A
common abbeviation for "all terrain, vehicle."
A
4 wheeled vehicle, typically used by ignorant rednecks, to ride across all sorts of land, both
private and public. Their passtime tends to cause soil erosion as they more or less destroy everything in their path. And while what is
left of our remaining arable land continues to get paved over for patio homes, strip malls, office campuses, freeways arterials and other highways (
see roads), and other assorted suburban sprawl, the ATV riders are continually at odds with farmers, environmentalists, consevationists pagans and others who actually have a respect for the land.