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Av

An avenue with a long official name, for example, Mass-av (instead of Massachusetts Avenue) and Comm-av (rather than Commonwealth Avenue). For many years, the Boston Globe even used "av." (yes, in lower case) rather than "Ave."

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My wife once got mad at me for calling avenues here in Ohio _________ AV! She told me, it's not AV but AVENUE. I told her, well it's not POP either it's SODA or TONIC. Grr..the midwest :( I miss Boston!

Pablo DaSilva on February 13, 2005 05:06 PM.

I STILL hear it!

Brooke on November 28, 2005 09:02 PM.

Wow, I've lived in a small city North of Boston all my life, and I had no idea that people out of the area didn't say av! I've traveled around the US a lot, and I never noticed it... until now.

Some person that posted this on March 12, 2008 07:37 PM.

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