinning ‘round the twisting hole in the sea, futile oars beating out a grim tattoo of death.  Plsh!  Pltt!  —Dennis L. McKiernan, Dragondoom.>

plz.

v.  a shorthand for “please” often used in computer communication.

<This is probably a stupid question but plz don’t flame me.>

plzplzplz.

(also plz plz plz.)  v.  a desperate plea, based upon a shorthand for “please” often used in computer communication.

pp.

adj.  pianissimo (a musician’s directive to perform a passage very softly).


n.  the sound of a needle piercing a vein, as in Baby Driver by Jan Kerouac.

PPBBWRR.

n.  the warning buzz of a housefly.

<It bounced off the wall, then spiraled upward.  As it neared the flypaper, the bluebottle buzzed once more: PPBBWRR—.  A warning, ‘BeWaRe!’” —Peter Spielberg, Hearsay.>

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