# poz
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology

Clipping of positive.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɒz/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈpɑz/
* Rhymes: -ɒz
* Homophones: pause, paws (cot-caught merger)

### Adjective

poz (not comparable)
* (LGBTQ 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)
* (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To infect (someone) with a sexually transmitted infection; especially HIV.
    Synonym: poz up
** 2012 October 15, Megan Gillis, “'Poz' lover lied to fulfill fantasy”, in Ottawa Sun‎: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: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, 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
* (transitive, incel slang) 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: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
* pozphobia
* pozzed

## Breton
### Noun

poz
* Hard mutation of boz.

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

poz
* nose

## Romagnol
### Noun

poz m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)
* well (a hole sunk into the ground)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From pozdrav.

### Interjection

pȍz (Cyrillic spelling по̏з)
* (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) bye! (greeting)
* (text messaging, Internet slang, informal) hello! hi! (greeting)

#### Synonyms

* pozdrav

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian پاییز (payiz).

### Noun

poz
* autumn

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pose.

### Noun

poz (definite accusative pozu, plural pozlar)
* pose

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
poz
pozlar
definite accusative
pozu
pozları
dative
poza
pozlara
locative
pozda
pozlarda
ablative
pozdan
pozlardan
genitive
pozun
pozların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
pozum
pozlarım
2nd singular
pozun
pozların
3rd singular
pozu
pozları
1st plural
pozumuz
pozlarımız
2nd plural
pozunuz
pozlarınız
3rd plural
pozları
pozları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
pozumu
pozlarımı
2nd singular
pozunu
pozlarını
3rd singular
pozunu
pozlarını
1st plural
pozumuzu
pozlarımızı
2nd plural
pozunuzu
pozlarınızı
3rd plural
pozlarını
pozlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
pozuma
pozlarıma
2nd singular
pozuna
pozlarına
3rd singular
pozuna
pozlarına
1st plural
pozumuza
pozlarımıza
2nd plural
pozunuza
pozlarınıza
3rd plural
pozlarına
pozlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
pozumda
pozlarımda
2nd singular
pozunda
pozlarında
3rd singular
pozunda
pozlarında
1st plural
pozumuzda
pozlarımızda
2nd plural
pozunuzda
pozlarınızda
3rd plural
pozlarında
pozlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
pozumdan
pozlarımdan
2nd singular
pozundan
pozlarından
3rd singular
pozundan
pozlarından
1st plural
pozumuzdan
pozlarımızdan
2nd plural
pozunuzdan
pozlarınızdan
3rd plural
pozlarından
pozlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
pozumun
pozlarımın
2nd singular
pozunun
pozlarının
3rd singular
pozunun
pozlarının
1st plural
pozumuzun
pozlarımızın
2nd plural
pozunuzun
pozlarınızın
3rd plural
pozlarının
pozlarının :

### Further reading

* “poz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu