SPP

See also: spp.

English

Noun

SPP

1. (British) Initialism of statutory paternity pay - payments made by an employer to a father who is absent from work after the birth of a child.
2. (lock picking) Initialism of single-pin picking.

Further reading

HMRC - Statutory Paternity Pay/ Paternity Leave - Becoming a parent

Anagrams

• PPS, PPs, PSP, p.p.s., pps

Chinese

Etymology

Initialism of Hokkien 倯壁壁 (sông-piah-piah) or 倯煏煏 (sông-piak-piak).

Adjective

SPP

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) low-class; cheesy

   • 音樂，是inhouse讓人流連忘返的主元素，這裡沒有LKK的搖滾或SPP的Disco，而是播放帶著Chillout曲風的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。 [MSC, trad.]
     音乐，是inhouse让人流连忘返的主元素，这里没有LKK的摇滚或SPP的Disco，而是播放带着Chillout曲风的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2002: 陶禮君 (Tao Lijun), 燈光美氣氛佳 inhouse (Liberty times lifestyle section: Great lighting and a good atmosphere -- inhouse)

     Yīnyuè, shì inhouse ràng rén liúliánwàngfǎn de zhǔ yuánsù, zhèlǐ méiyǒu LKK de yáogǔn huò SPP de Disco, ér shì bōfàng dài zhe Chillout qǔfēng de Jazz, R&B, RAP huòshì NEW AGE. [Pinyin]

     Music is the main element to inhouse that makes you lose all track of time and not want to leave. There is no geriatric rock or cheesy disco here. Instead, they play Jazz, R&B, RAP or New Age songs that have a chillout vibe to them.

See also

• (Mandarin) 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)