Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empty-vee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: emp-ty-vee
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A nickname for MTV (American cable television channel).

American usage; Dated; Derogatory; Humorous; Slang

name

Alternative letter-case form of Empty-Vee.

American usage; Dated; Derogatory; Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"Like “We Are the World,” it too would end up as a video on Empty-Vee (MTV)."
"Meanwhile, the youth of America sit glazed in front of empty-vee watching Monkees reruns."
"These clips often break the clichés and formulas of typical videos on “Empty-Vee” as some call [MTV], by using the form of music video in unexpected, provocative ways"
"Not the kind of rock that you hear on the radio or see on eMpTyV"
"“[…]Am I on that stupid Empty Vee show, the one where the brain dead former male model plays tricks on his rich and vapid celebrity friends?”"

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

eMpTyV (alternative) Empty Vee (alternative) Empty-V (alternative) eMpTy V (alternative)

Rhymes With

d t b c e a&e p couple three v g 0-g r. o. c.

Questions

What does empty-vee mean?: A nickname for MTV (American cable television channel).
Where does empty-vee come from?: 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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