Public School

Contrary to popular opinion, a public school in the UK is NOT a government funded state school, but rather an elite, fee-paying independent school - more commonly known as simply a "private school". Originally they were called "public" as they were open to anyone no matter their location, profession or denomination, they have evolved into schools generally reserved for the middle-and-upper classes, although due to most of them being registered charities (for tax benefits), they are required to admit a small number of less well-off students on bursaries and scholarships. Fees as of early 2025, including the newly introduced VAT, generally range from £8K to £14K per term for day students.

Although public schools are independent schools, not all independent schools are public schools. Public schools are usually larger, more historic, more expensive and all-round more prestigious.

Famous examples of public schools include:

Eton College
Dulwich College
Millfield School
Bedales School
Rugby School
Uppingham School

Oakham School
Fettes College

Latymer Upper School has been nominated for the "Best Public School" award by Tatler.

by thewhat2025 January 10, 2025

public washroom

a place of extreme horror, a public washroom is only used by the most desperate among us. Public washrooms bare some of the most disgusting things that you may ever see

I used a public washroom once and saw feces scattered on the wall

by Lovethecreeper April 8, 2024

Public order merchant

A person who uses the public order act as a threat to report you even to the police even though you've done nothing wrong.

For example a passerby thinks you swore so they threaten to call the police on you the passerby would be a public order merchant.

by BOB G 69 April 4, 2025

Public disturbance

Blonde girls with glasses

“Bro look at that walking public disturbance”
“What?!?! That’s just Maria Tyler”

by Crackmaster007 February 7, 2024

The Chetwind Grove Public technical high school

The ChGPT high school was the first high school to put on a play using “art bot ai” and subsequently became the first in the district to get a negative amount of points in drama fest

“The Chetwind Grove Public Technical High School proudly presents tomorrow’s legacy”

by Mysicsmoon72 September 13, 2025

public static void main string args

The thing I have to write in Java to do fuck all

// example of public static void main string args

import java.util.scanner;

public class Main {

private int num = 4;

public static void main(String args) {

Scanner inp = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println("Enter Name: ");

String name = inp.nextLine();

System.out.println("Hi", name, "! your number is " num, ".");

}

}

by Alexcían Empire Thingy May 12, 2024

Public safety academy

A school that really sucks but has a cool kid so cool named dominic machado the first.

public safety academy is a school i guess

by public safety academy April 23, 2019