SPG

SPG

1. (historical, Anglicanism) Initialism of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

SPG (plural SPGs)

1. (military) Initialism of self-propelled gun.

   Hyponym: tank destroyer

2. (cooking) Initialism of salt, (black) pepper, and garlic.
3. (Singapore, derogatory) Initialism of sarong party girl.
4. (underwater diving) Initialism of submersible pressure gauge.
5. (Philippines, television, film) Initialism of strong parental guidance.

• gun motor carriage

• GPS, GPs, GSP, PGS, PGs, PSG, Pgs, pgs, pgs., sGP

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈpe.ɡe/, [ɛsˈpe.ɡe]

SPG (plural SPG-SPG)

1. (education, historical) initialism of sekolah pendidikan guru (literally “teacher education school”)

• “SPG” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English SPG; the meaning being a phono-semantic matching of English strong parental guidance. Coined by Movie and Television Review and Classification Board in 2012.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔes pi ˈd͡ʒi/ [ˌʔɛs pɪ ˈd͡ʒɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌʔes pi ˈdji/ [ˌʔɛs pɪ ˈd̪jɪ]
• Rhymes: -i

SPG (television, film)

1. initialism of striktong patnubay at gabay (“strong parental guidance”), a television content rating in the Philippines used for programs containing mature or disturbing graphic content and subject matter, and/or coarse language that are not suitable for children without parental supervision

• PG