Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
POS
Noun
POS (countable and uncountable, plural POSes)
(legal) Initialism of proof of service.
(linguistics) Initialism of part of speech.
(retail) Initialism of point of sale / point of service.
(computing) Initialism of proprietary operating system.
(navigation, aviation) Initialism of position and orientation system.
(vulgar or humorous, pejorative, slang, of a person or thing) Initialism of piece of shit.
Phrase
POS
(internet, text messaging) Initialism of parent over shoulder (i.e. observing the young user's conversation)
Anagrams
• OPS, OPS+, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, ops, sop
Noun
POs
plural of PO
Anagrams
• OPS, OPS+, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, ops, sop
Etymology 1
Adjective
pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)
(UK, slang) Clipping of positive.
(slang) Clipping of HIV positive.
Etymology 2
Noun
pos
plural of po
Anagrams
• OPS, OPS+, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, ops, sop
Source: Wiktionary
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