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empty-vee

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Empty-Vee¹

Rhymes with -iː

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

proper noun eMpTyV · Empty Vee · empty-vee · Empty-V · Emptyv · EmptyV

  1. US, dated, derogatory, humorous, slang 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).

empty-vee²

proper noun

  1. US, dated, derogatory, humorous, slang Alternative letter-case form of Empty-Vee

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"empty-vee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/empty-vee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

empty-vee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/empty-vee

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"empty-vee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/empty-vee.

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@misc{empty_vee_2026,
  title = {empty-vee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/empty-vee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}