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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:40 PM
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A few post definitions
posthole: where posts go when they don't turn up in a search
post mortem: a post that dies with no replies (no extra charge for the poetry)
postwar: aka flame war
posthaste: rapidly written post. usually identified by all the typos.
postmodern: usually about some kind of music genre only two people on the board ever heard of
postpartum: one of those "farewell, I'm leaving" threads
postal: a really severe flame war. usually gets locked.
postmenapausal: only older participants in the thread

Please feel free to add your own.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:42 PM
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1. Posterior - what you sit on while reading and posting. n/t
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:43 PM
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3. very GOOD, fiziwig.
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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:43 PM
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2. post coital
a locked sex thread.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:53 PM
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14. Cute. (nt)
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:43 PM
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4. Posterior
Post written by someone talking out his butt.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:55 PM
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15. i resemble that!
:D
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:45 PM
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5. Post graduate...
Someone who has gone beyond just posting and is out there in the community doing something positive about the situation.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:46 PM
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6. Postpone. The post you never got around to writing.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:46 PM
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7. post meridian
night poster
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:49 PM
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8. Post Natal
A post concerning a certain South African province.
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DAGDA56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:50 PM
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9. Post Time...
...the moment you've stopped reading to start writing.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:50 PM
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10. Postulant. In training to be a real poster. and...
Edited on Sat May-08-04 03:52 PM by fiziwig
Post nasal. A post that really stinks.
Post haste. A post you really should have prooof red a bit more before hitting "Post Message".
Post Toasties. Yet another post declaring that shrub is toast.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:51 PM
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11. Emily Post
Someone whose posts can be sung to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas."
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:52 PM
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12. Posthumous: GOP nominee for Governor of Michigan, was buried
What a great name for a candidate! Posthumous
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:05 PM
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19. It's spelled Posthumus (with just one O)
Edited on Sat May-08-04 04:07 PM by ih8thegop
But still...

I'm glad he lost. I love Jennifer Granholm.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:37 PM
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24. Not to be confused with posthummus.
Which is after all the hummus us gone.
;-)
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:53 PM
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13. Postage
What old posts die of.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 03:59 PM
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16. post hoc ergo propter hoc
A post which was written because of the immediately preceding post.
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:02 PM
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17. Postage due
A post where the person mentions a link but forgets to include it.
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:04 PM
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18. Postdate
A romantic connection initiated through the admiration of each others' posts on DU.
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StaggerLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:07 PM
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20. Hitching Post
A post that is so lively you stick around for hours or even days.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:10 PM
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21. Post-It Note
A note that reminds you to post something.
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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:17 PM
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22. Post Office
what I am doing at work when I'm supposed to be working but am DUing instead
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:30 PM
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23. Oh we are a witty bunch.
chuff chuff
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sundancekid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:37 PM
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25. POSTULATE ... when you don't post fast enough
POSTURE - where they send posting cows out to ...
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:51 PM
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26. apostrophe
a trophy post usually on the occasion of each thousand posts.

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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 04:52 PM
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27. mile post = usually posted by newyawker99
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