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peshaw

  1. Function: interjection
    Definition: used to indicate that you don't care
    Word History: It's like the reply "Whatever!"
    Example Sentence: She said she didn't like my clothes. I said, "Peshaw!"
    Submitted by: Elise from Europe on 10/04/2007 10:37

pesky

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: somewhat annoying: being a little bit annoying
    Word History: mix up of pest + -y
    Example Sentence: My friend is pesky.
    Submitted by: Mariah from GA on 10/04/2007 08:15

pessimal

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: least desirable or satisfactory; opposite of optimal
    Word History: Invented, 2002 from the Latin pessimus: worst
    Example Sentence: Your performance this quarter has been pessimal.
    Submitted by: Anonymous on 07/09/2007 02:13

pessimoptistic

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: both pessimistic and optimistic in outlook
    Example Sentence: She is pessimoptistic about life.
    Submitted by: D from CA, USA on 12/25/2007 09:17

pesta

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a bright piece of paper that hangs on your wall
    Example Sentence: I have a pesta on my wall.
    Submitted by: Gage from Indiana, USA on 02/04/2009 01:05

pestalonic

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: really annoying
    Example Sentence: Sometimes, I can be pestalonic.
    Submitted by: Anna from New Jersey, USA on 02/13/2012 04:55

pestamily

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a favorite pest in a family
    Example Sentence: The dog was the pestamily of the family.
    Submitted by: Rascal from WA, USA on 11/23/2011 11:35

pestannoyic

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: both a pest and annoying
    Example Sentence: His little brother can be so pestannoyic!
    Submitted by: Kate from North Carolina, U.S.A. on 09/13/2008 07:01

pestermine

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to bother someone so much that they go crazy
    Example Sentence: She's pestermining me with all her questions.
    Submitted by: Mary Alice from PA, USA on 01/14/2009 08:19

pestify

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to annoy: to pester
    Example Sentence: Oh, you pestify me so much. Stop pestifying me!
    Submitted by: Annika from Ohio, U.S.A. on 02/03/2015 05:38