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Denise Fisher wrote:
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> A few years ago I sent a post which had the word 'posit' in it. Not sure
> if that is the correct spelling, but it is a term not uncommonly used in
> Australia, and I guess England, to describe the little bit of milk that
> babies may regurgitate. I received several emails from Americans asking me
> what it meant. Now I see several emails from Americans using the same term
> describing what comes out of the mouths of some adults.(grin)
> Denise
From the Macquarie dictionary (Australian).
Posit: to lay down or assume as a fact or prinicple
Posset: (of a newborn baby) to regurgitate milk, usu. in small amounts
immediately after or during a feed.
Gitte, mum to five, currently nursing three aged 4, 2 and 4 weeks.
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