LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 18 days agoWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down12
arrow-up193arrow-down1imageWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square31linkfedilink
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minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 days agoThose are all synonyms for there secondary meaning of posh as “fancy”, I’d say the primary meaning is to describe a person of “higher social class”, so a combination of rich, pretentious, not in touch with normal people, etc.
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 days agoyeah we just call them “rich assholes”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoI think that’s a difference across the pond, you can be posh without being rich, and you can definitely be rich without being posh!
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoThe posh old money are largely skint, and have to sell their crumbling homes to the National Trust or open them to visitors to pay the bills.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoA fair translation of “posh twat”, but a bit cumbersome.
minus-squareCentipedeFarrier@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 days agoThe people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.
Those are all synonyms for there secondary meaning of posh as “fancy”, I’d say the primary meaning is to describe a person of “higher social class”, so a combination of rich, pretentious, not in touch with normal people, etc.
yeah we just call them “rich assholes”
I think that’s a difference across the pond, you can be posh without being rich, and you can definitely be rich without being posh!
The posh old money are largely skint, and have to sell their crumbling homes to the National Trust or open them to visitors to pay the bills.
A fair translation of “posh twat”, but a bit cumbersome.
The people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.