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Meaning of posh

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

posh

Pronunciation:/pɒʃ//pɑʃ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Fragments produced by an impact

  2. Slush

adjective

Definitions

  1. Associated with the upper classes.

    Example: She talks with a posh accent.

  2. Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive).

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

  3. (usually offensive) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.

    Example: We have a right posh git moving in next door

interjection

Definitions

  1. An exclamation expressing derision.

    Example: 1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Was