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  • adverb UK Expansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.

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From pip ("P") + emma ("M") in RAF WWI signalese

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  • Military usage in the first world war for 'pm'. The corresponding designation for 'am' was ack emma.

    February 12, 2010