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What do you class as 'Posh'

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Justine

Justine Report 27 Feb 2010 20:28

Or should I say, how would you describe the word 'Posh'

As in describing someone/something.

This could be a good laugh thread Lol.

Ray

Ray Report 27 Feb 2010 20:30

Posh is using ya hankerchief instead of yer sleeve, init !

*~~*Posh*~~*

*~~*Posh*~~* Report 27 Feb 2010 20:30

Me!! Lol

*Polly*

*Polly* Report 27 Feb 2010 20:31

pmsl....I knew you would turn up....
it's slurping your tea out of a saucer with your pinky up...Lynda knows how....

GRMarilyn

GRMarilyn Report 27 Feb 2010 20:32


Well you have to talk with a plum in your mouth to start with.

And have loads of dosh...!!

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥ Report 27 Feb 2010 20:33

Posh is almost the opposite of me I think:)

I imagine a beautiful home with tasteful decor and furnishings and owners who dress immaculately in designer clothes

I have a home badly in need of decorating and furniture that has seen better days........but it is all paid for:) lol

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 27 Feb 2010 20:33

Dear All

Hello

I would define 'posh' as eating chips from the fish and chip shop
with a fork instead of your fingers!!

And not dipping chocolate biscuits into your cup of tea!

Take care all
Best wishes
xx

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 27 Feb 2010 20:35

having display towels in ones bathroon and display pillows on ones bed....oo and a brand new ktichen .....

GRMarilyn

GRMarilyn Report 27 Feb 2010 20:35


Kitty you would have to employ a cook though ! LOL

GRMarilyn

GRMarilyn Report 27 Feb 2010 20:37

LOL Hayley

I have got tassels on my towels.....I'm a little bit posh then !!

Justine

Justine Report 27 Feb 2010 20:39

Lol at you lot.

I always thought that if a person was 'Posh' it meant they were quite well off, spoke nicely, had a nice home and nice clothes.
I hate to say this but, my right handed pinkie always sticks out and up even when drinking a pint of beer Lol. I have no control over it.

Fiona aka Ruby

Fiona aka Ruby Report 27 Feb 2010 20:43

Lynda gave a very posh answer :))

Allan

Allan Report 27 Feb 2010 21:19

Being Posh means looking down on the rest of the Plebs who ain't

Allan (who is not a Pleb!)

Justine

Justine Report 27 Feb 2010 21:23

What on earth is a Phleb?

Allan

Allan Report 27 Feb 2010 21:28

A pleb = plebian

One of the common masses or of low birth :0))

Allan

McB

McB Report 27 Feb 2010 21:30

If ya posh,

You break wind


If ya not,

Ya fart


lol

Justine

Justine Report 27 Feb 2010 21:33

So how do we class 'Low Birth'

Edited.
I am getting rather serious about this now. How do I know if I am a Phleb?
Also if one is born a Phleb and then through circumstances bettered theirselves how would one describe oneself?

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 27 Feb 2010 21:38

I think "posh" means different things to different people. After speaking to family in the UK we eventually visited them. A couple of rellies said that when I spoke on the phone I sounded posh but when they met me they thought I was down to earth and good for a laugh. Still not sure if they meant I was as common as muck but it sounded like a compliment. The "posh" bit didn't though.

Sue xx

Justine

Justine Report 27 Feb 2010 21:41

Do you think that when one talks on the telephone, it is according to your accent or grammar?

Allan

Allan Report 27 Feb 2010 21:43

The Plebs were the general body of Roman citizens (as distinguished from slaves) in Ancient Rome. They were distinct from the higher order of the patricians. A member of the plebs was known as a plebeian (Latin: plebeius). This term is used today to refer to one who is or appears to be of the middle or lower order; however, in Rome plebeians could become quite wealthy and influential.

In Latin the word plebs is a singular collective noun, and its genitive is plebis.

Allan

PS I only posted as a joke :0))