Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A photograph.
- n. Slang A movie.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Middle English form of pike.
- n. A measure of length, varying from 18 to 28 inches, common throughout Moslem nations, and used especially for measuring textile fabrics.
- n. A peak.
Wiktionary
- n. A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
- n. informal A picture, especially a photographic image.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- n. a representation of a person or scene in the form of print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Etymologies
- Apocope of picture (Wiktionary)
- Short for picture. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Althouse pic is code for Bush was a red commie pinko ;”
“Well done, and the fountain pic is a bonus for all of us.”
“Simon, I really debated about the title pic, but decided to go for a more dramatic change and an overall sleeker look.”
“This pic is a tad blurry, but hopefully you can make out that there are Reeses (good), German Chocolate (tad dry), Snickers (good) and a bunch others that we didn't try.”
“The feeder in the pic is a High protein bulk feeder that is in place YEAR 'ROUND.”
“I am used to fog and grey sky but this pic is amazing!”
“A Liger named Hercules (his pic is also in the wiki article) makes regular appearances at King Richard's Faire in Massachusetts.”
“If the pic is about a futbol game, I know there is really nothing much happening.”
“No, the pic is the same, maybe it was your post pub observation being a little blurred.”
“Jody, I love your title pic ok ALL of them for that matter!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pic’.
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Film
jidaigeki, samurai, Kurosawa, action, comedy, drama, Bergman, Buñuel, surreal, rotoscope, melodrama, Cinerama and 333 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Pseudo-edge
The middle-aged corporate marketer's version of a teen lexicon.
ultimate, extreme, chillin, totally, bling, karma, stoke, smooth, flav, punch, ish, hype and 46 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Allographic Homophones
Words that can be pronounced identically but are spelled differently. I've started with unusual or extensive sets. In some of these sets, no one speaker would pronounce them all the same. I've trie...
air, are, ayr, ayre, e'er, ere, err, eyre, heir, apatite, appetite, picnic and 226 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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Proof that marketers are idiots
If you see any of these words in a dictionary, throw away the dictionary!
kwik, kleen, shoppe, all-new, up to x% and more, lite, nutra, ye olde, e-z, perma, insta, tel and 13 more...
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interesting words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pic.
zaggan so thats what pic means May 27, 2009
mollusque A unit of length varying from 46 to 76 cm, used in some Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries mainly in measuring cloth. Sep 13, 2008
meleeman has anyone else noticed that Variety has been using this word instead of "film" or "movie" lately? Are they trying to start a new trend, or are they reflecting lingo that's already existing in the industry? As someone who lives in LA, it's slightly embarrassing not to know. Jan 25, 2008