Pe with descender explained

Pe with descender or Phe (Ԥ ԥ; italics: Ԥ ԥ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is used in the alphabet of the Abkhaz language, where it represents the aspirated consonant pronounced as //pʰ//, like the pronunciation of (p) in "pack", replacing the now-obsolete letter (Ҧ).

In modern Runet culture

This letter can be a euphemism for the obscene word "пиздец" (a total disaster, failure). It is basically a contraction of the letters П and Ц, the first and the last letters of the word.[1]

Related letters and other similar characters

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Notes

  1. http://www.russki-mat.net/page.php?l=RuEn&a=%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%86 Russian-English slang dictionary: пиздец

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