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

Mon Jan 9 18:12:57 UTC 2023

chav
 (tʃæv)     from thefreedictionary.com
n
(Peoples) informal derogatory Brit a young working-class person whose tastes, although sometimes expensive, are considered vulgar by Some

Only for young people.  When a chav grows up it's an old chav?

Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 22...  truespel.com

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Subject: Re: Words that end in letter "v"

Unfortunately Gmail doesn't process threads well, so they show up in
bits and pieces. I'm sure the rest of the thread is somewhere but I haven't
seen it yet.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 01:48 James Eric Lawson <jel at nventure.com> wrote:

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> It does show up, but I omitted any words that had already been
> mentioned--in that case by Nancy Friedman.
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> On 1/8/23 22:13, victor steinbok wrote:
> > Curious why "chav" didn't show up in "Advanced Search". Not US but
> > certainly an English word.
> >
> > VS
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 16:18 James Eric Lawson <jel at nventure.com> wrote:
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> >> Poster:       James Eric Lawson <jel at NVENTURE.COM>
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> >> I guess that depends on how you define "regular US words", a stipulation
> >> not mentioned in your request. They're all headwords in OEDO, as I
> >> mentioned. But hey, it's your game, you can change the rules to suit
> >> yourself.
> >>
> >> On 1/8/23 12:23, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> >>> I'd say none of these words qualify as a regular US word ending in
> >> letter "v" if we exclude foreign words or truncated words.  One I just
> >> thought of is "shiv",  which is a jail cell knife.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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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> >>> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
> >> James Eric Lawson <jel at NVENTURE.COM>
> >>> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2023 12:31 AM
> >>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>> Subject: Re: Words that end in letter "v"
> >>>
> >>> After Google takes the fun, as Fred mentioned, OEDO Advanced Search for
> >>> *v in headword empties the husk:
> >>>
> >>> Air Cav
> >>> Av
> >>> bruv
> >>> cab sav
> >>> Cerenkov
> >>> hav
> >>> Kiev
> >>> Krav Maga
> >>> Maariv
> >>> Makarov
> >>> Maksutov
> >>> Markovnikov
> >>> merv
> >>> Molotov
> >>> Oblomov
> >>> pan-Slav
> >>> Pay TV
> >>> plav
> >>> Pray-TV
> >>> pristav
> >>> sharav
> >>> skiv
> >>> tiv
> >>> wiv
> >>> Yishuv
> >>> yom tov
> >>> Yugoslav
> >>>
> >>> On 1/5/23 07:04, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> >>>> Any other words that end in letter "v"?
> >>>>
> >>>> A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
> >>>>
> >>>> spiv
> >>>>
> >>>> PRONUNCIATION:
> >>>> (spiv) [
> >>
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> ]
> >> <https://wordsmith.org/words/spiv.mp3>
> >>>>
> >>>> 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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