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posh

[posh]

adjective

sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment.

Origin:
1915–20; of obscure origin; compareposha dandy (recorded as British slang in 1890); the popular notion that the word is an acronym from port out(ward), starboard home, said to be the preferred accommodation on ships traveling between England and India, is without foundation

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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Example Sentences

Elsewhere, booze is sold only in windowless bars in posh hotels, or by bureaucratic state-owned firms.

Rykels continues, where posh society types introduced their debutante daughters at exclusive black-tie galas.

If two men began a boisterous tug-of-war over the wine list at a posh restaurant, more than a few heads would turn.

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Elsewhere, booze is sold only in windowless bars in posh hotels, or by bureaucratic state-owned firms.

Rykels continues, where posh society types introduced their debutante daughters at exclusive black-tie galas.

If two men began a boisterous tug-of-war over the wine list at a posh restaurant, more than a few heads would turn.

If a big rig is too posh for you, you can sleep in a garbage truck.

The gathering boasted plenty of posh parties, high-flying political visitors and boozy nights out at blues bars.

The rooms are modern, immaculate, and relatively posh.

We're either inside the doll's house or this is a refuge for dirty posh people who eat wooden food.

The telltale signs include explanatory notes or phone calls, or the fact that a posh car was torched in a poor neighbourhood.

Wi-Fi hot spots are rolling out in airports, conference centers, posh hotels and trendy cafes where the well-heeled congregate.

Another strain is that pampered faculty and high-paying students expect to be housed in posh buildings with nice gardens.

Posh fit and finish look rich enough to buy you dinner.

But more dangerous for schools than some parents' disaffection is the broader impression of exclusivity a posh uniform creates.

They don't fret about getting the latest iPhone, or eating at the posh new restaurant, or buying the au courant handbag.

Sixteen policemen were killed, bang in front of a posh hotel.

The dealer hopes the suit will force the city to remove a group of homeless people from outside his posh business.

If you're staying in a posh hotel with an expat clientele, chances are pretty good the hotel restaurant is using clean water.

Orange and olive groves can be as valued as posh villas and sea views.

Celebrities who attend posh soirees organized to collect saliva for genetic sequencing.

The posh prices make it hard to excuse the number of kinks a year after opening, but the staff is eager to please.

After that, you may think about spending a little something on your relative's personal enjoyment of this posh apartment.

The atmosphere is no more posh than that of any expensive dress salon, though the prices can be considerably higher.

Some neighborhoods can be small and tightly packed, so fairly posh places can abut areas with problems.

It is a short step from posh resorts to medical tourism.

But now victory gardens are springing up in backyards, school grounds and even on front lawns in posh neighbourhoods.

The committee that planned the fountain featured the posh and the arty, not scientists or engineers.

Should a posh student who gets himself involved in a riot and ends up climbing up the.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

interjection

(used as an exclamation of contempt or disgust.)

Origin:
1920–25

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World English Dictionary

posh (pɒʃ)

—*adj*
1.	smart, elegant, or fashionable; exclusive: posh clothes
2.	upper-class or genteel

—*adv*
3.	in a manner associated with the upper class: to talk posh

[C19: 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]

'poshness

—n

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Word Origin & History

posh

1918, of uncertain origin; no evidence for the common derivation from an acronym of port outward, starboard home, supposedly the shipboard accommodations of wealthy British traveling to India on the P & O Lines (to keep their cabins out of the sun); see objections outlined in G. Chowdharay-Best, "Mariner's

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Mirror," Jan. 1971. More likely from slang posh "a dandy" (1890), from thieves' slang meaning "money" (1830), originally "coin of small value, halfpenny," possibly from Romany posh "half."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

POSH

prevention of sexual harassment
probability of severe hail
the claim that POSH stands for "port out, starboard home" is without foundation

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