What Does This Mean?
Internet slang clipping of "private", used as a noun for a private social-media account (a locked profile that only approved followers can see) and sometimes as an adjective. It is also a separate computing clipping of "privilege", as in admin privs.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""Her main is public but the priv is only for close friends.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wiktionary lists three English senses: an informal computing clipping of "privilege" (usually plural), an internet-slang adjective meaning "private", and an internet-slang noun for a private account. It gives no first date; recent term, no dated source found yet for the social-media use.
MENTIONS OVER TIME
Radar observation data not yet available for this term.
RELATED SEARCHES
TOP PLATFORMS
Not enough Radar data yet to show a platform breakdown.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR THIS?
CLICK AN OPTION BELOW TO CAST YOUR VOTE.
[ VOTE TO REVEAL COMMUNITY RESULTS ]