English

Proper noun

Posh

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

English

See also the articles mentioned in the References section below for additional discussion.

Adjective

posh ‎(comparative posher or more posh, superlative poshest or most posh)

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, chiefly 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

Quotations

• 1919: "Well, it ain't one of the classic events. It were run over there." Docker jerked a thumb vaguely in the direction of France. "At a 'Concours Hippique,' which is posh for 'Race Meeting.' — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 18, 1919

Translations

Interjection

Posh!

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

References

1. ↑ Slang and its Analogues Past and Present, volume 5 (London, 1902), John S. Farmer and W.E. Henley (editors), page 261
2. ↑ World Wide Words, "Posh",
3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22378819
4. ↑ snopes.com,

Anagrams

• hops
• hosp
• OHPs
• shop
• soph

Maricopa

Noun

posh

1. cat

Romani

Alternative forms

• push

Etymology

From Armenian փոշի ‎(pʿoši).

Noun

posh

1. dust

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փոշի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 517a
• Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868), “pos’”, in Grammaire, dialogues et voabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 123a