MOP Dictionary

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pear \pair\
n. ('00) A pair of apples.

paper dart \pay' per dart'\
n. ('02) A conical projectile made of wood pulp, which is blown through a tube at a sheet of paper to determine the weirdness of various IMO team members.

Pascal's Theorem \pa skalz' theer' em\
n. ('01) Projective dual of Brianchon's Theorem.

Pell equation \pehl' e kway' zhen\
n. ('01) A Diophantine equation that is not of the form x² = 5y² + 4.

pepper \pehp' er\
n. A stimulant that, when ingested, impedes one's ability to play Erf.

Pi \pye\
n. 1. ('00) The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; approx. 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510. 2. ('00) The Greek letter p.

Pikachu \peek' e choo\
n. ('00) AAAAAAHHH!!!

poetry \poh' ih tree\
n.pl. ('02) Writings suitable for reciting while juggling.

Popoviciu \poh poh vee' choo\
n. ('01) An inequality used in the manufacture of popcorn.
vt. ('01) Something that people who know they're MOPpers do.

pork \pohrk\
n. ('00) A pawn behaving like a rook in a game of Proxy Chess.

porve \porv\
vt. 1. ('00) Zuminglish for prove. 2. ('01) To prove using murderplication (see: murderply).

primitive root \prihm' ih tihv root'\
n. ('00) Adam of the reduced residue class; object of the clergy's science and the laity's faith.

pronoun \proh' nown\
n. ('00) A heinous part of speech.

pseudovet \soo' doh veht\
n. ('03) A MOPper in 2003 who was in the Red or Yellow group in 2002.

public announcement \puhb' lihk e nowns' ment\
n. ('00) A speech by Yan, esp. "WHAZZUP!?".

push-up \push' uhp\
n. 1. ('01) A unit of gambling currency. 2. ('01) 1/15 of a hint. 3. ('02) A penalty for incorrect proofs that increases exponentially.