Abbreviation for Paul Is Dead: a phenomenon whereby
people search for hidden clues indicating that--on November 9, 1966--Paul McCartney met a
tragic end and was secretly replaced by a double. The rumor was borne in 1969 and quickly debunked; but has resurfaced recently with YouTube videos purporting to have evidence that he died.
The clues in question are usually photographs of the
Beatles with only Paul holding a black prop, or some lyric that sounds like, "Paul is dead,"--or something to that effect--when it's played backwards.
I found a new PiD clue: on the cover of some rare import
CD single of a song he released five years ago, he's holding his nose: a made-up symbol of
death in my imagination.