pfp

plural pfps · alternative PFP

1. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of profile picture.

   Ever since the hackers stole the NFTs, Becerra has been trying to tell everyone on the internet not to buy them from the hackers. “Help me get my pfp [profile picture]^([sic]) ape back! Don’t let them win! Please don’t bid or pay for these stolen apes,” he wrote on Twitter.

   2021 November 3, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, “Man Upset That Hackers Stole His Bored Ape NFTs”, in VICE, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2021

plural PFPs

1. InternetAlternative letter-case form of pfp.

   CryptoPunks, which now can sell for as much as two hundred thousand dollars apiece, weren’t originally the basis for a social avatar club, but some collectors (including Jay-Z) use them as avatars—flaunting one as your profile pic, or “P.F.P.,” was the ultimate symbol of digital cachet.

   2021 July 30, Kyle Chayka, “Why Bored Ape Avatars Are Taking Over Twitter”, in The New Yorker

1. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Peace and Freedom Party.