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Post-it, n.
Brit. |ˈpəʊstɪt|, U.S. |ˈpoʊstˌɪt|
[‹ post v.1 + it pron.]
A proprietary name for: a small piece of notepaper (often yellow) with a lightly adhesive strip along one edge of the reverse side, enabling it to be stuck to a surface as a marker or for messages, comments, or reminders, and to be easily removed when necessary; (hence more widely) any note of this type; cf. sticky n. More fully Post-it note.
1975Office Sept. 188/2 Commercial Tape Div., 3M Co.,..makes Post-It products with a long-lasting adhesive surface for repeated mounting and removal of materials without tearing or defacing them. 1981N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Aug. ii. 34/1 Post-It Notes are another member of this family... The adhesive is to be found in a narrow stripe along one edge of the back. 1990Mirabella May 68/2 The birth of Post-its was more mystical... People would emerge from the conference room with bits of little yellow paper stuck all over them. 2000M. Beaumont e 331 He, like the rest of the department, is in Bar Zero getting disgustingly drunk with Brett and Vince. I will leave a Post-it on his desk. |