From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!ncsu!mauney Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: POSH: Oh No, Not Again Article-I.D.: ncsu.1111 Posted: Wed Feb 23 12:32:48 1983 Received: Thu Feb 24 04:57:25 1983 posh is almost certainly NOT an acronym for Port Out Starboard Home, despite the fact that many seemingly excellent dictionaries repeat the story as true. This question has already been extensively debated on the net. For evidence, consult John Ciardi's "A Browser's Dictionary" or "the Dictionary of Misinformation" (I forget the author). Jon Mauney NC State U