LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 天前What would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down12
arrow-up191arrow-down1imageWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 天前message-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 天前chic classy deluxe elegant exclusive fashionable grand high-class luxury opulent ritzy swank swanky trendy
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 天前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.
minus-squareCentipedeFarrier@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 天前The people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 天前yeah we just call them “rich assholes”
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 天前A fair translation of “posh twat”, but a bit cumbersome.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 天前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!
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 天前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.
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.
The people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.
yeah we just call them “rich assholes”
A fair translation of “posh twat”, but a bit cumbersome.
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.