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Luvvy means (informal) An affectionate term of address..
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/ˈlʌvi/ · noun
(informal) An affectionate term of address..
Don't cry luvvy, everything will be OK.
The other reason, of course, is that the council are New Labour; a bunch of up-themselves show-offs who'd rather hang about with luvvies than deal with the problems of real people. That's why Princess Toni has spent and is spending obscene billions of public money on the dome, while the railways grind to a standstill and hospitals leave war heroes to die on trolleys in corridors. There's no business like showbusiness - and how the government/council chooses to spend your money is certainly no business of yours!
[…] a hat-trick that he [Jonathan Glazer] describes as “genuinely bewildering”. It's the kind of thing that garlanded luvvies say all the time, but it's easier to believe in this case.
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Luvvy means (informal) An affectionate term of address..
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Don't cry luvvy, everything will be OK.
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