What is 'pavs'?

You know what's pavs? A blog with no entries, no readership, and sad, wispy dandelions perpetually floating the background.

Really, though. Pavs. It boils down to these things:

Common misconceptions about the word 'pavs':
1. It is derived from Point of View.
2. It is an abbreviation for 'poverty'.

'Pavs' is my made-up abbreviation of the Tamil word paavam, which comes from the Sanskrit word paapam. In Tamil, paavam is used in a few ways:

1. interjection: general exclamation about something being woeful or sadly cute
2. adjective: pitiable, sad, sadly cute
3. noun: sin, pitiable state of being

So, 'pavs' is mostly a combo of uses 1 and 2, and generally goes with the facial contortions that one undergoes when saying "oooooohh" or "awwwwww" because something is cute but also squishy and sad. Perfect example: a baby panda falling down the stairs. Also, babies and old people are intrinsically pavs. Think about it.

Now, armed with this new way to describe the world, you will notice that suddenly everything is pavs! The grocery ran out of some kid's favorite ice cream flavor on the day he won the soccer match? Pavs. Your sibling is so hungry but is too tired to get off the couch and eat? Pavs. Your friend has a tiny cold and walks around sniffling sadly all day? SUPER PAVS.