Peeps!

To me, 'Pretty please' conjures up the sort of woman who imagines she's putting on a coyly winning smile, which is however more likely to make the addressee want to slap her.
She'll probably be wearing something in little-girly pink, too.

There, that's my miserable-old-bag bit over with for now. Just taking a lunch break from the dreaded tax return, which is maybe why I'm feeling more evil than usual. ;-)

How about Pax as abbreviation for passengers as seen on cruise ships eg Pax must be back on board by ......?

Ah! I've just googled and apparently it means 'a person's followers on Twitter'.

It's a minefield for us non-tweeters...

No, I don't think I have...does it mean 'people who tweet' (i.e. a noun) or 'tweeting people' (verb)

Yes. Er... isn't tweeting something you do? Hmm, maybe one posts tweets rather than actually tweets IYSWIM.

Anyway, I think you've got the idea, ana.

People wot Tweet, rather than something you do?

Tweeting people.

What does 'Tweeps' mean?

I like 'peeps'. Better than some other abbs ?

Peeps and Tweeps are fine by me. Pretty please is a bit too ingratiating for my taste though I've no objecton to other people using it.

Oh c'mon peeps, it's only a word!

One of the so-called 'alternative' comedians can't remember his name had a character called Stavros (it was the man who also did 'loads of money') who used to introduce himself with 'Ladies and Peeps' in a mock-Greek accent. Oh I know now Harry Enfield - can't stand the bloke.

I don't think I've ever typed pretty please but I do sometimes say it to H with a sickly smile and a request for him to do some domestic chore or other.

For some reason and it's not a grammatical thing but Old Folks Home always grates. It sounds so patronising.

Yes, I hate "peeps" too, and "pretty please" - reminds me of one of the awful women in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". willsmadnan, we miserable old pedants must stick together!

Oh God, yes! The word from hell IMO. Only yesterday I was reading (snooping on!) a fellow crafter's blog and every posting started with 'Hi peeps... well, peeps..... good morning peeps... ugh! Never met her, but instantly formed a negative view of her , and I'm sorry to say, her work. Guess I'm just a miserable old pedant

"Perps" for "perpetrator" ... our local police use it on their Facebook page.

I hate 'peeps' too but a very occasional 'pretty please' doesn't bother me if said in a jokey manner.