LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoWhat would you add?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down12
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minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoI didn’t know these words were distinctly British. What about knob? “He’s such a knob”, “Oi, knobhead!”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoMost of them don’t surprise me, but posh? What do other English-speakers say to mean posh?
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agochic classy deluxe elegant exclusive fashionable grand high-class luxury opulent ritzy swank swanky trendy
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days 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-squareCentipedeFarrier@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThe people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoyeah we just call them “rich assholes”
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoA fair translation of “posh twat”, but a bit cumbersome.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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-up2·3 days 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.
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.
The people I know refer to those people as “bougie” (boo-gee) as in bourgeoisie.
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.