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pozzie

pozzie noun: an HIV positive person.

Noun

pozzie (plural pozzies)

  1. (informal) An HIV positive person.
    • In fact, any sexual encounter with a pozzie always contains some risk of transmission — however small.2004 November 9, The Advocate, page 80
  2. Australian (slang) A place or position.
    • She doesn't look at me; she looks out over the wet yard. Chooks fight for good pozzies in the roosts.1986, Tim Winton, 'That Eye, the Sky', Penguin Books Australia Ltd 1988 edition (Chapter 18, at p.140)
  3. Australian (slang) A job.

Forms of pozzie

pluralpozzies

Origin of pozzie

Diminutive of positive with -ie.

Questions about pozzie

What does pozzie mean?
Pozzie means an HIV positive person.
What part of speech is pozzie?
Pozzie is a noun.
What is the plural of pozzie?
The plural of pozzie is pozzies.

Words near pozzie in the dictionary

  1. pozzed
  2. pozzed up
  3. pozzes
  4. pozzes up
  5. Pozzi
  6. pozzie
  7. pozzies
  8. pozzing
  9. pozzing up
  10. pozzolan
  11. pozzolana

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