POTUSn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊtəs/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊdəs/

Forms: 1800s– potus, 1900s– POTUS, 1900s– Potus.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English President of the United States.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of President of the United States. Compare earlier SCOTUS n.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

(The) President of the United States.Originally a newspaper wire and telegraph code word; later used esp. among White House staff before passing into more general use.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in U.S.

president1784

Great White Father1806

Great Father1808

POTUS1895

1895 Birmingham (Alabama) Age-Herald 14 Apr. 21/3 In addition the more frequent phrases are skeletonized to the limit of safety. ‘Scotus’ is ‘supreme court of the United States’; ‘potus’, ‘president of the United States’.

1903 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 25 Feb. 5/2 This is the way a message is sent on the wire: T potus, ixs, wi km to Kevy... This jargon of letters conveys the following information: The president of the United States, it is said, will communicate to King Edward VII.

1937 R. W. Desmond & H. J. Laski Press & World Affairs ii. 76 The Phillips code, patented in 1879,..was used by telegraph operators as a sort of telegraphic shorthand wherein combinations of letters stood for groups of words. Thus..‘ potus’ meant ‘President of the United States’.

1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Sept. c1 To their Secret Service shadows they may be ‘ potus’ and ‘ flotus’, but to each other..he's still her ‘Ronnie’ and she's still his ‘Nancy’.

1999 New Scientist 26 June 57/1 The Potus showed up, spoke, no one threw up or passed out, and all the NIH officials clapped themselves on the back for a job well done.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	potus
释义	POTUSn. Brit. /ˈpəʊtəs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊdəs/ Forms: 1800s– potus, 1900s– POTUS, 1900s– Potus. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English President of the United States. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of President of the United States. Compare earlier SCOTUS n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). (The) President of the United States.Originally a newspaper wire and telegraph code word; later used esp. among White House staff before passing into more general use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in U.S. president1784 Great White Father1806 Great Father1808 POTUS1895 1895 Birmingham (Alabama) Age-Herald 14 Apr. 21/3 In addition the more frequent phrases are skeletonized to the limit of safety. ‘Scotus’ is ‘supreme court of the United States’; ‘potus’, ‘president of the United States’. 1903 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 25 Feb. 5/2 This is the way a message is sent on the wire: T potus, ixs, wi km to Kevy... This jargon of letters conveys the following information: The president of the United States, it is said, will communicate to King Edward VII. 1937 R. W. Desmond & H. J. Laski Press & World Affairs ii. 76 The Phillips code, patented in 1879,..was used by telegraph operators as a sort of telegraphic shorthand wherein combinations of letters stood for groups of words. Thus..‘ potus’ meant ‘President of the United States’. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Sept. c1 To their Secret Service shadows they may be ‘ potus’ and ‘ flotus’, but to each other..he's still her ‘Ronnie’ and she's still his ‘Nancy’. 1999 New Scientist 26 June 57/1 The Potus showed up, spoke, no one threw up or passed out, and all the NIH officials clapped themselves on the back for a job well done. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895
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