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Presh

Clipping of the word precious, meaning treasured or valued. Often used in slang speech to describe something or a situation that is cute or endearing. =“That picture of you and your family More…

Presh (2)

(clipping) precious, meaning really cute or having great meaning and value. =clipping of precious. used in a more posh environment. Etymology : Precious is from the Old french Precieux, More…

presh (2)

Precious. Especially used to describe something in a way that is synonymous to cute, rather than expensive or monetarily valuable. Shortening of the word by clipping especially emphasizes More…

Presidentialize

(Affixation) To make someone seem to be of greater authority, esp. that of a presidential figure. '(to) Presidentialize' is formed through affixation of a verb ending More…

presidenting

(affixation) The act of being president. “It appears that Obama’s biggest mistake was P.W.B., Presidenting While Black." =Similar to the neologism “adulting,” this is an instance of More…

Pressed

((unsure)) Obsessed or very angry. =May be used as a general synonym for angry. Often used on Twitter or other social media as a response to “haters” with the term “stay pressed,” similar More…

prettiful

Having beauty. Beautiful. Instead of using the word comprised of ‘beauty’ and the suffix ‘-ful’, the speaker replaced the borrowed element ‘beauty’ with More…

Prettify

To become or to render attractive. Prettify is similar to beautify in meaning and form. Pretty is probably re-analyzed to form prettify by adding the suffix “-ify” in beautify. More…

Prettify

To enhance the looks of something, normally unnecessarily. Shortened version of “to make prettier.” Too lazy to say “to make prettier.” =I have to prettify my More…

prettify

To make something prettier or more attractive reason used: This word involved making the adjective “pretty” into a verb; it was used to describe the action of making something More…

PRETTY-FIED

has been made pretty Apparent meaning: made pretty Reason used: shorter and cuter word to say made pretty (‘that tree needs to be pretty-fied before Christmas) =this has been More…

Prettyful

Attractive, cute =Used in a younger context. Formed similarly to the word "beautiful" meaning full of beauty. This term refers to someone being full of prettiness, thus More…

prevening

(derivation) The time of day between afternoon and evening ="It's a time of day I invented. It better defines the ambiguous period between afternoon and evening, prevening. More…

pride hooker

(pride + hooker = pride hooker) pride hooker, n. one who will give up his or her pride for money =Pride hooker uses metaphor to extend the meaning of hooker as 'one who will give sex More…

Priestly

A football player who has an outstanding fantasy football day, such as Priest Holmes would. It was probably used as just another way of saying this particular player had an excellent day. More…

Primo

Good or best friend, usually when referring to people within one’s clique. The football player may have learned this word in a Spanish class in high school as meaning cousin. More…

primper

someone who takes a long time to get ready, someone who primps a lot =“Ugh...she is always late because she’s such a primper” Etymology : his is a conversion of the verb “primp” into a More…

princesstic

belonging to or worthy of royalty, usually referring to something feminine Reason used: She wanted a word to describe “like a princess” or “suited for a princess” More…

priustoric

Adjective that describes a much older version of the Toyota Prius, developed in 1969. Can also describe something that existed before the widely popular Toyota Prius became available on the More…

Private

(noun) a small party (with alcohol) at Rice that is hosted in a person’s dorm and is by invitation =This term is ubiquitous at Rice, but it is a university-specific term, and would need to More…


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