posh
see also: Posh
Pronunciation Adjective
Posh
Proper noun
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see also: Posh
Pronunciation Adjective
posh (comparative posher, superlative poshest)
- Associated with the upper classes.
- She talks with a posh accent.
- Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive).
- After the performance they went out to a very posh restaurant.
- (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
- 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)
- French: huppé, chic
- German: schick, todschick
- Italian: elegante, esclusivo, alla moda
- Portuguese: chique
- Russian: шика́рный
- Spanish: pijo, elitista, de postín
- An exclamation expressing derision.
- 1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Was ↗
posh (uncountable)
Posh
Proper noun
- (football, slang) Peterborough United F.C., a football club from Peterborough, England
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