tv

plural tvs

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of TV.

   Besides, I’m not a tv presenter, but a writer, in case you haven’t noticed.

   2023, Isabel Waidner, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility, Hamish Hamilton, page 73

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   The fantasy trilogy hasn’t disappeared; it has gained momentum and in some instances become a dodecalogy, and the material of modern fantasy has spread from print to subway graffiti, role-playing games, film, tv, and online culture.

   2015, E[dward] L. Risden, “Introduction. The ‘Author of the Century’ in His Century: Extending the Intellectual Landscape”, in Tolkien’s Intellectual Landscape, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, page 16

plural TVs · alternative T.V. · alternative teevee · alternative teevy

1. abbreviationcolloquialcountableuncountableAbbreviation of television.

   I saw an ad for that on TV.

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   Believe me, the sun always shines on TV

   1985, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”, in Hunting High and Low, performed by a-ha

   USB-C isn’t just how many PC laptops are charged; it’s also how the Chromecast With Google TV draws power. It’s also the only USB port in any modern MacBook, and it’s used for charging and data transfer in many Samsung Galaxy phones (dating back to 2016’s infamous Galaxy Note 7).

   2023 September 15, Henry T. Casey, “What is USB-C? Here’s everything you need to know”, in CNN

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismanatomyInitialism of tricuspid valve.

   1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She spoke of her male side as her "brother" as do older, more conventional TVs.

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   I am in isolation and am lonely and would like to correspond with TVs, TSs and queens.

   1986 April 12, David Anderson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18

   TV's who dominate and TV's who are dominated! TV's who are hot, sexy and horny as hell!

   1996, Forced Womanhood, number 20, page 32

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of tidal volume.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of tax value.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablepop cultureentertainmentInitialism of Taylor's Version.
6. abbreviationcountabledatedAbbreviation of transvestite.

   […] my observations of married TVs and their wives among our friends […]

   1964, Paul Krassner, The Realist, volumes 47-80, page 26