poz

See also: póz

Translingual

Symbol

poz

1. (international standards) ISO 639-5 language code for Malayo-Polynesian languages.

English

Etymology

Clipping of positive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒz/
• Rhymes: -ɒz
• 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

   Her test results were poz.

   • 2002, David Nimmons, The Soul Beneath the Skin, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 74:

     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.”

   • 2010, Rick Reed, Tales from the Sexual Underground, page 61:

     I recall when we exchanged our HIV statuses at one point; not tonight. He's poz.

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.

   Synonym: poz up

   • 2012 October 15, Megan Gillis, “'Poz' lover lied to fulfill fantasy”, in Ottawa Sun‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2016 March 9, Gary Dimmock, “'Poz vampire' gets 9 years for attempted murder”, in Ottawa Sun‎^[2]:

     Boone discussed his criminal exploits and said he became sexually aroused by “stealth pozzing,” or infecting unsuspecting partners.

   • 2018, Scott Farrell, Scott Farrell's Biography, or, Triumph, Tears, and Tales of the Stage‎^[3], page 256:

     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

2. (slang, transitive, nonstandard) To say something positive to someone about themselves.

   Synonym: compliment

   • 2015 January 21, Peter Bradshaw, “A brief history of pozzing and negging”, in The Guardian‎^[4]:

     What on earth happened to the gallant tradition of “pozzing”: making positive remarks? What’s wrong with single guys going up to women in clubs to shout above the loud music, “Your delicate beauty has captured my heart” before presenting them with a single rose? But no.

Related terms

• poz friendly
• pozzed
• pozphobia

Breton

Noun

poz

1. Hard mutation of boz.

Northern Kurdish

Noun

poz

1. nose

Romagnol

Noun

poz m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)

1. well (a hole sunk into the ground)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pozdrav.

Interjection

pȍz (Cyrillic spelling по̏з)

1. (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) bye! (greeting)
2. (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) hello! hi! (greeting)

Synonyms

• pozdrav

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian پاییز (payiz).

Noun

poz

1. autumn