Meanings
plural postum notes
- A post-it note.
He pulled a giant burrito from the ice chest, when he swung the fridge door open for a drink, he saw a large postum note, “Joan and I cleaned your fridge, it was so disgusting it was beyond words. So my suggestion to you is, “never bring home left-overs from a restaurant, it turns to ----."
2016, Gerald James Avila, Home for Good
Origin
Apparently from post-it note, influenced by Postum, a brand of coffee substitute
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
postum note. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postum%20note
“postum note.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postum%20note. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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