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PRIG
Definitions
(Abbreviation) Pearl River Industrial Gases(Abbreviation) Public Research Interest Group
To engage in sexual intercourse. Captain Francis Grose, in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811), defined prig as: ' a thief, a cheat, also a coxcomical fellow ' / prigging he defined as: ' riding; also lying with a woman '. See copulation for synonyms.
(Abbreviation) Propelled Recoilless Improvised Grenade
(Adjective) A person who only does good, and may be unpopular because of it. A goody-goody.
Usage: The pranksters called her a prig because she would not lie to the teacher.
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