po来自于post/posting,在这里是主贴/文章的意思。“po主”就是贴主,“原po”就是主贴的意思。

post原意是动词,“发布消息”的意思,比如发布消息,发布职位信息都可以用post。

其名词形式是posting,“被发布的消息”。

韦氏词典里post的第一个意项就是“发布消息”:

a: to publish, announce, or advertise by or as if by use of a placard

b: to denounce by public notice

c: to enter on a public listing

d: to forbid (property) to trespassers under penalty of legal prosecution by notices placed along the boundaries

韦氏词典里posting的第三个意项就是“网上发布的消息”:

something (such as an announcement) that is posted online

现在外文网络上,posting经常被缩写为post或者po,反而posting这个原词因为字母太多很多人懒得打。