▪ I. prez1
(prɛz)
Also pres and with capital initial.
Colloq. abbrev. of president n.
| 1892 [see J.C.R. s.v. J III)]. 1936 Esquire Sept. 64/1 Mr. Roosevelt may be Mr. President to statesmen but he's the Prez to Variety. So is Harry Cohn, prez of Columbia Picts. 1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §183/4 Pres,..prez, president. 1956 Washington Star 7 Nov. a. 47 We should give the President our full support... Let's give three rousing cheers for the Pres! 1969 C. Burke God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 88 So this derty rat fink he says to the prez of the gang, Caiaphas, ‘What's in it for me?’ 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer (Today Suppl.) 14 Oct. 29/2 Reuben Malonado, ‘prez’ of the Royal Javelins, picked up an easy $150 a week. 1975 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. 20/5 ‘Look, there's the Prez,’ one shouted when Mr. Ford came into view. |
▪ II. prez2, pres
(prɛz)
Colloq. abbrevs. present n.2
| 1922 Joyce Ulysses 270 Accept my little pres. 1967 She Dec. 9/2 Perfect tree prez. for the husband of any wife who's fed up with having her best kitchen knives whisked away to the toolshed. |