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Gov is a short form for government. It's 2 chars shorter than the old "govt." with a period or one shorter than "govt" without a period. It should be pronounced long form, as "governmment". It's used in this exact way on Twitter. On micro-blogs, every character counts, hence dropping the t and period from govt.
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