different between poz vs woz

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

From was, wuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?z/

Verb

woz

1. Eye dialect spelling of was.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:woz.

Derived terms

• woz ere

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rose (“pink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woz/

Adjective

woz

1. pink

Lower Sorbian

Noun

woz m (diminutive wozyk)

1. Superseded spelling of wóz.

Declension

Verb

woz

1. Superseded spelling of wóz.