pip emma

adv

pip emma

adv

Etymology From pip (“P”) + emma (“M”) in RFC WWI signalese.

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UK Expansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.

On the spot, ready to the last button, at twelve pip emma.1938, P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters:

Related terms: ack emma

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