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Loster vs Poster - What's the difference?

loster | poster |

As an adjective loster

is (nonstandard) (lost).

As a noun poster is

poster.

loster

English

Adjective

  • (nonstandard) (lost)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , title= , last=Bellow , first=Saul , authorlink=Saul Bellow , year=1975 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=r0bFQu7Y6SIC&lpg=PA24&dq=loster%20bellow&pg=PA24
  • v=onepage&q=loster%20bellow&f=false
    • , publisher=Viking }}
    Perhaps, being lost, one should get loster ; being very late for an appointment, it might be best to walk slower, as one of my beloved Russian writers advised.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=2006 , month=April , magazine=American Motorcyclist , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=q_UDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA41&dq=loster&pg=PA41
  • v=onepage&q=loster&f=false
    • , page=41 }}
    You can get loster , faster!
  • * {{quote-book
    • , title=Signspotting III: Lost and Loster in Translation , last=Lansky , first=Doug , year=2009 , publisher=Penguin , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=oWQ_ucH5mOQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=loster&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EYZ1UcuvFNKy0QH5g4G4Cg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAQ , page=title }}

    poster

    English

    Etymology 1

    from to post (placcard, publish) + -er

    Noun

    (wikipedia poster) (en noun)
  • One who s a message.
    • Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  • One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Posters of the sea and land.
  • (dated) A posthorse.
  • * C. Lever
    • Posters at full gallop.
  • An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
    • I saw a poster for it on the side of a bus.
  • A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
    • He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
  • (ice hockey, slang) A shot which only hits a goal post without going in
    • We got three posters in the third and lost.
    Derived terms
    * movie poster * OP * poster paint

    Etymology 2

    from to post (travel, dispatch) + -er

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A post-horse
  • (archaic) A swift traveler

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