English

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Etymology

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Probably poverty +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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povvo (comparative more povvo, superlative most povvo)

  1. (slang) Poor, penniless.
    • 2024 April 7, Eleanor Morgan, “Are you rich and ridiculous? TikTok comedian Shabaz Ali has you in his sights”, in The Observer[1], →ISSN:
      It feels “weirdly liberating” for him to now have thousands of people commenting under his videos about how they’re proud to be povvo.

Noun

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povvo (plural povvos)

  1. (slang) One who is poor, a pauper.

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