different between poz vs coz

English

Etymology

Clipping of positive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?z/
• Rhymes: -?z
• Homophones: pause (in accents with the cot-caught merger), paws (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Adjective

poz (not comparable)

1. (slang) HIV positive.

   Synonym: pozzed

   Antonym: neg

Verb

poz (third-person singular simple present pozzes, present participle pozzing, simple past and past participle pozzed)

1. (slang, transitive) To infect (someone) with a sexually transmitted disease.
2. (slang, transitive, nonstandard) To say something positive to someone about themselves.

   Synonym: compliment

Related terms

• pozzed

Breton

Noun

poz

1. Hard mutation of boz.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pozdrav

Interjection

p?z (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) bye! (greeting)
2. (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) hello! hi! (greeting)

Synonyms

• pozdrav

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?z/
• Rhymes: -?z

Noun

coz

1. (informal) cousin (usually as a term of address)
   • 1844, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, "The Love Quarrel", in The Columbian Magazine Vol 1. Issue 1. page 6, col. 2, New York, Israel Post, ed John Inman

     "I do not expect that, coz; nor do I desire it."

Alternative forms

• cuz

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?z/, /k?z/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /k?z/
• Rhymes: -?z, -?z
• Homophone: cos

Alternative forms

• 'cause, cos, cuz

Conjunction

coz

1. (informal) because

Mapudungun

Adjective

coz (using Raguileo alphabet)

1. yellow

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish coçe, from Latin calx (“heel”) (genitive singular calcis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?ko?/, [?ko?]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?kos/, [?kos]

Noun

coz f (plural coces)

1. kick (of an animal)

   Synonym: patada

Derived terms

See also

• puntapié