pov

pov

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guinea-Bissau Creole.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Guinea-Bissau Creole terms

Abbreviation of poverty or clipping of impoverished.

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pov (comparative more pov, superlative most pov)

1. (colloquial, Australian slang) 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...

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pov (plural povs)

1. (slang) A poor person; a pauper.
   • 1997, South Park (animated TV series), "Starvin' Marvin" (episode)

     Well, mayor, it's based on the cash grab, but instead of money, the cans of food are blown around inside the capsule. The pov inside catches as many as he can to feed his family.

• povvo

pov (plural povs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of POV (“point of view”).

• OPV, PVO, VOP, OVP

pov (nominative plural povs)

1. (geography) pole

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

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˧˦/

pov

1. to throw

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