pos

Slang for worthless

Pos is informal shorthand for positive, used across contexts.

In medicine and testing, pos means a positive result: She tested pos for COVID.

In online slang, pos can mean positive as in upbeat or agreeable: Stay pos, things will work out.

The abbreviation also appears in retail and business for point of sale: The pos system crashed during the rush.

positive

affirmative

Expressing agreement or consent

favorable · result · diagnosis

pointOfSale

terminal

At the endpoint

transaction · retail

Opposites
valence/polarity

posneg

Abbreviated form of negative

negative · minus · anti · contra · ground

test results/diagnosis

posneg

Abbreviated form of negative

negative · clear · clean · normal

attitude/outlook

posneg

Abbreviated form of negative

negative · pessimistic · cynical · toxic · downer

Phrases
Family

positive, positively, imposition, positivity, positivism, positivist

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG