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1. Irv
Outlandishly bold action which causes awe. Usually in life threating situations.
That honey badger just irved that bear in his nuts
2. Irv
Irv Gotti. Holds Murder Inc. Label including Ja Rule.
Is that you Irv? - I smell pussy - G unit
by g Apr 23, 2005 add a video
3. IRV
IRV, which stands for "Instant-Runoff Voting", is a type of voting for single-winner elections in which voters NUMBER their ballots according to their preferences (IE "1" for top candidate, "2" for their second-favorite candidate, etc.), rather than mark one with an "X" by his/her name.

Candidates must get a 50%+1 majority in order to be declared elected. If nobody achieves said majority, then the candidate with the least amount of votes is dropped off and his/her votes transferred to other candidates until one candidate wins.

The intention is that a candidate has an absolute majority without any of the following:

1. tactical voting (voting for a major candidate so that a reviled candidate doesn't win)
2. spoiler effect (a third-party candidate "taking votes" from a major candidate)
3. negative campaigning (where candidates campaign so that it's like "Vote for me and nobody else." -- INSTEAD, candidates would say, "In case I'm eliminated, make sure to send your votes to him/her.")

IRV was invented in 1870 by William Robert Ware (a U.S. American architect), who based it on the single-winner version of the multi-winner Single Transferable Vote, which itself was invented by Carl Andrae (a Danish politician and mathematician) and shaped by Thomas Hare (an English lawyer).

In national politics, IRV is used in the following countries (There may be more, but here's what I found so far.):

~ Australia (Australian House of Representatives; by the way, Austral...
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4. irv
To participate in any activity for an extended length of time, usualy 5 or more days.
I decided to do a dancing irv from that Thursday to Monday.
by Alex Sep 7, 2004 add a video
5. Irv
A computer nerd who spends all his days on computers 24/7
He was such an irv over the March Break
by z-dogg Mar 20, 2003 add a video
6. Irv
A creepy man who wanders the woods at night on his bicycle; he is rather fat and wears lederhosen with very short shorts and a green cap with a feather. He only has one tooth.
"Don't wander the woods at night!"
"Why?"
"Irv might get you!"
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