Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An amended spelling of love.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun deliberate misspelling of love
  • verb deliberate misspelling of love

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Examples

  • Notice this woman only goes to the "safe" places ... where she knows her "fans" are "in luv" ... gives her a comfortable but distorted perspective on what Americans believe.

    Palin back at crucial campaign stop 2009

  • Hell, she fell in luv with him after 2 weeks; I just did after the trailer imagine what his true fans would think?

    'Dear John': Is Channing Tatum enough? | EW.com 2009

  • Whatzup: TCM has it right, you are just a Bush hater and are in luv with Obama, any criticism of him and you are extremely angry, I luv that you talk about Bush drinking and make no reference to Obama's admitted Cocaine use.

    President Obama back on the fundraising circuit 2009

  • OMG i friggin luv those girls they are so gorgeous and i have pics of them all around my room. maddy Says:

    Different Colour Twins 2006

  • I would do Legolas ... though calling him my one twoo luv is a bit much (and not just on the baby talk gag meter).

    BON VOYAGE, GINMAR!! ladyoneill 2004

  • This website about Home Carpet Cleaner Machines and Services uses the keyword luv, comment luv and do follow plugins for wordpress.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • Over there, we don’t get much luv from the music industry; in fact, we get more than a little hate.

    Big John Bates: Take Your Medicine « Skid Roche 2008

  • The dresses are more colorful, the fingernails longer and the spray-on tans even more thickly applied; as "Footballers Wives" enters its fourth season (preceded by a Season 3 marathon that begins at noon), everything's a bit more intense, luv, which is as it should be on this delightfully trashy Brit soap.

    unknown title 2009

  • The dresses are more colorful, the fingernails longer and the spray-on tans even more thickly applied; as "Footballers Wives" enters its fourth season (preceded by a Season 3 marathon that begins at noon), everything's a bit more intense, luv, which is as it should be on this delightfully trashy Brit soap.

    unknown title 2009

  • And from all of us at the VA4Growth family, we hope that you had an amazing Holiday Season, and wish you your best New Year yet. johan@free laptop: I am just testing out how this keyword luv stuff works. than ... steps2freedom: Your blog is right on and My wife June and I are in step wit ...

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  • Dumatubin Airport (Langgur, Indonesia).

    October 26, 2008

  • "John Howard wanted to enshrine mateship in his preamble to the constitution. Perhaps he should have pushed a bit harder, and taken steps to get the words mate, darling and luv in there too - as in, 'how are ya today, luv?' - because those of us who throw our 'mates' and our 'darlins' around are feeling a bit assailed. If a nurse in Lismore can't inquire after a patient in a kindly manner, what's the country coming to?"

    - Stephanie Wood, I said luv, I said pet, I said mate, how dare you talk to me like that, theage.com.au, 12 Dec 2012.

    December 21, 2012