posh

adj

1. Associated with the upper classes.

   “She talks with a posh accent.”

   “In antenatal clinic, an extremely posh patient attends for a routine appointment. All is well with her extremely posh fetus. Her extremely posh eight-year-old asks her a question about the economy (!), and before she answers, she asks her extremely posh five-year-old, ‘Do you know what the economy is, darling?’ ’Yes, Mummy. It’s the part of the plane that’s terrible.’”

2. Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.

   “Near-synonym: plush”

   “After the performance, they went out to a very posh restaurant.”

   ““Miss Shaw’s got a new frock,” said Harriet. ”So she has! How posh of her! […]””

   “Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.”

3. (Northern-England, Scotland, especially, offensive, usually)Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.

   “We have a right posh git moving in next door.”

intj

1. An exclamation expressing derision.

   “The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him.”

noun

1. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang)A halfpenny or other coin of little value.
2. (UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Money.
3. (countable, dialectal, uncountable)A sudden and heavy fall or gush of rain or water.

   “Did yer see what a posh the water came down the bruck ater the thaw, and no wonder the snow was a fut deep.”

   “There has been quite a posh of rain.”

   “I could hear the posh of water issuing from the mouth of a lion fountain that was set in a nearby niche. He was on his knees, kissing my feet and legs until I was in a state of churning lust.”

4. (uncountable)Fragments produced by an impact.
5. (uncountable)Slush.

verb

1. To make posh or posher (more posh).

name

1. (slang)Peterborough United F.C., a football club from Peterborough, England.

   “Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).”