Posh Edit Meaning

1.

very classy or sophisticated

See Ash

2.

The word means rich, aristocratic, wealthy, loaded, fancy, toff, toffee nosed, upper crust, well off, or well to do. The origin of this word actually derives from an old Romany Gypsyslang word for pennies, i.e. if you've a lot of pennies you're well to do, rich, etc. In this light, the word posh can be used as a term of light hearted derision. Please note: a wrong but often repeated even on this website is the urban myth is that the word POSH orginated from Port Out Starboard Home - based on based on the position of the more expensive cabins on a passenger ships from England to India - but this is actually nonesense whch has been commonly repeated.

She looks really posh with that new pearl necklace. Have you seen her beatiful bone china tea set, it is really posh. She must be quite posh to have sent her children to Eton School. She talks quite posh.

See rich, wealthy, loaded, fancy, toff, upper crust

3.

one of the spice girls, one of very few people in the world who from different camera angles can look white, asian, or hispanic

posh spice is really hot

See kidzbop

4.

First Class

As in travel from and to India and England

Because of the position of the day sun the best cabins were always "Port (side) Out, Starbord (side) Home"

POSH

5.

Scottish slang term for cocaine. Found prominently in the book "Filth" by Irvine Welsh.

I snorted a gram of posh last night.

See cocaine, coke, llello, snow, blow

6.

snobby, snooty, nose in the air, etc.

that english girl is really posh. she needs a good slap!

7.

It come from the day of steamers traveling to the far east from Britain passing by Cape town. The leg Cape Town to the far east was in hot weathers and the ship had the starboard side always facing south. The cabins would get very hot on that side so a port cabin on the outbound jurney was preferable. The reverse applied to the homebound jurney. Hence the most expensive tickets where those: Port Outbound Starboard Homebound, simply marked as P.O.S.H.

Today is is sinonimous of expensive, high class, etc, although should mean Chavvy after POSH spice adopted it.

See expensive, high class, chuv, spice girls