Plummy vs Posh - What's the difference?
plummy | posh |
Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums
(informal) desirable; profitable; advantageous
(of a voice) rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent
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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,
As an adjective plummy
is of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.As a proper noun posh is
(soccer) , a football club from peterborough, england.plummy
English
Adjective
(er)- For the sake of getting something plummy . — G. Eliot.
Derived terms
* plummily * plumminessposh
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
