Empty-vee

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname for MTV (American cable television channel). US, dated, derogatory, humorous, slang

    "Like “We Are the World,” it too would end up as a video on Empty-Vee (MTV)."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Empty-Vee. US, alt-of, dated, derogatory, humorous, slang

Synonyms

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mtv

Example

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"Like “We Are the World,” it too would end up as a video on Empty-Vee (MTV)."

Etymology

A pun on MTV (originally "Music Television"; American cable television channel) and empty; from a belief that the channel's programming is vacuous.

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