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post (s) (noun), posts (pl)
1. A place where a group of people in an army, navy, or air force work: Timothy returned to the post with a message for the base commander.
2. Information or a message placed where the public can see it: People could see the posts on the walls of some buildings in town that were advertising the musical presentation at the auditorium.
3. Information that is presented on the internet: The site received several posts about its condemnation of the new senator.
4. Etymology: from Latin positum; from ponere, "to place" or "to put".
This entry is located in the following units: pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound (page 7) post- (page 1)
post (verb), posts; posted; posting
1. To have someone stay at a particular location or place: Medical personnel were posted nearby in case there was an emergency.

The officials were posting the police to control the demonstrators.

2. To put in an assigned place: Captain Jones will post at least two soldiers at each gate of the military base on Tuesday.

Guards were posted at all of the doors of the hotel while the visiting head of the foreign country was there.

3. Keeping another person or people informed: Alice told her uncle that she would keep him posted about her travel plans.
4. Etymology: the original meaning of these verbs is "position where someone is placed" and it indicates its Latin source of ponere, "to put, to place".
This entry is located in the following unit: pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound (page 7)
balustrad-, balust-, balaust- +
(Greek balaustion > Latin balaustium: supporting post of a railing on a balcony, staircase, etc. Borrowed from Italian balaustro, from balaustra; so called because of the resemblance of a baluster to the double-curving calyx tube of the "wild pomegranate flower".)
post-
(Latin: after, behind, later, subsequent)
Word Entries containing the term: “post”
Anno post Romam conditam; A.P.R.C.
In the year after the founding of Rome.

The traditional date for the founding of Rome is 753 B.C. Equivalent to A.U.C.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group A (page 16) post- (page 1)
ex post facto
Arising or enacted after the fact, retroactive.

An ex post facto law is one which sets a penalty for an act that was not illegal at the time it was performed. Such laws are forbidden by the United States Constitution.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group E (page 5) post- (page 1)
immediate post-traumatic convulsion (s) (noun), immediate post-traumatic convulsions (pl)
Sudden, violent movements, of the body that start soon after a severe injury: "Immediate post-traumatic convulsions result right after certain anxiety disorders have developed after exposures to some terrifying events or ordeals in which serious physical injuries have occurred."
This entry is located in the following units: traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically + (page 1) vuls-, vell- (page 2)
multo post
Much later.
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post cibum; p.c.
After meals; after food.

Used in medical prescriptions as directions for proper consumption after meals.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 1)
Post cineres gloria sera venit.
After one is reduced to ashes, fame comes too late.

Too often fame comes after one's death.

This entry is located in the following units: glori-, glor- + (page 2) Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 2)
post diem
After the [appointed or proper] day.

A term used in law.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 2)
Post hoc; ergo propter hoc.
After this, therefore because of this.

The logical fallacy that because one event follows another, the former must have caused the latter; or, the fallacy of arguing that something is the effect of a certain cause when there is no evidence of any connection.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 2)
post meridiem; p.m.
After the middle of the day; after noon.
This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 2)
post obitum
After death.
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post office (s) (noun), post offices (pl)
1. A public place where mail is received and sorted, distributed, delivered, and also where stamps are sold and other related services are provided: Post offices, or postal services, around the world usually sort mail and packages and provide delivery of such items to those who are supposed to receive them.
2. Etymology: the "post" that is used in this term came from a variant of Latin posita, a past participle form of ponere, "to place" or "to put".
This entry is located in the following units: fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication (page 28) pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound (page 7)
post partum
After birth.
This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 2)
post postscriptum; PPS
Written after that which was previously written afterward.

That which is written after a previous post script as an additional after thought.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 2) scrib-, script-, -scribe, -scription, -scriptive (page 3)
post scriptum; PS, P.S.
A post script; written afterward.

