Internatioanl Phonetic Alphabet. Symbols that describe the pronunciation of a word, it will always be enclosed between the slash symbol. Way to write down how a word should sound. It includes sounds that might not be natural in English, it can be understood and pronounced by anyone who knows the symbols.
by Monacco December 10, 2010
Intermittant Paroxysmal Attractiveness, a term used to reference a woman or man who is intermittantly suddenly attractive. This usually ocurrs without warning and frequently disappears just as fast. Similar to a "two-face". An example would be when a girl comes in to work one day totally dressed up with her hair and makeup perfect but is usually not attractive.
by The Raj Mahal March 14, 2009
If there is an IPA symbol you are looking for that you do not see here, see Help: IPA, which is a more complete list. For a table listing all spellings of the sounds on this page, see English orthography § Sound-to-spelling correspondences. For help converting spelling to pronunciation, see English orthography § Spelling-to-sound correspondences.
The words given as examples for two different symbols may sound the same to you. For example, you may pronounce cot and caught the same, do and dew, or marry and merry. This often happens because of dialect variation (see our articles English phonology and International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects). If this is the case, you will pronounce those symbols the same for other words as well.1 Whether this is true for all words, or just when the sounds occur in the same context, depends on the merger.2 The footnotes explain some of these cases.
The words given as examples for two different symbols may sound the same to you. For example, you may pronounce cot and caught the same, do and dew, or marry and merry. This often happens because of dialect variation (see our articles English phonology and International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects). If this is the case, you will pronounce those symbols the same for other words as well.1 Whether this is true for all words, or just when the sounds occur in the same context, depends on the merger.2 The footnotes explain some of these cases.
by Steir March 1, 2021
A female that is a slut for craft beer with IPA’s being her #1 choice. Normally would be super hot and attractive, but always runs 10-15 lbs heavier than she should be, due to carb and calorie intake. Never sees the inside of a gym, prefers to be indoors with a six pack of beer scrolling tumblr or at a dive bar getting trashed with friends and being a floozie. The kind of girl that gets touched inappropriately in bar bathrooms. Usually is the female that is throwing up her dinner, because she doesn’t realize the IPA she was drinking was 9% alcohol percentage.
Dude, did you see that sloppy girl drinking IPA’s all night, and then getting molested in the bar bathroom like 3 different times, and then throwing up outside after her friends ordered shots.....what an IPA Slut
by GIRTHQUAKE72 November 2, 2019
A beer snob; Any person who pretends to enjoy overly bitter and unnecessarily hoppy IPA-style beers in a lame attempt to pass themselves off as a sophisticated and intellectually superior beer connoisseur.
I bought my friend a pilsner but he refused to drink it because, apparently, it wasn't hoppy or bitter enough for his refined tastes. He's a complete ipa-hole.
by SeeZee October 23, 2015
Someone who drinks IPA once and thinks they are better than everyone. They make fun of people for not drinking or liking IPA drinks.
by Bob Costa March 31, 2020