Meaning of pua | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A scraper or stick used to play a guiro.
2. Initialism of pickup artist.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. A surname from Hokkien.
   Philippines
4. Initialism of potentially unwanted application.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Initialism of Private Use Area (the ranges of Unicode code points reserved for private use).
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Examples

“Sure, the echoes of PUA raise⟳ concerns and I have⟳ no doubt⟳ Saturday Sarge has its fair share⟳ of men just wanting to pick⟳ up women for sex (Phil says in the four years he's sarged he's only slept with about 10 – the same amount another sarger says he's slept with in the last⟳ six months).”

“Many also did not know⟳ that there is a name⟳ for men who often use⟳ such cruel tactics in pursuit of women: PUAs, or pickup artists.”

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