What is a PA?

[KitchenWitch]

:shrug:

[MonkeyFunk]

1. Could be a few things

A large state west of New Jersey, a Personal Attack, or a Prince Albert.

[KitchenWitch]

3. got it, thanks...

:dunce:

[MonkeyFunk]

6. It could also

be a public address system.

[FloridaJudy]

30. Professional Association?

That's what MDs in Florida call themselves when they incorporate for tax purposes. I think it's funny, because a PA is also a Physician's Assistant, and no doc wants to mistaken for one of those. There's obviously something wrong when a corporation pays less tax than a human being making the same amount of money.

I think in the context you mean it's a "personal attack" though.

So what's a "GA"? One thread got locked with a reference to one, and I don't think they meant the state directly North of me.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Personal attack, I think

[KitchenWitch]

4. D'oh!

:dunce:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Physician's Asst.

my first thought.

[KitchenWitch]

9. That was my second thought.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. context would have a lot to do with it

Each industry has its own slang, jargon and lingo. What was the topic oc conversation in which you heard it used?

[KitchenWitch]

15. It was used in a "locking this thread" message.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. I don't know -- perhaps they meant PSA -- as in

Public Service Announcement. Typo.

[KitchenWitch]

20. I think the mod meant 'personal attack'

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. okay

that makes sense. thanks.

[BarenakedLady]

7. Thank goodness you asked.

I was thinking passive aggressive. LoL.

Personal attack makes more sense.

[KitchenWitch]

8. I was also thinking passive aggressive!

:D

and it did not make sense.

:D

[Blue-Jay]

10. poopy-ass

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Spot on

[Tektonik]

11. Productive Asian

[Radio_Lady]

45. Your sainthood has been truly eliminated... nothing virtuous about that comment.

[Nailzberg]

13. The kid that spent 100K on film school only to end up fetching coffee on some reality tv set.

Production Assistant

[GoneOffShore]

29. How many eager PA's does it take to . . .

DONE!

[Nailzberg]

32. HAHAHA

I like that, well done.

[boston bean]

16. public address nt

[mainegreen]

17. A state with a lot of goth farmers with beards and buggies

[AlCzervik]

18. a land mass under NY.

[PVnRT]

21. Pennsylvania (n/t)

[SOteric]

23. The guy who's married to your Ma

[Guava Jelly]

24. It's this place where a really cute dessert lives.

:D

[lost-in-nj]

25. Hey lady

I like you......

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

lost

[KitchenWitch]

26. back atcha dahlink!

:hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug:

[Cabcere]

27. I was wondering the same thing...

...and what about GA? :shrug: Same context (locking a thread) - any ideas?

[GoneOffShore]

28. Production Assistant

or gopher.

The kids with the walkie-talkies on movie shoots.

OR

Public Address

[Cabcere]

31. What about a GA?

Anyone? Bueller? :shrug:

[Nailzberg]

33. Graduate Assistant? Georgia? General Assembly?

Yeah, I have no clue. You asking in regards to mods locking stuff, right?

[Cabcere]

35. Yeah - I believe it was in reference to the phrase "honest Injun"

as in, "'honest Injun' is a GA, locking." :shrug: Maybe I will post a thread asking. :hi:

[Radio_Lady]

41. Oh my goodness. Where did you get that phrase from? Just happenstance???

The OP (that was me) asked for "that thread" to be locked HOURS ago.

That innocent thread from the other night about a neighbor's interest in a downed tree became radioactive before I put that little phrase up. I added the sarcasm icon to complete the thought.

For your information, the only time I've ever heard that phrase was in 1940s and 1950s Western movies! Why bring it up again?

Please don't dump on another DUer. Someday, you may be the dumpee!

Personal attack = PA

[Cabcere]

42. Whoa...what?

:wtf: I wasn't calling anybody out, Radio_Lady - I was simply asking what the abbreviation "GA" meant and providing a frame of reference for the term. :shrug: I don't know how that could be construed as "calling out," but if it came across that way I'm sorry - that was not my intention at all.

[Radio_Lady]

44. OK. I understand.

This has been just a rotten day for poking and prodding me. I am pretty much at the end of my rope.

However, in searching the forum since I got home from a Chanukah celebration, it looks as if you asked that question earlier and got at least most of the answer already.

greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-05-07 10:38 PM

Response to Original message

4. I am locking this thread.

Calling out is referencing a DU member by starting a new thread about them or posting to another thread referencing said member.

Especially following a deleted flamewar or two.

Thank you for understanding

greatauntoftriplets
DU moderator

[KitchenWitch]

34. No clue.

mebbe post a "What is a GA?" thread?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. Protactinium

Atomic Number: 91 Atomic
Symbol: Pa
Atomic Weight: 231.0359
Electron Configuration: 2-8-18-32-20-9-2
Shells: 2,8,18,32,20,9,2
Filling Orbital: 5f2
Melting Point: 1600oC
Boiling Point: oC
Description: Radioactive rare earth metal.

[varkam]

37. PA = Personal Attack

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

38. Hey, good to see you!

:hi:

[varkam]

39. You too!

:hi:

[mwooldri]

40. At work, it stands for Performance Appraisal. (nt)

[SPKrazy]

43. Politicos Anonymous

:P

[liberaltrucker]

46. The State of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

With Alabama in between.

:rofl: