Pipe means: A telephone.. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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BlueskyMay 2026
It will be on MMO? Holly hell, I already was hyped of indie pipe-world exploration, but also with friends and strangers?
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BlueskyMay 2026
Pro-tip: Don't sleep on `termux-api`. You can pipe real-time sensor data into your bash scripts. Use `termux-location` for geo-fenced VPN toggles or automated recon. Your phone is a portable lab—script it like one. ⚡️…
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BlueskyMay 2026
York County firefighters rescued a baby fox trapped in a pipe on Tuesday.
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BlueskyMay 2026
Pipe & Drape Solutions for Educational Institutions | Elegant Event Draping Services
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BlueskyMay 2026
She uses Psyshock but instead of a psychic blast that physically manifests into a solid attack, she just manifests a steel pipe and goes to town
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Australia
#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(slang) A telephone.
Origin: From , hollow cylinder or tube used as a conduit or container; duct or vessel of the body; musical instrument; financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, pipe roll, from , from . Reinforced by , from , pipiare, pipare, from to chirp, peep, of origin. . The “storage container” and “liquid measure” senses are derived from , from pīpe (above) and . In specific contexts, calques similar units of measure such as . The verb is from , to play a pipe; to make a shrill sound; to speak with a high-pitched tone, from. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
For parents
Pipe means: A telephone.. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
For ESL learners
pipe means: A telephone.. Register: very informal, slang. Suitable only for casual conversation, chat and social media. Do not use in business, academic or news writing. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(ambitransitive) To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
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“It will be on MMO? Holly hell, I already was hyped of indie pipe-world exploration, but also with friends and strangers?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Pro-tip: Don't sleep on `termux-api`. You can pipe real-time sensor data into your bash scripts. Use `termux-location` for geo-fenced VPN toggles or automated recon. Your phone is a portable lab—script it like one. ⚡️ #Termux #Automation #InfoSec”
— Bluesky· May 2026“York County firefighters rescued a baby fox trapped in a pipe on Tuesday.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Pipe & Drape Solutions for Educational Institutions | Elegant Event Draping Services”
— Bluesky· May 2026“She uses Psyshock but instead of a psychic blast that physically manifests into a solid attack, she just manifests a steel pipe and goes to town”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
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“So we also learned yesterday that a pipe in our concrete floor has been leaking since probably March. A 33 year old below the slab suddenly leaks. I noticed the floor in the dining room/ kitchen is a LOT warmer than it should be. 🧵”
— Bluesky· May 2026“One day my hope is to build out a front private courtyard and turn my big front window and back door into those accordion style floor to ceiling window doors; but that’s just pipe dream :)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Brown waterfall seen gushing from sewer pipe into Welsh river in sickening scenes #Wales #Cymru #WelshWater #Environment https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/brown-waterfall-seen-gushing-sewer-33887549”
— Bluesky· May 2026“She got that mar a lago face too with a very weird MAHA sports bra. Bitch more plastic than a water pipe be for real. Fitness influencer at the Murfreesboro golds gym inside a former Kroger is insane”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sanjoy Kumar Pal, Soumen Sarkar, Pradipta Panchadhyayee: Determination of the magnetic moment of a magnet by letting it fall through a conducting pipe https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01530 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.01530 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.01530”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Why is this section here?
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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