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obvs
(also obv)

/ɒvz/
adverb
informal
Obviously.

Origin
1980s: shortening of obviously.

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It's obvs that Esq is short for Esquire, but it is equally obv I don't qualify to be a lawyer. Some called me Doc during my teaching career, though I was neither a med. doctor nor officially a Prof.

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