LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoWhat 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 days agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoI love using “posh”. It parses well and its meaning isn’t ambiguous.
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoI like posh because it’s distinct from rich. Not all rich people are posh, and sometimes posh people are relatively poor. It’s useful to have two different words
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoEspecially as ‘classy’ has a tacky connotation
minus-squareatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI’ve only ever heard such connotation when it’s used sarcastically. ‘Posh’, on the other hand, often has connotations of ‘affected’ and ‘pretentious’.
I love using “posh”. It parses well and its meaning isn’t ambiguous.
I like posh because it’s distinct from rich. Not all rich people are posh, and sometimes posh people are relatively poor. It’s useful to have two different words
Especially as ‘classy’ has a tacky connotation
I’ve only ever heard such connotation when it’s used sarcastically. ‘Posh’, on the other hand, often has connotations of ‘affected’ and ‘pretentious’.