# Aphabetic letter pairs in words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271>\
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**Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/561 "2016-11-30T15:31:48Z")

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VG = avgas

a type of aviation fuel

VF = Gunneklevfjord

a small fjord in Finland

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/562 "2016-11-30T15:35:43Z")

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VH - Vhavhenda - a Southern African people living mostly near the South African-Zimbabwean border.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/563 "2016-11-30T15:52:45Z")

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VI - vivid

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/564 "2016-11-30T16:04:17Z")

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VJ - Navjote (ritual in Zoroastrian religion)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/565 "2016-11-30T17:42:40Z")

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VK = sovkhoz

A state-owned farm that paid wages to workers in the former Soviet Union.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/566 "2016-11-30T17:51:26Z")

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VL: pavlova (meringue-based dessert)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/567 "2016-11-30T18:23:08Z")

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VM - Navmedcom (Naval medical command)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/568 "2016-11-30T19:10:02Z")

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VN = czarevna or tsarevna

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/569 "2016-11-30T19:49:06Z")

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VO - vote

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/570 "2016-11-30T20:12:03Z")

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VP = RevPoint Media

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/571 "2016-11-30T20:31:06Z")

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VQ = servqual

Marketing the provision of high-quality products by an organization backed by a high level of service for consumers (from service + quality).

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/572 "2016-11-30T21:37:28Z")

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VR - chevron

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**Author:** ![PrimalEnvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@PrimalEnvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrimalEnvy)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/573 "2016-11-30T22:06:09Z")

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VS: Tavs

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/574 "2016-12-01T01:13:50Z")

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VT - chavtastic ( It’s in the dictionary).

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/575 "2016-12-01T01:50:49Z")

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VU = invulnerable

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/576 "2016-12-01T01:51:04Z")

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VV: revved

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/577 "2016-12-01T05:13:42Z")

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VW: levworth (a word I just made up, meaning the value of one Bulgarian lev)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/578 "2016-12-01T11:58:41Z")

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VW = MAVWEST (Multiplex, Armament, Visionics, Weapons, Electrical Systems Trainer [Army acronym])\

VX = VXtreme (now part of Windows Media Services)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/579 "2016-12-01T12:19:54Z")

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VY: Vyvanse

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/580 "2016-12-01T12:31:54Z")

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VZ = evzone

An infantryman of a special corps of the Greek army.

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