civ

1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of civil.

plural civs

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of civilisation.

alternative Civi

1. slangvideo gamesCivilization, a turn-based strategy video game from 1991 (and various sequels) in which the player attempts to build and maintain an empire throughout history.

   If you have played Civ before then, you already know what I am talking about. If you haven't, then what are you waiting for?

   1997, Rick Barba, Michael Knight, Rod Harten, CD-ROM Classics: Cheats and Hints to Your Favorite Games, volume 2

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   I'd worked almost exclusively on the Wizardry series, so I knew everything about it like the back of my hand. So when I played Civ, I became fascinated with how it did that.

   2008, Tracy Fullerton, Game Design Workshop

2. slangboard gamesCivilization, a turn-based strategy board game from 1980.

   Greetings to those who play Civ (the board game): I've written a program in C to calculate Civilization cards on the fly as you play the game.

   2003 August 19, Matthew McCleary, “Caclulator^([sic]) for Civilization”, in rec.games.board (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Jan 2026

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   Everyone I have ever played Civ with would laugh out loud at that statement. I guess we're all doing something wrong. Then again, considering that this is the one card everyone seems to hate, and many people count cards to avoid, perhaps you're the one who's wrong.

   1996 February 21, Gary J. Robinson, “How SERIOUSLY do you play Civilization?”, in rec.games.board (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Jan 2026

   The expansion to the classic game of Civilization, still in the SHRINKWRAP! Brand new copy that some say you can't play Civ without, and some say you can't play with; I'll let you be the judge.

   2003 February 18, DaveO, “DaveO's Auction #1: […]”, in rec.games.board.marketplace (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Jan 2026

plural Civs · alternative Civi

1. slangvideo gamesA civilization, any of various empires in the Civilization games.

   Is it really good to have so many Civs close together?

   1998 July 20, Pinochet, “Civ2 map scale”, in alt.games.civ2 (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Jan 2026