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What does posh mean to you?

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Zucker · 16/11/2018 23:19

I see this word used all over the boards, especially at this time of year year. Getting dh posh chocolates/pants or dd posh socks/biscuits/hot water bottle!

Where do you go for your posh stuff?

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ComtesseDeSpair · 16/11/2018 23:35

“Posh” to me, is really traditional upper class stuff: real tweed, Burnham Market, nice horses, living in a stately home. That kind of thing. I don’t think of it as income based, because I am definitely not posh but through career have gained enough of an income to buy expensive and lavish things with ease: but don’t have the well-bred taste for the exquisite and unique.

I suppose “posh” has also become a colloquialism for a top quality brand or artisan goods: so in terms of gifts, I presume Hotel Chocolate for sweets, organic farmshops for produce, boutiques for clothing.

AjasLipstick · 16/11/2018 23:36

I don't! Well...I do I suppose. I live in a small rural town in Australia and food and wine is BIG here. There are a lot of expensive, small producers so to me, they're "posh".

Dips and sauces for 20 dollars a jar instead of 7 dollars in the supermarket...but I know the contents are organic and they're made in small batches. Same with olive oils and soaps....I go for small producers at the farmer's market.

ComtesseDeSpair · 16/11/2018 23:40

Or maybe “posh” even just means colloquially “a step above the everyday” - so again in terms of gifts, a dressing gown from Joules or the White Company rather than M&S even though they might all be virtually identical. Or a food hamper from Harrods.

Rachelover40 · 17/11/2018 00:22

Port out, starboard home.

wizzler · 17/11/2018 00:32

You beat me to it Rachel

Holidayshopping · 17/11/2018 00:40

More expensive version of normal stuff. Naice ham etc

FeralBeryl · 17/11/2018 10:34

Stuff that isn't 'everyday' so a jo malone candle rather than a yankee, Lindt chocolate rather than maltesers, That's present posh for us Grin

vandrew4 · 17/11/2018 10:41

getting out of the shower to have a wee

TroysMammy · 17/11/2018 10:44

Yesterday our 8 year old niece stayed for tea. As I was getting a placemat for her she whispered to my partner "Auntie's getting the posh out".

ForalltheSaints · 17/11/2018 10:55

Posh- the nickname for Peterborough United FC (a work colleague is a supporter).

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 17/11/2018 16:58

If Peterborough United is Posh, there's the answer to the Russell Paradox. ;)

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