Pees

Pee’s / P’s (noun / UK slang / MLE)

(Also heard as: Making P’s, Stacking P’s, Long P’s, Big P’s)

Definition: Cash, money, or financial profit.

Pronunciation: /piːz/

Where It Comes From: Comes straight off the letter P for pence, pennies, or pounds. Grime pioneers in early 2000s London picked it up across pirate radio sets to rap about getting paid, and it ended up taking over the UK rap scene before filtering into everyday talk across schools, estates, and high streets nationwide.

How People Actually Use It: Whenever there’s talk about wages, prices, or earning a crust. You drop it when someone lands a high-paying job, when you’re grafted off your feet all week, or when you’re forced to stay home on a Saturday because your bank account is sitting on zero.

Examples in the Wild:

• “He’s been stacking serious P’s since he went self-employed.”

  Translation: “He’s earning loads of money working for himself.”

• “Can’t do the pub tonight, I’m completely out of P’s.”

  Translation: “I’m skint and have zero cash until payday.”

• “That watch cost some heavy P’s, trust me.”

  Translation: “That watch was ridiculously expensive.”

Similar Slang: Ton, Fiver, Dough, Wonga, Racks, Wedge, Bags, Skint (when you have none)