PJs

See also: pj's and PJ's

English

Alternative forms

Noun

PJs pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, usually childish, abbreviation) pajamas; pyjamas
  2. (US, slang) Short for projects (“urban housing developments for people with low incomes”).
    • 1996, Murray Dubin, South Philadelphia: Mummers, Memories, and the Melrose Diner, page 64:
      We lived in the PJs, that's what we called the projects. It was integrated. The people next door were white, and there weren't that many blacks […]
    • 2008, Eric Gutierrez, Disciples of the Street: The Promise of a Hip Hop Church, page 62:
      He had to win over the children in the PJs. Come rain or shine, he continued to walk his parish.

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.