From: utzoo!decvax!minow Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: POSH, once more Article-I.D.: decvax.425 Posted: Mon Mar 7 18:42:17 1983 Received: Tue Mar 8 02:54:28 1983 As noted, it means "Port Outbound, Starboard Homebound". The reason was this puts the stateroom on the North side of the ship during the entire voyage. This would be significantly cooler than the sunny South side. (Outbound was Easterly from England to Africa, India, and the Orient.) Martin Minow decvax!minow