poast
noun, verb
poast is a noun meaning “A post on an internet site, especially associated with being terminally online or causing mischief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-A-S-T, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of poast is poasts.
What does poast mean?
noun
- 1
A post on an internet site, especially associated with being terminally online or causing mischief.
verb
- 1
To post on an internet site, especially with ironic or mischievous intent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of poast
- poasts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- poasting participle, present
- poasted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is poast?
Poast appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does poast come from?
Probably first attested in c. early-2010s, but in common usage only as of the late 2010s. The spelling variant seems unexplained and may just be fanciful, or deliberately childish (compare memes like fren and groyper).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).