pov

See also: POV and pov'

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of poverty or Clipping of impoverished.

Adjective

pov (comparative more pov, superlative most pov)

  1. (colloquial, Australia, slang, abbrevaition) Poor; impoverished; cheap.
    • 1999 April 28, Gerard, “GAF clothes in Melbourne”, in aus.culture.gothic, Usenet:
      Phantazeum is still in existence, on Chapel Street (the more pov end, not the yuppy end) ...
    • 2002 June 2, Marco Spaccavento, “Focus to start at $23k!”, in aus.cars, Usenet:
      Especially considering the most pov Astra is $18,990 and $20k gets you a fully loaded Pulsar...
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Initialism

pov

  1. Alternative form of POV
    • 2001 January 20, louie, “Proximity”, in alt.philosophy.taoism, Usenet:
      We all have a different pov with most pov′s probably not being had by anybody at a given moment.
    • 2004 June 5, Greig, “Why there was no W.M.D's in Iraq”, in aus.politics, Usenet:
      Show your proof that they are lying.  Otherwise you are just one more pov on a keyboard expressing your ignorant viewpoint, without the benefot[sic] of facts to support your view.

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

pov (plural povs)

  1. (geography) pole

Declension
declension of pov
singular plural
nominative pov povs
genitive pova povas
dative pove poves
accusative povi povis
vocative 1 o pov! o povs!
predicative 2 povu povus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pənX (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɒ˧˦/

Verb

pov

  1. to throw

References
  • John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community →ISBN, 2007)
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