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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pos.

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  • adjective HIV positive

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Examples

  • Trevor, you have no idea about the breadth of the stigma associated with HIV+ status; and only the few of us very long-term poz, and their friends and boyfriends, who witnessed and were subject to it do.

    Queerty 2009

  • Joseph also taught many ways to put up walls of stone for large buildings, and told us of a substance called poz - zolana, an earth that came from the volcanoes south of Rome; this pozzolana, mixed with lime, became a ce - ment.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • And Austin the shortened version is "poz" and if you're going to a bar looking for sex and you aren't carrying condoms, it ISN'T the other person's responsiblity to hold your hand and take care of you.

    Queerty 2009

  • As the results of the election were announced, a twitter message from Bandar Abbas, a port city in the south of Iran, read (Raye ma ra dozdidand, bahash darand poz mida) “They have stolen our votes and they are flaunting our stolen votes!”

    Shoar in Iran: The sounds from the street 2009

  • As you know, Randy, a lot of people are poz but either do not know it or do not want to admit it.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » San Jose State University Continues to Suspend All Blood Drives on Campus 2010

  • Interesting, since an earlier study this year in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases estimated that 11.8% of MSM were seropositive and the CDC estimated in 2006 that 79% of those who were poz knew it.

    Alex Blaze: Media Outlets Fumble With CDC Data on MSM HIV Rates Alex Blaze 2010

  • “As you know, Randy, a lot of people are poz but either do not know it or do not want to admitit.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » San Jose State University Continues to Suspend All Blood Drives on Campus 2010

  • Interesting, since an earlier study this year in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases estimated that 11.8% of MSM were seropositive and the CDC estimated in 2006 that 79% of those who were poz knew it.

    Alex Blaze: Media Outlets Fumble With CDC Data on MSM HIV Rates Alex Blaze 2010

  • How many of these 100,000 New Yorkers are using the site since it is one of the top poz personal sites? reply

    The Epidemic Continues 2010

  • How many of these 100,000 New Yorkers are using the site since it is one of the top poz personal sites? reply

    The Epidemic Continues 2010

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  • "'Please sire,' cried George, 'please may I see the presentation sword again? You will certainly wear your presentation sword in full dress: that's poz.'"

    --P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 57

    March 16, 2008