A person with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a type of autonomic nervous system disorder that affects multiple body systems, most importantly heart rate. One of the most common symptoms is fainting or coming close to fainting. It's a type of Dysautonomia.
My best friend is a fellow POTSie, so she understands what it's like to faint upon standing.
Poteen / Poitín / (pronounced) Potcheen
is a traditional Irish distilled, highly alcoholic beverage. Traditionally distilled from potatoes, it is among the strongest alcoholic beverages in the world, and for centuries was classified as illegal or moonshine in Ireland.
Think you can handle Poitín... ?
Don't drink Poitín if you're a light weight, it'll probably kill you!
Poteen / Poitín / Potcheen
A usually harmless, well-meaning fool or idiot who bumbles through life unaware of how embarassingly ridiculous he or she is.
1)He was such a potsie at the meeting.2)We would have succeeded if the department wasn't managed by a bunch of feckless potsies.3)How can someone so intelligent and beautiful fall for such a potsie? 4)I'm sorry I am late, but I was stuck behind a potsie on the way in.