PJs

See also: pj's, and PJ's

English

Alternative forms

• pj's, PJ's

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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

• JSP, JPs, SJP, J.P.s