povo
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She went to some povo school down the street."
- "This is where, 30 years ago, the docking industry was destroyed, leading to one of the lengthiest industrial disputes in British history, causing a 20 per cent unemployment rate and casting Liverpool as a "povo city" (the jobless rate now stands at a respectable 4 per cent.)"
- "And he's really adorbs. I've been spending time with him and his community in this really povo area in the Western suburbs [sc. of Sydney]. I've been like reading to him and just chilling and stuff. It's legit a seriously tragic environment."
- "The school wasn’t exclusively populated by the children of haughty elitists who wanted their baby geniuses shielded from povo “flat rats” either, (although I suspect there was a bit of that). Many wonderful, open minded people sent their children there, including middle class families who struggled financially to secure that promised leg up in life."
- "It feels “weirdly liberating” for him to now have thousands of people commenting under his videos about how they’re proud to be povvo."
- "This area is full of povos."
Etymology
Probably a blend of poverty + -o (diminutive suffix), owing to the term's Australian origins. Alternatively, borrowed from Portuguese povo (“common people; the working class”).
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Slang