posh

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see also: Posh

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /pɑʃ/
• (RP) IPA: /pɒʃ/, IPA: /pəʊʃ/ i humorous or upper-class

Adjective

posh (comparative posher, superlative poshest)

1. Associated with the upper classes.

   She talks with a posh accent.

2. Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive).

   After the performance they went out to a very posh restaurant.

3. (usually, offensive, especially, in Scotland and Northern England) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.

   We have a right posh git moving in next door

Translations

• French: huppé, bourge
• German: vornehm
• Italian: lussuoso, affettato, ostentato, manierato, ricercato, lezioso
• Russian: аристократи́ческий
• Spanish: pijo (Spain), fresa (Mexico), pituco (South America), cheto (Argentina, Uruguay)

Translations

• French: huppé, chic
• German: schick, todschick
• Italian: elegante, esclusivo, alla moda
• Portuguese: chique
• Russian: шика́рный
• Spanish: pijo, elitista, de postín

Translations

• Italian: snobistico
• Portuguese: esnobe
• Spanish: snob
• Spanish: esnob

Interjection

1. An exclamation expressing derision.
   • 1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Was ↗

Noun

posh (uncountable)

1. fragments produced by an impact
2. slush

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Posh

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Proper noun

1. (football, slang) Peterborough United F.C., a football club from Peterborough, England

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