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PG¹

Rhymes with -iːdʒi

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of parental guidance: suitable for viewing, reading, or listening, by minors. More significantly, rigid deference to Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.
  2. India, abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of postgraduate

noun PGs

  1. India, Philippines, UK, US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of parental guidance, a rating for a film that may be viewed by minors at their parents' discretion. I've had it. That's it George! For one year now, I've been providing X-rated entertainment and you reciprocate with PG! It's an iniquitous arrangement!
  2. UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of paying guest
  3. India, broadly, countable paying guest house While a significant number of PGs in the city have shut down over the last year, many others are struggling to stay afloat.
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of point guard
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable Initialism of paregoric, a painkiller. Taking along a pint of P.G. and a large supply of goof balls to taper off.
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of proteoglycan
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of propylene glycol
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of phosphogypsum
  9. India, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of postgraduate This new plan builds on this foundation, with the government noting a remarkable 127% increase in MBBS seats and a 143% rise in PG seats since 2014.

    Opposite: UG

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Proto-Germanic
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Persian Gulf
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Power Girl (“DC Comics superheroine”). Although Supergirl fans will relish page 4, I believe the first panel of 5 says it all: after a full force ramming by SG, PG just casually tosses her into a wall. Now *that's* Power Girl.
  4. abbreviation Abbreviation of Prince George's County
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Pokémon Go

    Similar: PoGo

  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Project Gutenberg
  7. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Procter & Gamble P&G (PG) wants people who purchased the affected products — which were sold in stores across the United States, as well as online — to throw them away, and the company is offering full refunds.
  8. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Paul Graham, English-American programmer and venture capitalist (b. 1964). “If Sam [Altman] smiles, it’s super deliberate,” a former YC founder says. “Sam has smiled uncontrollably only once, when PG told him to take over YC.”

pg²

noun pgs

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of page

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: endo, sga, exo, family-friendly, child-friendly, suitable, appropriate, mild, tame, clean, harmless, innocuous, gentle, inoffensive, restrained, moderate

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@misc{pg_2026,
  title = {pg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}