LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down11
arrow-up178arrow-down1imageWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day 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-up4·21 hours agoyeah we just call them “rich assholes”
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoA fair translation of “posh twat”, but a bit cumbersome.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours 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-up2·20 hours 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-squareCentipedeFarrier@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours 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”
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.
The people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.