Posh vs Mosh - What's the difference?
posh | mosh |
Associated with the upper classes.
Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive).
Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that they are better than everyone else. usually offensive. (especially in Scotland and Northern England)
* 1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling,
To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.
* 2005 July 28, Kelefa Sanneh, “Heat, Good Cheer, Jagged Music and Even Some Melody”, New York Times
To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.
As a proper noun posh
is (soccer) , a football club from peterborough, england.As a verb mosh is
to dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.posh
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- She talks with a posh accent.
- After the performance they went out to a very posh restaurant.
- We have a right posh git moving in next door
Quotations
* 1919: "Well, it ain't one of the classic events. It were run over there." Docker jerked a thumb vaguely in the direction of France. "At a 'Concours Hippique,' which is posh for 'Race Meeting.' — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 18, 1919Interjection
Posh!The Man Who Was
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* * * * * English terms with unknown etymologies ----mosh
English
Verb
(es)- From 9 in the morning (when It Dies Today played the lot) until 9 at night (when Ozzy Osbourne led on the main stage), hardy fans cheered and moshed and staggered through a stifling but often exciting day.