Definitions
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- noun botany A small
pulpy orjuicy fruit containing severalseeds and having a thin skin, such as agrape .
Etymologies
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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Vino de uva is what you normally think of as wine.
Weekend drinking 2009
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I read the ingredients and buy two of them separately - creatinine and a diuretic called uva ursis - for a total of $30.
Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001
jennarenn commented on the word uva
Wa-hoo wa!
December 30, 2007
skipvia commented on the word uva
Only a cavalier would get this one. Nice, jennaren...
December 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word uva
Did you go there?
December 31, 2007
bilby commented on the word uva
I don't get it. Am I not a cavalier? *sobs*
December 31, 2007
skipvia commented on the word uva
Jennaren--among the many ways I disappointed my father was not going there, as did he and most of my family on that side. But I heard a lot about it. And Charlottesville is one of my favorite places on earth.
You can stop sobbing now, bilby--UVA is the University of Virginia.
December 31, 2007
john commented on the word uva
It also means "grape" in Spanish ;-)
December 31, 2007
rolig commented on the word uva
What does the "A" stand for? Shouldn't this be just "UV" or "U of V"?
December 31, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word uva
VA is for Virginia. If it were just UV it could be the University of Vermont, or ultraviolet. Several pages on their website list the abbreviation as "UVa," or even "U.Va." But mostly it's UVA.
Strangely, the University of Vermont, though VT is for Vermont, is not called UVT, but is called UVM. Go figure. And the University of Mississippi, which you'd think would be called UM, or even UMS, is actually called Ole Miss.
All this means is that Virginians make sense, and Vermont (where I lived for several years) and Mississippi (where I also lived for a few) do not.
December 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word uva
Equally odd (??) is the fact that the University of Pennsylvania is almost never called UPA, despite the fact that Pennsylvania is the only state beginning with the letter P. But most of the rest of the state usually makes sense.
Well, some of the time.
December 31, 2007
sakhalinskii commented on the word uva
Just thought I'd contribute a bit:
The University of Western Australia is called UWA, and is full of potential lawyers.
The University of South Australia is called UniSA, as the Americans have taken USA away from us.
The University of Victoria, which should be called UV, and could be called UVA, is commonly referred to as UVic, which sound like a Slavic adjective for a part of the human anatomy.
The University of New South Wales is called UNSW, which sounds like an obscure United Nations program.
The University of Queensland is simply known as UQ, as Queenslanders are bogans and cannot digest longer acronyms.
There is no University of the Northern Territory, as nobody lives there because there are too many crocodiles.
The University of Tasmania doesn't have an acronym, because Tasmanians are weird and look like hobbits.
August 2, 2008
dontcry commented on the word uva
I went to "The Rock." Can you guess?
August 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word uva
Slippery Rock?
August 2, 2008
dontcry commented on the word uva
Awww, c_b. You're just two cwever!
August 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word uva
Easy for native Pennsylvanians, dontcry. :-)
August 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word uva
Sakha, too right about Queenslanders. Next thing they'll be calling their beer xxxx because they can't spell!
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word uva
Ooh, burn!
XXXX is festy.
August 2, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word uva
Bilby: Heheheheh, at least it lets them buy their beer and their porn at the same place in the supermarket.
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word uva
You can buy porn in the supermarket?
August 2, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word uva
You can buy beer in the supermarket?
August 2, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word uva
Only in Queensland. :P
August 3, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word uva
Also in Virginia, Mississippi, and I think Vermont.
August 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word uva
Don't rub it in.
Signed, Living in PA
August 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word uva
Well, I'm sure there are some benefits to living in PA. Good cheesesteaks, for one thing. Umm... shitty roads... stupid alcohol laws... scrapple... soft pretzels! There's one!
August 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word uva
Oh yes, there are many benefits to living in PA! It's just that being able to obtain alcohol without a signed, handwritten note from your parents is not among them. ;-)
P.S. Soft pretzels are Food of the Holy Ones.
August 5, 2008
dontcry commented on the word uva
That's why we left! We do go back for the pretzels, though.
You can buy beer and wine in the Safeway in Montgomery County, MD.
You cannot buy alcohol of any kind anywhere on Sunday in Garrett County, MD. Make a note of that if you plan to vacation in the Deep Creek area.
A few years ago my brother and I nearly pulled the handles off the beer cooler in "convenience" store there. Thinking it was just a case of really good sealing material on the door, we yanked and yanked until our arms nearly fell off. Then a giant hairy bear of a man asked us what the hell we were doing so we told him his doors were stuck. He "informed" us that you can NOT buy alcohol on Sunday ANYWHERE in Maryland. I crooked my finger and gave him a "psst" to bring his ear down closer to me. You should have seen the look on his face when I gave him the 411! Priceless. I swear that man up and moved out of Garrett County the next day! My brother and my husband drove to West Virginia to score some wine for dinner...
August 5, 2008
trivet commented on the word uva
In Louisiana, you can buy wine, beer and some liquor in the grocery store. Or, if you're in a hurry, just grab a drive-through daiquiri...
August 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word uva
Whoa, grog monsters! Before we go any further may I please have clarification on the following items:
scrapple
411
Thank you.
August 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word uva
Scrapple you can get by just clicking on the link and reading the WeirdNET definition, or any of the dictionary links. I was using it as an example of a negative side-effect of living in PA, but some people really like it.
411 is your own problem, you leather-eared mutant. :) (P.S. quit thinking about my butt.)
August 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word uva
Bilby: 411 is a directory assistance phone number you can dial throughout the United States (and Canada?). The term has come to mean "information" in the general sense, as in giving someone the lowdown. So when dontcry gave the giant hairy bear of a man in Maryland the 411, she was telling him that you can, in fact, buy beer and wine somewhere in Maryland on a Sunday, you brute--at the Safeway in Montgomery County. Right, dontcry?
I can't talk about Scrapple. Several decades living in Philadelphia and I still can't bring myself to eat the stuff.
August 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word uva
*thinks of pink elephants*
Thanks for the 411 explanation. Thanks for helping my life to remain scrapple free.
August 5, 2008
dontcry commented on the word uva
Correct.
Here's the 411 on scrapple: don't eat it. Although I'm sure there's someone out there somewhere who just loaded a piece of it up with marmite and scarfed it down! *hork*
August 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word uva
I actually know lots of people who eat it with relish.
Not with relish. I mean, with enjoyment. And perhaps a dab of mustard.
August 5, 2008
dontcry commented on the word uva
I wouldn't eat it with relish or mustard.
August 6, 2008
reesetee commented on the word uva
Don't look at me! I'm just sayin'.... ;-)
August 6, 2008