Meaning & use
fly posting
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Meaning
noununcountableBritish
The illegal practice of sticking advertising posters on walls, fences and other public surfaces without permission.
Grammar: Used without an article: fly posting is banned here.
Patterns
- fly posting on something
The council fined the promoters for fly posting on buildings.
Fly posting covered the old warehouse wall with gig posters.
Residents complained that fly posting made the street look messy.
Common combinations
- ban fly posting
- The town voted to ban fly posting.
- fined for fly posting
- The company was fined for fly posting.
- illegal fly posting
- Illegal fly posting ruined the wall.
- clean up fly posting
- Workers cleaned up fly posting.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bill posting
- This is the older term, and it can be legal if done in approved places.
- illegal advertising
- This is a general description with no focus on posters.
- graffiti
- This is painted or drawn marks, not pasted posters.
Word family
- fly-poster noun
- a poster put up illegally
- post verb
- to stick up a notice
- fly-poster noun
- also the person who does this
Commonly confused: fly posting or flyer?
fly posting vs flyer
A flyer is a leaflet handed out, while fly posting involves sticking posters on surfaces.
Practice
The council warned that anyone caught fly posting on public walls would be fined. What is fly posting?
Choose one answer.
Fly posting is putting up posters without permission. The other actions are not illegal poster pasting.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “fly posting”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.