MTV
English
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Etymology
[edit]Originally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]MTV
- (television) A television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.
- 1985, Sting, Mark Knopfler (lyrics and music), “Money for Nothing”, in Brothers in Arms, performed by Dire Straits:
- I want my, I want my MTV / Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it / You play the guitar on the MTV / That ain't workin', that's the way you do it / Money for nothin', and chicks for free
- 1990, “Freedom! ’90”, in Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, performed by George Michael:
- We won the race, got out of the place / Went back home, got a brand new face for the boys on MTV