Anything that is written [added] after the main message of a letter; an afterthought.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 6) post- (page 2) scrib-, script-, -scribe, -scription, -scriptive (page 3)
postabortion, post-abortion (s) (noun); postabortions; post-abortions
A condition that exists after any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy; especially during the first six months: Susan was in a clinic where she was receiving special medical treatment for the post-abortion that had been performed in order to save her life.
This entry is located in the following units: abort-, aborti- (page 2) oriri-, orir-, ori-, or- (page 4) post- (page 2)
postbellum, post-bellum (pohst" BEL uhm) (s) (adjective) (no comparative)
Belonging to the period after a war; especially, with reference to the U.S. Civil War or "The War Between the States".
This entry is located in the following units: belli-, bell- (page 2) post- (page 3)
postmortem, post mortem
1. Taking place, formed, or done after death; extended to include a detailed examination of a body, carried out for medical or legal purposes.
2. A searching (and frequently recriminatory) analysis or discussion of some past event.
3. The evaluation of some event or activity just ended.
This entry is located in the following units: mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- + (page 5) post- (page 6)
postprandial, post-prandial (adjective), (not comparative)
1. A reference to being done, made, taken, happening, etc. following a meal, for example after dinner: Tim and Mary took a postprandial walk through the neighborhood.
2. In medicine, after mealtime: A postprandial rise in the blood glucose level is one that occurs after eating.

Postprandial refers to the time after any meal. It is a common term in medicine and may refer to diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology, metabolism, pathology, and many other biomedical fields.

3. Etymology: from Latin post, "after" + prandium, "luncheon, meal" + -al, "pertaining to".
After a dinner.
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This entry is located in the following units: post- (page 7) prandial- + (page 1)
post-transfusion syndrome (s) (noun), post-transfusion syndromes (pl)
A condition consisting of fever, splenomegaly, atypical lymphocytes, abnormal liver function tests, and occasionally a skin rash that develops following a blood transfusion or perfusion of a organ during surgery.
This entry is located in the following units: fus-, fun-, fund-, fut-, found- (page 6) trans-, tran-, tra- (page 5)
posttraumatic delirium, post-traumatic delirium (s); post-traumatic deliriums, post-traumatic deliria (pl) (nouns)
Delirium caused by a structural traumatic brain injury.
This entry is located in the following units: deliri- (page 1) traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically + (page 2)
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), post-traumatic stress syndrome, delayed-stress syndrome
A psychological reaction that occurs after a highly stressing event; such as, wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster; and which is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of any reminders of the event.
This entry is located in the following unit: traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically + (page 2)
post-traumatic, posttraumatic (s) (adjective)
That which occurs after or as a result of trauma.
This entry is located in the following unit: traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically + (page 2)
postvaccinal, post-vaccinal (adjective)
Occurring after vaccination.
This entry is located in the following unit: vaccino-, vaccin-, vaccini-, vacci-, vacc- + (page 2)
Si post fata venit gloria non propero.
If glory comes after death, I am not in a hurry.

One of Martial's epigrams which is also translated as, "If one must die to be recognized, I can wait."

This entry is located in the following units: glori-, glor- + (page 2) post- (page 8)
unum post aliud
One after the other.

One thing at a time.

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group U (page 2) post- (page 8)
Vide post.
Latin for "See the following."
This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group V (page 4) post- (page 8) vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu- (page 13)
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Newly formed words from The Washington Post

The Washington Post recently published a contest for readers in which they were asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. The following were some of the winning entries:


  • Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
  • Carcinoma (n.), a valley in California, notable for its heavy smog.
  • Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
  • Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
  • Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
  • Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie.
  • Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
  • Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash.
  • Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
  • Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
  • Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
  • Semantics (n.), pranks conducted by young men studying for the priesthood, including such things as gluing the pages of the priest's prayer book together just before vespers.
  • Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
  • Frisbatarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.

The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some recent winners:

  • Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it.
  • Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
  • Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very high.
  • Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
  • Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously.
  • Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
  • Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like a serious bummer.
  • Glibido: All talk and no action.
  • Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
  • Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
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post operative
A letter carrier.
This entry is located in the following unit: Medical Terms from a Different Perspective (page 2)
posthaste, post-haste (adverb) (not comparable)
1. With great speed; quickly, rapidly: Jim was told to complete his business assignment posthaste because the customer would pick up the product the next day.

After falling and injuring her back, Joan was sent posthaste to the hospital.

2. Etymology: in the 16th century, the phrase "haste, post, haste" was used to inform "posts," which couriers were then called, that a letter was urgent and must be quickly delivered.

The "posts" would then gallop along a route, with a series of places at which to get a fresh horse or to relay the letter to a different messenger for the fastest delivery possible.

Referring to the greatest promptness.
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PPS, post postscriptum
a later postscript
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