Possie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A firing position. Australia, New-Zealand, slang

    "I'm just sitting in my possie, my place, waiting for something to happen."

  2. 2
    A position or place, especially one that is advantageous. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial

    "1984, Garrie Hutchinson, A Practice Game at the Old Home Ground, from From the Outer, reprinted 2001, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 289, The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence."

Example

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"I'm just sitting in my possie, my place, waiting for something to happen."

Etymology

From position + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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