pp

plural pps

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of percentage point.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegrammarInitialism of past participle.
3. uncountablenatural sciencesproton and proton (used attributively to describe a collision or other interaction of these two particles)

   Comparisons with ppbar and pp data reveal improvement in the description of single diffractive events.

   2015, Christine O. Rasmussen, Torbjörn Sjöstrand, “Hard Diffraction with Dynamic Gap Survival”, in arXiv

4. countablepronunciation spellinguncountableEye dialect spelling of pee-pee.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of per person.

1. abbreviationpluralplural onlyAbbreviation of pages (plural of p).

plural PPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of parish priest.

   Bequests also: to the P. P. for the time being in his absolute discretion.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5: Lotus Eaters]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 80

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   Whose is that car? Do you see it she said, parking at the gate? Oh God let it not be the PP and the state of the place.

   2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 11

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of polypropylene.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of precocious puberty.
4. abbreviationcountableuncountablemedicineAbbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
5. abbreviationcountableuncountablevideo gamesAbbreviation of performance points.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegrammarInitialism of prepositional phrase.

   partitive PP

7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegrammarInitialism of postpositional phrase.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegrammarInitialism of past participle.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of power play.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountabledanceInitialism of promenade position.
11. InternetabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of pussy pass.
12. InternetabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
13. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of public parking.
14. IrelandUKabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of planning permission.
15. IndiaMalaysiaSingaporeabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelawInitialism of public prosecutor.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of PowerPoint.

   PP’s enthusiasts claim that it emboldens nervous speakers and forces everyone to present information in an ordered way. […] The presentational precursor to PowerPoint was the overhead projector, which is why PP screens are still called “slides”.

   2015 September 23, Andrew Smith, “How PowerPoint is killing critical thought”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2018

2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of PayPal.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Planned Parenthood.
4. abbreviationinitialismvideo gamesInitialism of Puzzle Pirates.
5. SpanishabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Partido Popular (“People's Party”): a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Spain.

   Although the PP won the most seats, it fell short of a parliamentary majority and has proved unable to form a government, even with the support of the far-right Vox party and other, smaller political groupings.

   2023 November 5, Sam Jones, “PSOE members back Catalan amnesty plan to secure power in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023

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   Nowadays, for example, voting for the Socialist Party can mean a leftist coalition between the Socialists and Podemos, the anti-establishment party, or a center-right one among the Socialists, the center right Ciudadanos and Partido Popular; a vote for Ciudadanos may yield a right-wing alliance with the P.P. or a centrist one with the Socialists.

   2016 August 28, Martín Caparrós, “Spain: A Country With No Government”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of play or pay.

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   ‘Well, I’ll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come!’ said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire, resuming the conversation to which Mr. Pell’s entrance had caused a momentary interruption. […] ‘I never bet half a dozen!’ said the other gentleman. ‘I’ll take a dozen.’ ‘Done, Simmery, done!’ said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire. ‘P. P., mind,’ observed the other.

   1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC