empty-vee
empty-vee is the alternative letter-case form of Empty-Vee.
Proper noun capitalized: Empty-Vee
Empty-Vee
- A nickname for MTV (American cable television channel).
- Like “We Are the World,” it too would end up as a video on Empty-Vee (MTV).1985 August, James Wolcott, “Mixed Media”, in Tina Brown, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 48, number 8, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15
- Meanwhile, the youth of America sit glazed in front of empty-vee watching Monkees reruns.1994, David B. Feinberg, Queer and Loathing, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 18
Forms of empty-vee
| alternative form | eMpTyV |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Empty Vee |
| alternative form | empty-vee |
| alternative form | Empty-V |
| alternative form | Emptyv |
| alternative form | EmptyV |
| alternative form | eMpTy V |
Origin of empty-vee
A pun on MTV (originally "Music Television"; American cable television channel) and empty; from a belief that the channel's programming is vacuous.
Words that rhyme with empty-vee
Questions about empty-vee
- What does empty-vee mean?
- Empty-vee means a nickname for MTV (American cable television channel).
- What is empty-vee the alternative letter-case form of?
- Empty-vee is the alternative letter-case form of Empty-Vee.
- What part of speech is empty-vee?
- Empty-vee is a proper noun.
Words near empty-vee in the dictionary
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