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Please add to this list of postpositives if you can think of any...
extraordinaire
galore
101 (as in "History 101")
manqué
redivivus
proper
ordinary ("mass ordinary")
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elect (president elect) general (governor general) royal (princess royal) past (times past) like (see Language Hat's post)
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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5 points for zmjezhd.
I like postpositives. I like the way they can give to a seemingly dull sentence a surprise twist.
"He's a writer... manqué"; "He's James Joyce... redivivus."
Ah. Another is dowager.
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sometimes they're found in unexpected places..
fiddlers three (nursery rhyme)
battle royale (pro wrasslin')
bar sinister (heraldry)
mother superior (nunnery)
stage left (Snagglepuss)
chaise longue (Wickes)
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Of course, one should note that bar sinister is an absurd concept, since a bar is a horizontal ordinary and does not come in regular and sinister varieties. The correct term is bend sinister, the bend being a diagonal ordinary. Note also that ordinary, in this context, is a noun and not an adjective, so is not an example of a postpositive.
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Of course, one should note that bar sinister is an absurd concept, since a bar is a horizontal ordinary and does not come in regular and sinister varieties. The correct term is bend sinister, the bend being a diagonal ordinary. Note also that ordinary, in this context, is a noun and not an adjective, so is not an example of a postpositive.
Usage, Faldage, usage.
A "bar sinister" is an absolutely perfect concept when you are talking about the evil going ons by the whacky judges of the Ninth District United States Court. 
Postpositivitively. 
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Didja have the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in mind?
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An activist judge is one who makes decisions you disagree with.
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Didja have the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in mind?
You, Father, are astute. And I meant no disrespect to the fabled court of raving lunatics.
And no, Faldage, you really must learn the English language.
Activist judges are activist judges. The judges that I disagree with are the judges with whom I disagree.
Damn.
Sometimes I stoop to embarrassing myself by explaining the obvious. 
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Note also that ordinary, in this context, is a noun and not an adjective, so is not an example of a postpositive.
I checked that, and you're right. Rats. Now there are even less postpositives than I thought.
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