posh

AdjektivInterjektionSubstantivVerbSubstantivin Dialogen belegt

Vereinigtes Königreich//pɒʃ//
Vereinigtes Königreich//pəʊʃ//
Vereinigte Staaten//pɑʃ//

Associated with the upper classes.

Adjektiv

1
Associated with the upper classes.
She talks with a posh accent.
In antenatal clinic, an extremely posh patient attends for a routine appointment. All is well with her extremely posh fetus. Her extremely posh eight-year-old asks her a question about the economy (!), and before she answers, she asks her extremely posh five-year-old, ‘Do you know what the economy is, darling?’ ’Yes, Mummy. It’s the part of the plane that’s terrible.’
2
Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.
Near-synonym: plush
After the performance, they went out to a very posh restaurant.
“Miss Shaw’s got a new frock,” said Harriet. ”So she has! How posh of her! […]”
Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.
3
Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.
We have a right posh git moving in next door.

Herkunft

Unknown. Most likely derived from Romani posh (“half”), either because posh-kooroona (“half a crown”) (originally a substantial sum of money) was used metaphorically for anything pricey or upper-class, or because posh-houri (“half-penny”) came to refer to money generally. A period slang dictionary defines "posh" as a term used by thieves for "money : generic, but specifically, a halfpenny or other small coin". An example is given from James Payn's The Eavesdropper (1888): "They used such funny terms: 'brads,' and 'dibbs,' and 'mopusses,' and 'posh' ... at last it was borne in upon me that they were talking about money." Evidence exists for a slang sense from the 1890s meaning dandy, which is quite possibly related. A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for "port out, starboard home", describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no evidence for this claim. It could also possibly be a clipping of polished. See also the articles mentioned in the References section below for additional discussion.

Interjektion

1
An exclamation expressing derision.
The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him.

Substantiv

1
veraltetA halfpenny or other coin of little value.
2
veraltetMoney.

Verb

1
To make posh or posher (more posh).

Substantiv

1
A sudden and heavy fall or gush of rain or water.
Did yer see what a posh the water came down the bruck ater the thaw, and no wonder the snow was a fut deep.
There has been quite a posh of rain.
I could hear the posh of water issuing from the mouth of a lion fountain that was set in a nearby niche. He was on his knees, kissing my feet and legs until I was in a state of churning lust.
2
Fragments produced by an impact.
3
Slush.

Herkunft

Compare pash (“smash, bash; of rain: fall heavily”).

Formen

Plural: poshes
Komparativ: posher, more posh
Superlativ: poshest, most posh
Präteritum: poshed
Partizip II: poshed
Partizip I: poshing
3. Person Singular: poshes

pose · To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of…posed · Holding a certain pose Poseidon · The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses;…

posh · Associated with the upper classes.

Posh · Peterborough United F.C., a football club from Peterborough,…posing · The act by which something is posed.position · A place or location.

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