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pozzing

pozzing is the present participle and gerund of poz.

Meaning of poz

Verb

poz (third-person singular simple present pozzes, present participle pozzing, simple past and past participle pozzed)

  1. (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To infect (someone) with a sexually transmitted infection; especially HIV.
    • 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...2012 October 15, Megan Gillis, “'Poz' lover lied to fulfill fantasy”, in Ottawa Sun
    Synonyms:
    poz up
  2. (transitive, incel slang) To say something positive to someone about themselves.
    • 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.2015 January 21, Peter Bradshaw, “A brief history of pozzing and negging”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    compliment

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Phrases with pozzing

Questions about pozzing

What is pozzing the present participle and gerund of?
Pozzing is the present participle and gerund of poz.

Words near pozzing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pozzing (page history and authors); poz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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