"PDF file" meaning in English

See PDF file in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-PDF file.wav Forms: PDF files [plural]
Etymology: From the phonetic resemblance between pedophile and PDF file (an electronic document in Portable Document Format). Head templates: {{en-noun}} PDF file (plural PDF files)
  1. (Internet slang, euphemistic) A pedophile. Tags: Internet, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-PDF_file-en-noun-uWhzyma5 Categories (other): English euphemisms, Pedophilia Disambiguation of Pedophilia: 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see PDF, file.
    Sense id: en-PDF_file-en-noun-8JVUfNes Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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