luvvy

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luvvy

  • /ˈlʌvi/

Sounds like lovey, lovie, luvvie · Rhymes with -ʌvi

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From a phonetic spelling of love + -y; in the second sense, because this (as a term for darling or sweetheart) is perceived as a common utterance of thespians.

noun luvvies · lovey · lovie · luvvie

  1. informal An affectionate term of address. Don't cry luvvy, everything will be OK.
  2. UK, derogatory, humorous, sometimes An actor or actress, especially a narcissistic and pretentious one. The other reason, of course, is that the council are New Labour; a bunch of up-themselves show-offs who'd rather hang about with luvvies than deal with the problems of real people. That's why Princess Toni has spent and is spending obscene billions of public money on the dome, while the railways gri

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@misc{luvvy_2026,
  title = {luvvy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/luvvy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}