PLS

See also: pls, PLs, and P&Ls

English

Noun

PLS (uncountable)

  1. Initialism of Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome.
  2. Initialism of Proteus-like syndrome.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.ɛ.lɛs/ ~ /pe.e.lɛs/

Noun

PLS f (plural PLS)

  1. (medicine, first aid) initialism of position latérale de sécurité: recovery position
    Synonym: décubitus latéral
    mettre en PLS ― to place in recovery position
    être en PLS ― to be in recovery position
  2. (colloquial, figurative) state of exhaustion [2010s]
  3. (colloquial, figurative) state of being ashamed, in moral distress or of losing self-confidence; state of being publicly humiliated [2010s]
    Si l’un des deux brésiliens se blesse 3 mois, on est en PLS.Planete Real Madrid.fr, 31 mai 2016 ― If one of the two Brazilians get hurt during the next three month, we are in big trouble!
  4. (colloquial, figurative) state of a machine or network service that is slow or out of order [2010s]
    C’est moi ou Twitter est en PLS ?
    20 juillet 2016, Master Snakou, Twitter
    ― Is it me or Twitter is completly down ?
    Au secours, mon ordi est en PLS!
    ― Help, my computer is completely broken!
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