LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI didn’t know these words were distinctly British. What about knob? “He’s such a knob”, “Oi, knobhead!”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMost of them don’t surprise me, but posh? What do other English-speakers say to mean posh?
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agochic classy deluxe elegant exclusive fashionable grand high-class luxury opulent ritzy swank swanky trendy
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months agoyeah we just call them “rich assholes”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months agoThe people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.
I didn’t know these words were distinctly British.
What about knob? “He’s such a knob”, “Oi, knobhead!”
Most of them don’t surprise me, but posh? What do other English-speakers say to mean posh?
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”
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.