LP

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlˈpiː/
• Hyphenation: LP

Noun

LP (countable and uncountable, plural LPs)

1. (countable) Long-play, generally used to refer to a 12" vinyl record that plays at 33 RPM.
2. (US, politics, uncountable) The Libertarian Party of the United States.
3. (business, law) Limited Partnership.
4. Liquid petroleum, or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
5. Liquid propane.
6. (military) Listening post.
7. (medicine) Lumbar puncture.
8. (mathematics) Linear programming.
9. (online gaming, Internet) Let's Play, generally used to refer to a video walkthrough using the format of "Let's Play (name of game)".

Synonyms

• (long-play): album, record, licorice pizza

See also

• (business/law): LLP, LLLP, LLC
• (long play): EP, SLP, SP, 33, 45, 78, single

References

• LP on Wikipedia.

Anagrams

• P/L, PL, Pl., pl, pl.

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Chinese

Etymology

• Initialism of Min Nan 𡳞脬 (lān-pha, “scrotum”).

Pronunciation

Noun

LP

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) cojones; courage; machismo; chutzpah
   • 2005, Tseng Tsung-kai (曾琮愷), Liberty Times: 中華民國 真的消失了 (Editorial: The Republic of China has disappeared)

     到底是這些熱愛「中華民國」的政客沒有ＬＰ，還是多年來原來只是嘴巴喊喊、騙騙選票？

     Is it really that these crooked politicians, who profess their love for the ROC, just don't have the cojones, or is it all just empty talk, and they've been lying to us all these years just to get votes?

Verb

LP

1. to brownnose; to kiss up to
   • 2004, Chen Yu-ting (陳鈺婷), Liberty Times: 軍購條例未付委 綠軍退席抗議 (Editorial: Conditions for arms purchases does not meet approval of committee. Pan-Green Coalition walks out in protest.)

     立委陳宗義退席時還大罵國親是「不愛台灣」、「只會捧中國的ＬＰ」，在場國民黨立委朱鳳芝、洪秀柱也反譏民進黨「只會捧美國的ＬＰ」。

     As legislator Chen Tsung-i walked out, he cursed the KMT and PFP for "not loving Taiwan," and "only knowing how to kiss China's rear end." KMT legislators Chu Feng-chih and Hung Hsiu-chu shot back that the DPP "only knows how to kiss America's rear end."

Related terms

• PLP

Usage notes

• The Min Nan word 𡳞脬 (lān-pha) is considered too crude for polite company. Therefore, LP is often used in its place (similar to the usage of "f-word" in English).

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #13524”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.