What does "PU" stand for when someone says "PU that stinks"?

Question

What does "PU" stand for when someone says "PU that stinks"?

Answer 1

LOL nothing really but maybe like phucking ugh

Answer 2

LOL, interesting question. After typing it in Google, here's what I came up with

There's a lot of arguing going on amongst linguistics experts about the origin of this word (if that's what you call it). The first thing to know is that nobody really knows how to spell it since P.U. isn't an abbreviation of anything. Here are the two explanations I heard the most (and believe me, asking a bunch of people what the origin of P.U. was a h**l of a way to start off a conversation).

1) It's a shortened term for puteo, which is Latin for "to stink, be redolent, or smell bad." I actually called a professor of Latin at the University of Florida to verify this one.

2) It's actually spelled "piu," but is often pronounced as "pee-yew". It's root is the Indo-European word "pu," meaning to rot or decay. A lot of other languages use this root word and have the same general meaning."

Here's the site I found it at:http://askville.amazon.com/expression-in...

Answer 3

its a noise when someone is expressing a sound coming from there nose

Answer 4

i think its just supposed to sound like a person breathing abnormaly when they smell somehting lol idk

hope i helped

Answer 5

Its just a term, it doesnt stand for anything.

Answer 6

Just another form of "phew"!

Answer 7

Pew! or Peeyoo!

Answer 8

its not PU that they say, its peeeyewww its a term to describe a dirty / revolting smell.  

Answer 9

ive always wonderd that! it just means thats gross ans smells other then that it means absolutely nothing!!! hope i helped and u choose me as best answer!!!

Answer 10

I think it's just a sound effect.

Answer 11

As far as I know, it doesn't stand for anything. I don't think it is actually 'PU' either.. Just a sound effect. Sort of in disgust, or somewhat amusement. XD