"/pos" meaning in English

See /pos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Symbol

Etymology: From / + abbreviation of positive (compare pos), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”). Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|positive|nocap=1}} abbreviation of positive Head templates: {{head|en|symbol|head=/pos}} /pos, {{en-symbol|head=/pos}} /pos
  1. (Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation. Tags: Internet
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "positive",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "abbreviation of positive",
      "name": "abbrev"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From / + abbreviation of positive (compare pos), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "symbol",
        "head": "/pos"
      },
      "expansion": "/pos",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "/pos"
      },
      "expansion": "/pos",
      "name": "en-symbol"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English symbols",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English tone indicators",
          "parents": [
            "Tone indicators",
            "Internet slang",
            "Slang",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 17, @swallowedbysin_, Twitter:",
          "text": "why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation."
      ],
      "id": "en-/pos-en-symbol-g9bjcXyV",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "tone indicator",
          "tone indicator"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive#English"
        ],
        [
          "connotation",
          "connotation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "tone indicator",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "/pos"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "positive",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "abbreviation of positive",
      "name": "abbrev"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From / + abbreviation of positive (compare pos), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "symbol",
        "head": "/pos"
      },
      "expansion": "/pos",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "/pos"
      },
      "expansion": "/pos",
      "name": "en-symbol"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English internet slang",
        "English lemmas",
        "English symbols",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English tone indicators",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 17, @swallowedbysin_, Twitter:",
          "text": "why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "tone indicator",
          "tone indicator"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive#English"
        ],
        [
          "connotation",
          "connotation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "tone indicator",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "/pos"
}

Download raw JSONL data for /pos meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (94ba7e1 and 5dea2a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.