Most folks know what it means when someone says, "PU" sometimes accompanied by either nose plugging or waving a hand in front of your face, but what does PU stand for, or mean? First PU doesn't have a meaning from the initials like one would assume, instead it has roots going back to the 17th century to the word pew (not to be confused with sitting in your own pew) meaning, "expressing contempt, disgust or derision". It has also been spelled pue, peuh, peugh, and pyoo. Then of course it may be from Latin word for "to stink", putere or one of several other related Latin words all with similar translations meaning Pee-Yoo!
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