with him. She’s depressed and in the
pits.pit stop 1. n. a pause in a journey (usually
by car) to urinate. (From the name of a
service stop in automobile racing.) I
think we’ll pull in at the next rest area.
I need a pit stop. Poor Max needs a
pit stop every thirty miles. 2. n. an under-
arm deodorant. (Because it stops armpit
odor.) Man, do you need some pit stop!
Can I borrow your pit stop? I need
it bad.
pix[pIks] n. pictures; photographs. I got
my pix back from the drugstore. Hold
still and let me get your pix taken. Then
you can jump around.
pixilated and pixolated 1. mod. bewil-
dered. That little old lady is pixilated.
She seems a bit young to be so pixolated.
- mod. alcohol intoxicated; tipsy. She
seems a bit pixilated. She’s probably been
drinking. Martha, you mustn’t drive. I
think you are pixilated.
pixolatedGo to pixilated.
pizza-faceGo to crater-face.
pizza-pussGo to crater-face.
pizzazz[p@”zAz] n. punch; glitter and ex-
citement. Listen to the way she put piz-
zazz into that song! This script lacks piz-
zazz.
PJsn. pajamas. (Initialism. Usually juve-
nile.) Get your PJs on and get into bed
right now. I can’t find my PJs. Where
are they?
plant 1. tv. to strike a blow (to a particu-
lar place on someone). I planted one
right on his nose. The boxer planted a
good blow on his opponent’s shoulder. 2. n.
a spy who secretly participates in crimi-
nal activities in order to inform on the
criminals. The crooks discovered the
plant and fed him bogus information.
Don’t tell everything you know. You don’t
know who’s a plant and who isn’t.
plant something on someone 1. tv. to
hide incriminating evidence on a person
for later discovery and use in prosecu-
tion. (Drugs. Allegedly a police practice
used to entrap drug offenders. See also
flake.) The cops planted snow on Bart
and then arrested him for carrying it.
Don’t touch me! You’ll plant something on
me! 2. tv. to conceal narcotics or other
contraband on an unsuspecting person
for the purpose of smuggling. (This per-
son will bear the risk of discovery and ar-
rest.) The crooks planted the stuff on a
passenger, but couldn’t find him when the
plane landed. Someone had planted
coke on me, and the airport security offi-
cer found it.
plasteredmod. alcohol intoxicated. She’s
really plastered. She’s so plastered she
can’t see.
plastered to the wallmod. heavily alco-
hol intoxicated. (An elaboration ofplas-
tered.) He’s not just drunk; he’s plas-
tered to the wall! How can anybody get
plastered to the wall on just four beers?
plastic 1. mod. phony; false. She wears
too much makeup and looks totally plas-
tic. I’m tired of living in such a plastic
society. 2. n. a plastic credit card. Our
economy depends on plastic. I don’t
carry any cash, just plastic. 3. mod. hav-
ing to do with credit cards and their use.
This plastic economy is dangerous.
There is too much plastic debt in most
households.
plastic punkn. falsely stylish. Most mu-
sic videos are just plastic punk. Isn’t all
punk really plastic punk?
plateGo to platter.
platter 1. and platen. home base or home
plate in baseball. (Usually with the.)
The batter stepped up to the platter. The
ump dusted off the plate. 2. n. a phono-
graph record. (Old but still heard.)
Now, here’s an interesting platter. They
call it a platter because it looks like a serv-
ing platter.
play 1. n. a strategy; a plan of action.
That was a bad play, Bill. We lost the ac-
count. Here’s a play that worked for us
last year at this time. 2. n. an attractive
investment; a way to make some money
in the securities markets. I just heard
about a good play in the options market.pit stop