postal
Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
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I have to do mine by post and sent it off last week ✅for anyone with a postal vote and is now worried that it won’t get there now if you can or someone else can for you all you do is hand it in sealed to the nearest p…
A postal clerk, a glowing stone, and a town full of shadows — still one of the gentlest gateways into interactive fiction.
I couldn't find tactical voting information for my area when I did my postal vote last week, which gave me the freedom to vote for who I wanted. Definitely a tricky decision.
I've used a postal vote for many years, but I decided I'd vote in person this time so the daughter could come along and see democracy in action.
This is antisemitism. Blatant, stomach churning antisemitism. I've already sent my postal vote, but I would encourage everyone who can to get out and vote tomorrow
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Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
We sell stamps and stationery for all your postal needs.
“I mean, you can try to sign. It asks for location details…postal code and province. I don’t know what would happen if an American tried.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’ve decided, I nearly did a postal vote but I already have to get my scooter out on Thursday so it’s not that much extra pain/energy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A very young postal worker just knocked on the door with a package. PW: Your name’s Willoughby? That’s so cool. Like ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Me: Yes. That’s right. …It took me a long time to figure out why my father didn’t like Jane Austen. PW: Oh. Right.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In 1873, AnthonyComstock’s Postal Act declared all information about sexuality to be pornographic, which still keeps #SexEd out of U.S. schools. Many still rely on #porn when parents & teachers refuse to provide alternatives. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #censorship #HistoryLiteracy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’ve proudly cast my postal vote for the three @greenparty.org.uk candidates in my area… because, obviously. #VoteGreen”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, slang) , insane.
“I have to do mine by post and sent it off last week ✅for anyone with a postal vote and is now worried that it won’t get there now if you can or someone else can for you all you do is hand it in sealed to the nearest polling station by 10pm tomorrow ( Thursday ) .”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A postal clerk, a glowing stone, and a town full of shadows — still one of the gentlest gateways into interactive fiction.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I couldn't find tactical voting information for my area when I did my postal vote last week, which gave me the freedom to vote for who I wanted. Definitely a tricky decision.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've used a postal vote for many years, but I decided I'd vote in person this time so the daughter could come along and see democracy in action.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This is antisemitism. Blatant, stomach churning antisemitism. I've already sent my postal vote, but I would encourage everyone who can to get out and vote tomorrow”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable) An organization that delivers letters.
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(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
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(intransitive, chiefly, US, informal) To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also (more generally) to become very angry; to lose one's temper.
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(US, Canada) The issuing of postal mail to recipients from a post office counter, rather than by delivering it to their addresses.