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From the Related Link: ; posh : 1918, of uncertain origin; no evidence for the common derivation from an acronym of port outward, starboard home, supposedly the shipboard accommodations of wealthy British traveling to India on the P & O Lines (to keep their cabins out of the sun); see objections outlined in G. Chowdharay-Best, "Mariner's Mirror," Jan. 1971. More likely from slang posh "a dandy" (1890), from thieves' slang meaning "money" (1830), originally "coin of small value, halfpenny," possibly from Romany posh "half."
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∙ 13y agoIt's not actually known.
The "common" belief is from the ocean faring part of the British Empire where rich people paid to get the cabins on the port side when travelling to India and the starboard cabins on the way home, so as not to get "too" much sun (Which was not on, as a "rich" person wasn't supposed to be "brown" or "tanned").
It's an interesting thought but more than likely an advertising slogan for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Its most likely origination is from the Romani language posh meaning "half-", as in posh-kooroona meaning "half a crown".
It was also used by robbers. The slang for money was POSH.
Where it does originate from is anyones guess.
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What does POSH stands for?
POSH stands for "Port Out, Starboard Home" in nautical terminology. Posh is a word of unknown derivation but there is no evidence that it ever stood for the custom of a Steamship line (usually P&O) stamping tickets POSH to ensure a shaded journey to and from India. There are no examples of Acromyms before the 20th Century the word posh is older its possible derivation is from the Romany cant word for money.
Is gosh a posh word?
yes, its a very posh word and nobody but posh people say it anymore.
What is some posh vocabulary?
"Some posh vocabulary" refers to a classy, somewhat elegant way of speaking.
What the posh word for fun?
recreation
Is doff another word for posh?
the word doff is not another word for posh. doff means to remove or take off, as clothing.
What does POSH stands for?
POSH stands for "Port Out, Starboard Home" in nautical terminology. Posh is a word of unknown derivation but there is no evidence that it ever stood for the custom of a Steamship line (usually P&O) stamping tickets POSH to ensure a shaded journey to and from India. There are no examples of Acromyms before the 20th Century the word posh is older its possible derivation is from the Romany cant word for money.
What is the source of the word posh?
Posh or push or poosh, meaning fashionable or splendid appears in Cambridge University slang in 1903 when P.G. Wodehouse writes of a brightly colored waistcoat that it is "quite the most push thing around." The derivation from "Port Out Starboard Home" is fanciful. Partridge prefers to derive posh from a contraction of "'polished."
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yes, its a very posh word and nobody but posh people say it anymore.
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The anagrams are hops and posh.
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When was Posh Nosh created?
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