"poz" meaning in English

See poz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɒz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑz/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɒz Etymology: Clipping of positive. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|positive}} Clipping of positive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} poz (not comparable)
  1. (LGBTQ slang) HIV positive. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: pozzed
    Sense id: en-poz-en-adj-8-kGYUKd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 35 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 57 34 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 34 2 1 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɒz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑz/ [General-American] Forms: pozzes [present, singular, third-person], pozzing [participle, present], pozzed [participle, past], pozzed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒz Etymology: Clipping of positive. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|positive}} Clipping of positive Head templates: {{en-verb}} poz (third-person singular simple present pozzes, present participle pozzing, simple past and past participle pozzed)
  1. (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To infect (someone) with a sexually transmitted infection; especially HIV. Tags: transitive Synonyms: poz up
    Sense id: en-poz-en-verb-6NbrpFoH
  2. (transitive, incel slang) To say something positive to someone about themselves. Tags: transitive Synonyms: compliment
    Sense id: en-poz-en-verb-3YcASQaq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: poz friendly, pozphobia, pozzed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Her test results were poz.",
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          "ref": "2002, David Nimmons, The Soul Beneath the Skin, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 74:",
          "text": "At a contentious public meeting to discuss barebacking in New York in 1999, an interesting statement came from a man who described himself as the manager of the nation's largest moderated bareback computer list. He stated almost in passing that the list was “about 98 percent poz guys.”",
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          "ref": "2010, Rick Reed, Tales from the Sexual Underground, page 61:",
          "text": "I recall when we exchanged our HIV statuses at one point; not tonight. He's poz.",
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          "text": "However it’s hard to tell the truth from fantasy in the chats, which don’t include Boone talking of killing anyone, defence lawyer Ian Carter put to Lapointe. “During these hundreds of pages as part of that sexual fantasy of chasing, stealthing, pozzing or whatever you want to call it, he never indicates he wants to kill anyone?” Ian Carter asked her. “That’s correct,” said Lapointe, noting Boone does talk about giving people HIV and people dying of the disease.",
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          "ref": "2018, Scott Farrell, Scott Farrell's Biography, or, Triumph, Tears, and Tales of the Stage, page 256:",
          "text": "He talked about his ex possibly giving him an STD. The medicines in the cabinet. And the incubation period seemed to fit the timeline. My heart stopped for a second. What if he pozzed me? It was a horrifying thought, and it consumed me",
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          "text": "He talked about his ex possibly giving him an STD. The medicines in the cabinet. And the incubation period seemed to fit the timeline. My heart stopped for a second. What if he pozzed me? It was a horrifying thought, and it consumed me",
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