PA

1. What does PA stand for?

Points against

PA is an acronym in fantasy football that stands for points against. The number represents the amount of points scored by opposing teams against a team during the season.

The stat commonly appears in the standings overview in a FFL. The PA number is determined by adding up the points from every opponent's starting players so far in the season. The acronym is similar to the PF stat which represents the number of points scored by the team's starting players during the season.

Example

The reason he has a losing record is because of his PA is so high
The PA category in an ESPN FFL standings view
The PA category in an ESPN FFL standings view

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Updated November 9, 2016
2. What does PA stand for in regard to SEO?

Page authority

Search engine optimization (SEO) gurus use PA to stand for page authority. PA measures a webpage's quality, reputation, and relevance in relation to other webpages about that topic. Ranking highly on this metric means a page is more likely to appear near the top of related Google (and other search engine) search results. (And ranking low means the page is less likely to appear.)

SEO company Moz developed the tools that calculate a webpage's PA, as well as a website's domain authority (DA). Webmasters and SEO experts use these tools to assess (and take action to increase) pages' and sites' likelihood of ranking highly in search results.

Example

I'm trying to get some backlinks that point at our blog posts, to increase their PA
I've tried that in the past; good luck

TMW your webpage finally gets a high PA

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Updated April 28, 2023
3. What does PA stand for?

Plate appearances

A statistic used in baseball that refers to the number of appearances by opposing players facing a pitcher; includes all AB, BB allowed, sacrifice flies allowed, and batters hit by pitch.

Example

He tossed a near perfect game with 29 PA tonight

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Updated July 8, 2015
4. What does PA stand for in online chat?

Parent alert

Kids chatting online may use PA to mean "parent alert." This acronym signals that the child's parent is in the room with them, and can read their conversation.

Typically, kids use PA to warn those they are chatting with to switch from an inappropriate topic to something parent-safe. Thus, if you're a parent, and you see your child enter "PA" in chat, you may want to circle back to see what they've been talking about ...

Example

Hey, PA BTW
Right, new topic

TMW you see your child enter PA in chat

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Updated August 29, 2023

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