Talk:plug

To promote (verb and noun)

There is another sense in both verb and noun meaning to promote, often to self-promote, or an instance of this. Somebody being interviewed on radio or TV will often promote their new book, CD, etc. — Hippietrail 12:39, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The Portuguese translation for plug (noun sense 1) seems incorrect. I am pretty sure that tomada is outlet and not plug. Vivafelis 12:33, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I think in Brazil a tomada can be short for plugue de tomada: O sistema deve ser montado em um gabinete conforme especificação ATX 2.0; com fonte de 250 W, entrada selecionável em 110/220V (faixas de 110-127V e 220-240V), 60 Hz, tomada elétrica de entrada (macho) de 3 pinos (NEMA 5/15), tomada elétrica de saída (fêmea) para alimentação. Probably better to say plugue. —Stephen 11:27, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

ugly

I've seen the word (noun) "plug" used in the sense of "plug (adverb) ugly": "Joni's lush, but Kylie's a plug." The Bash Street Kids has a character called Plug, but whether the definition of "ugly" for "plug" is derived from this, or whether he was given this name because he was ugly, I have not a clue. --Matt Westwood (talk) 05:01, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

"Your baby has gone down the plug"

There's an old folk song about a very thin baby that disappears while left in the bath. "Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole / Oh, your baby has gone down the plug." I wonder whether "down the plug" has this general sense, and so "plug" can sometimes mean "plughole". Equinox ◑ 23:51, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Wad/Wodge of material, with solid properties

I think some of the existing senses should be organised hierarchically under a broader (parent) sense, along the lines of

Wad/Wodge of material, with solid properties.

For example,

• "A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco." would fit under this — tobacco might ordinarily be loose and flowing, or readily compressible & deformable, but when formed into a "cake" it becomes a more-or-less rigid solid block.
• A seal used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
• plug flow = fluid moving with a uniform velocity profile.

—DIV (1.129.106.197 00:56, 21 July 2024 (UTC))