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Pinocchio (피노키오) (2014 TV series)

Pinocchio (피노키오) is a 2014-2015 SBS Korean drama, 20 episodes, written by Park Hye-ryun, starring Lee Jong-suk and Park Shin-hye as rookie reporters; its heroine hiccups when lying (Pinocchio syndrome), and it averaged 10.6% Nielsen ratings.

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) is a Filmation animated musical, directed by Hal Sutherland, continuing Disney's 1940 Pinocchio one year on; it survived a Disney lawsuit and grossed about $2.7 million.

Pinocchio paradox

Pinocchio paradox, a Liar-paradox variant by Veronique Eldridge-Smith (2001, published Analysis 2010): Pinocchio says "My nose is growing now," producing contradiction without any semantic predicate, defeating Tarski-Kripke hierarchy solutions.

PinocchioP

PinocchioP (ピノキオピー) is a Japanese Vocaloid producer and illustrator who composes with Hatsune Miku, known for the 2021 hit 'Kamippoi na', which topped Billboard Japan's 2022 user-generated songs chart.

Pinochet case (R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Pinochet)

The Pinochet case was a 1998–1999 English extradition proceeding in which former Chilean head of state Augusto Pinochet, arrested in London, was denied immunity for torture.

Pinochle

Pinochle, also Binokel, is an American trick-taking card game with melding, played by two partnerships with a 48-card deck (double deck: 80 cards, no nines); auction bidding names trump, and the namesake meld is Queen of Spades plus Jack of Diamonds.

Pinocytosis

Pinocytosis, or cell drinking, is fluid-phase endocytosis in which cells ingest extracellular fluid and solutes into small vesicles. Discovered and named by Warren Lewis in 1931; includes macropinocytosis, clathrin-mediated, and caveolae-mediated uptake.

Pinos Altos mine

The Pinos Altos mine is a gold mine in the Sierra Madre of northern Chihuahua, Mexico, owned by Agnico Eagle, producing gold with by-product silver since 2008.

Pinot gris

Pinot gris, also called Pinot Grigio, Grauburgunder or Ruländer, is a grey mutation of Pinot noir from Burgundy. Early picking gives crisp Italian Grigio; riper harvest gives rich Alsatian Gris, with ramato skin-contact wines in Friuli.

Pinot noir

Pinot noir (Spätburgunder, Pinot nero) is the black-berried Burgundian Vitis vinifera grape behind red Burgundy: thin-skinned, early-ripening (about 1,150 degree days), disease-prone, with 36,727 ha in France (2018) and 11,519 ha in Germany (2023).

Pinoxaden

Pinoxaden (NOA 407855), a phenylpyrazolin ACCase-inhibiting herbicide for grass weeds in cereals; EU-approved 1 July 2016, extended to 31 December 2029; CAS 243973-20-8.

Pinoy

Pinoy: informal word for a Filipino, from Tagalog (Fili)pino plus diminutive -y, first recorded 1920-25; widely used in the Filipino diaspora, alongside Pinay and Filipinx.

Pinoy Big Brother

Pinoy Big Brother is a Philippine reality game show that began airing on ABS-CBN in 2005. The series features housemates living under surveillance while viewers vote to save or evict.

Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition

Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition is a celebrity season of the Philippine reality show that first united housemates from rival networks ABS-CBN and GMA Network in 2025.

Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0

Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0 (PBB Collab 2.0), the second ABS-CBN-GMA collab season of Pinoy Big Brother, aired October 25, 2025 to February 28, 2026 with 20 teen housemates born 2005; Lella Ford and Caprice Cayetano won.

Pinoy Big Brother: Collab 3.0

Pinoy Big Brother: Collab 3.0 (BAHAYnihan ni Kuya) is the third ABS-CBN and GMA Network collaboration season of the Philippine Big Brother franchise, premiering October 24, 2026 in a new house with civilian housemates aged 18 to 35 and Michael Sager added as host.

Pinoy Big Brother: Gen 11

Pinoy Big Brother: Gen 11, the 11th ABS-CBN PBB season, ran July 20 to October 26, 2024 (99 days); Fyang Smith won with 30.66% in the first all-female Big Four, with a record 2.26 million concurrent finale viewers.

Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10

Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10, also known as PBB Kumunity, was the tenth season of the Philippine reality show Pinoy Big Brother, won by Anji Salvacion in 2022.

Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7

Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7, also known as PBB Lucky 7, is the seventh season of the Philippine reality series Pinoy Big Brother, won by Maymay Entrata in 2017.

Pinoy Big Brother: Otso

Pinoy Big Brother: Otso (PBB Otso) is the eighth season of the Philippine Big Brother franchise, aired on ABS-CBN from November 10, 2018 to August 4, 2019 over 268 days in a five-part batch format with Star Dreamers, won by Yamyam Gucong.

Pinoy rock

Pinoy rock is the rock tradition of the Philippines, a strand of Original Pilipino Music born in 1973 with the Juan de la Cruz Band's Himig Natin.

Pinoy Sunday

Pinoy Sunday (台北星期天) is a 2009 comedy-drama, Ho Wi Ding's first feature, about Filipino migrant workers Manuel and Dado carrying a discarded red sofa across Taipei. It won the 47th Golden Horse Best New Director award and opened the 12th Cinemanila festival.

Pinsa (bread)

Pinsa (Pinsa Romana) is an oval Roman flatbread of wheat, rice, and soy flour, 75–85% hydration, 24–72 h cold ferment, invented and trademarked by Corrado Di Marco in Rome in 2001, not an ancient recipe; crisper and lighter than pizza, no protected status.

Pinsetter

Pinsetter: the machine that resets bowling pins and returns the ball. Covers free-fall versus string pinsetters, Gottfried Schmidt's 1940s AMF machine, and USBC certification of string pin bowling effective August 1, 2023.

Pint

The pint (pt) is a unit of volume in the British imperial and US customary systems; the US liquid pint is 16 fluid ounces, the imperial pint 20.

Pint glass

Pint glass: the standard beer-serving vessel sized to a pint, chiefly the UK nonic imperial pint (568 ml, crown-stamped since 1698) and the US shaker pint (473 ml); covers legal measures, glass shapes, history, and pouring research.

Pinta

Pinta, also called mal del pinto or carate, is a chronic nonvenereal skin disease of Latin America caused by Treponema carateum, spread by skin contact, treated with penicillin, and now rare.

Pinta Island tortoise

Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii), extinct Galápagos giant tortoise; last survivor Lonesome George died June 24, 2012; Pinta restoration uses sterilized and Floreana hybrid tortoises as ecological replacements.

Píntame angelitos negros

Píntame angelitos negros is a poem by Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco condemning the absence of Black angels in religious painting, set to music as a famous bolero.

PINTEC (品钛)

PINTEC (品钛), or Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, is a Chinese fintech company offering digital lending, wealth management, and insurance technology, listed on Nasdaq since 2018.