English

Adjective

pov ‎(comparative more pov, superlative most pov)

1. (colloquial, Australia) 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

• povo

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.

Volapük

Noun

pov ‎(plural povs)

1. (geography) pole

Declension

White Hmong

Verb

pov

1. throw

References

• John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community (ISBN 0824830954, 2007)