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- initialism Alternative form of
POV . - adjective colloquial, Australia
Poor ;impoverished ;cheap .
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Examples
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But you know, those people you described as the pov from which Venice was shown?
A Place to Stand Walter Jon Williams 2007
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there is no 'right time' for buying stocks. infact for blue chips and for long term pov, each day is a rite time.
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Even the actual rhythm, word choice, and style she has written the story in, is in pov.
Life Overtakes Art so: Book Reviews and Links! kateelliott 2008
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Tragic as it was from a figure head pov, that is that of world leaders the attack on the US that occured on 9/11 was a long time coming.
Think Progress » Caught on Tape: Bush Admits WMD Were Irrelevant 2005
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There is lots of character development and my pov is a lot tighter here even if the grammar isn't there the story is and that is what counts right now.
Archive 2006-05-01 E.Jim Shannon 2006
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I'll use index cards to mark the key points such as pov and tense and subplots and all the other great mechanics the story will need.
Archive 2006-03-01 E.Jim Shannon 2006
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Bref j'y rentre ... pas d'pov 'mais un faineant ... qui m'a fait poiroter 30 000 ans sur une chaise parce que monsieuur essayé comme tout faineant qui se respecte de grapiller trois quatre sous a la société sans penser que chercher du boulot ca existe!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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If InStr (axis, "pov") return DisplayPoVGraphic (joynum, hDC, predata)
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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If InStr (axis, "pov") return DisplayPoVGraphic (joynum, hDC, predata)
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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Okay, I understand his pov but at the end of the day, he was a memorable TV dad that I grew up with.
plethora commented on the word pov
From impoverished.
As in: "I can't come to the movies, I'm too pov."
July 27, 2008
bestiary commented on the word pov
so, is this the slightly (slightly) grown-up answer to "you so po' you couldn't afford the r?"
July 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word pov
I don't really get this, but anyway, here it is:
"As a staple part of the media diet for the past fortnight, phone hacking has offered up a veritable feast of revelations, denials and resignations. But one other culinary-linguistic dish has also been served regularly: povs (popular orange vegetables).
Synonymous phrases bordering on the absurd, povs are often used by writers to avoid the repetition of nouns. Lexicographer HW Fowler called such a device an attempt to introduce 'elegant variation' into text. The original pov came in a story about the health benefits of eating carrots, which indeed referred to them as 'the popular orange vegetables' in a bid to avoid repetition."
- Is it OK to call Rebekah Brooks 'the flame-headed one'?, guardian.co.uk, 25 July 2011.
December 21, 2012
hernesheir commented on the word pov
Great catch, bilby!
December 21, 2012