[Ads-l] Words that end in letter "v"

Thu Jan 5 18:47:14 UTC 2023

Cav has long been a common spoken abbrev for "cavalry."

Also, I still spell "mirv," on Fred's list, as "MIRV." There's also the
homophone "MRV."

JL

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 1:05 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> > On Jan 5, 2023, at 10:21 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > And “Gov”/“gov"
>
>
> Also (more usually) spelled “guv”.
>
>
> >
> >> On Jan 5, 2023, at 9:57 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at DUKE.EDU
> <mailto:goranson at DUKE.EDU>> wrote:
> >>
> >> So, luv?
> >> ________________________________
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> laurence.horn at YALE.EDU <mailto:laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>>
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2023 11:50 AM
> >> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> <
> ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>>
> >> Subject: Re: Words that end in letter "v"
> >>
> >> If proper names (e.g. Kalashnikov) are included, we can Mav (‘member of
> Dallas Mavericks basketball team’) and Cav (‘member of Cleveland
> professional basketball team or of one of University of Virginia teams’)
> >>
> >> Also (U.K.) “lav"
> >>
> >> LH
> >>
> >>> On Jan 5, 2023, at 8:44 AM, George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU
> <mailto:george.thompson at NYU.EDU>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> "perv"?
> >>>
> >>> GAT
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 10:05 AM Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com
> <mailto:truespel at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Any other words that end in letter "v"?
> >>>>
> >>>> A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
> >>>>
> >>>> spiv
> >>>>
> >>>> PRONUNCIATION:
> >>>> (spiv) [
> >>>>
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> >>>> ] <
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> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> MEANING:
> >>>> noun: An unscrupulous person or a petty criminal, especially one who
> is
> >>>> sharply dressed.
> >>>> verb intr.: To make a living unscrupulously.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom Zurinskas, Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs, college NE Tenn 3, work
> >>>> SE NJ 33, resides SE Florida 18... truespel.com
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> George A. Thompson
> >>> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> >>> Univ. Pr., 1998.
> >>>
> >>> But when aroused at the Trump of Doom / Ye shall start, bold kings,
> from
> >>> your lowly tomb. . .
> >>> L. H. Sigourney, "Burial of Mazeen", Poems. Boston, 1827, p. 112
> >>>
> >>> The Trump of Doom -- also known as The Dunghill Toadstool. (Here's a
> >>> picture of his great-grandfather.)
> >>>
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