posh

posh  (psh)

adj. posh·er, posh·est

Smart and fashionable. See Synonyms at fashionable.

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[Perhaps posh, halfpenny, money, dandy, from Romany påh.]

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poshly adv.

poshness n.

Word History: "Oh yes, Mater, we had a posh time of it down there." So in Punch for September 25, 1918, do we find the first recorded instance posh, meaning "smart and fashionable." A popular theory holds that it is derived from the initials of "Port Out, Starboard Home," the cooler, and thus more expensive, side of ships traveling between England and India in the mid-19th century. The acronym POSH was supposedly stamped on the tickets of first-class passengers traveling on that side of ships owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. No known evidence supports this theory, however. Another word posh was 19th- and early 20th-century British slang for "money," specifically "a halfpenny, cash of small value." This word is borrowed from the Romany word påh, "half," which was used in combinations such as påhera, "halfpenny." Posh, also meaning "a dandy," is recorded in two dictionaries of slang, published in 1890 and 1902, although this particular posh may be still another word. This word or these words are, however, much more likely to be the source of posh than "Port Out, Starboard Home," although the latter source certainly has caught the public's etymological fancy.

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posh [pɒʃ] Informal chiefly Brit

adj

1. smart, elegant, or fashionable; exclusive posh clothes

2. upper-class or genteel

adv

in a manner associated with the upper class to talk posh

[often said to be an acronym of the phrase port out, starboard home, the most desirable location for a cabin in British ships sailing to and from the East, being the north-facing or shaded side; but more likely to be a development of obsolete slang posh a dandy]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

posh - elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child classy, swish colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech stylish, fashionable - having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"

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posh

adjective (Informal, chiefly Brit.)

1. smart, grand, exclusive, luxury, elegant, fashionable, stylish, luxurious, classy (slang), swish (informal, chiefly Brit.), up-market, swanky (informal), ritzy (slang) I took her to a posh hotel for a cocktail.

2. upper-class, high-class, top-drawer, plummy, high-toned, la-di-da (informal) He sounded very posh on the phone.

Translations

posh [pɒʃ]

A. ADJ (posher (compar) (poshest (superl))) (= high-class) → elegante, pijo(Sp) ; (= affected) [accent etc] → afectado; [wedding etc] → de mucho rumbo; [school] → de buen tono
a posh car/hotel → un coche/un hotel de lujo
posh people → gente f bien
it's a very posh neighbourhood → es un barrio de lo más elegante

B. ADV to talk posh → hablar con acento afectado

posh up VT + ADV to posh a place up → procurar que un local parezca más elegante, renovar la pintura de un local
it's all poshed up → está totalmente renovado, se ha reformado por completo
to posh o.s. up → arreglarse, ataviarse, emperejilarse

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posh [ˈpɒʃ]

adj

(= smart) [place, thing] → chic inv
a posh hotel → un hôtel chic

(= upper-class) [person] → chic inv
to sound posh → avoir un accent très chic

adv
to talk posh → parler d'une manière affectée

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posh (inf)

adj (+er) → piekfein (inf), → vornehm; neighbourhood, hotel, wedding also → nobel; friends → vornehm, fein; occasion → vornehm, elegant

adv (+er) to talk posh → mit vornehmem Akzent sprechen

vt to posh something up (inf) → etw verschönern (inf)

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posh [pɒʃ] (fam)

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (people, neighbourhood, family) → per bene; (car, hotel, clothes) → elegante

2. adv to talk posh (pej) → parlare in modo snob

posh up (fam) vt + adv (decorate, improve) → abbellire; (clean up) → pulire
to posh o.s. up → agghindarsi

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posh [pɒʃ] (fam)

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (people, neighbourhood, family) → per bene; (car, hotel, clothes) → elegante

2. adv to talk posh (pej) → parlare in modo snob

posh up (fam) vt + adv (decorate, improve) → abbellire; (clean up) → pulire
to posh o.s. up → agghindarsi

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posh

adj posh [poʃ]

of a superior type or class a posh family; posh clothes. rykmansagtig مُمتاز، أنيق луксозен nóbl, prima fornem pikfein πολυτελής, αριστοκρατικός, φίνος de clase alta, pijo (peyorativo), gente bien ðikk اعیانی yläluokkainen chic יוּקרָתִי रईसाना otmjen,monden elegáns, puccos kelas tinggi fínn, flottur elegante しゃれた 멋진 aukštuomenės, prašmatnus smalks; lepns; grezns mewah dan anggun duur, chic fjong, overklasse- wytworny chique şic шикарный nóbl, extra fin elegantan flott หรูหรา şık kibar 豪華的 шикарний اعلي ترين، شان دار bảnh bao 豪华的