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A word that means mail, a column, a job, and what you do online — pick your fight.
means As a noun, a piece of mail, a fixed upright support, an assigned job or station, or a published item online; as a verb, to send, station, or publish.
from This is really several words wearing one coat. The 'upright pole' sense comes from Latin 'postis,' a doorpost or support. The 'mail' and 'station' senses trace to Latin 'positus,' meaning 'placed,' via the relay stations where horses were stationed along a route — to 'post' a letter was to hand it into that relay system, and to be 'posted' somewhere was to be placed there. The 'job' sense grows from that same idea of an assigned position. The online sense is the youngest, borrowing 'post' as in 'to make public' — itself an extension of pinning a notice to a post for all to read.
- latin root
- From positum, meaning something placed or set down
- pony express
- Riders changed horses at posts, hence the name
- firstpost
- Adding post to anything created a verb overnight
- deadpost
- A goalpost hit dead-center still counts, somehow
the washington post — newspaper founded 1877, broke watergate scandal in 1974
instagram post — social media content format, average user posts 0.77 times per week
post uk — royal mail delivery service, delivers to 32 million addresses in united kingdom