What is "v."

Etymology 1 n. 1 version 2 verb 3 victim prep. (context legal sports English) versus vb. (context uncommon imperative English) See. videvidete Etymology 2

n. verse

V. is the debut novel of Thomas Pynchon, published in 1963. It describes the exploits of a discharged U.S. Navy sailor named Benny Profane, his reconnection in New York with a group of pseudo- bohemian artists and hangers-on known as the Whole Sick Crew, and the quest of an aging traveller named Herbert Stencil to identify and locate the mysterious entity he knows only as "V." It was nominated for a National Book Award.

'v.' is a poem by Tony Harrison written in 1985. The poem aroused much controversy when broadcast in film version on Channel 4 due to its extensive use of profanity, both quoting graffiti and used directly.